Just curious as to what SOC / CPU temps your getting with that setup?
Official active cooler, not the fan that comes with the official case?
I feel a little let down that the best I can hope for with this base is a cheesy multilayer Pibow.
All of my pi4 cases are nice, solid Flirc cases. I was persuaded that an active cooler was needed for the Pi5, which is also why I opted to have the NVMe base rather than hat - which seems to defeat the purpose of an active cooler!
Now to find that a serious case is not being developed is a major disappointment.
Weāve been looking into a couple of different case options for NVMe Base and NVMe Base Duo, including a āseriousā option :)
Weāre using some new-to-us manufacturing techniques for this one though, which is why itās taking us a while. Things are progressing though - hopefully weāll have something to share before too much longer.
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Injection molding maybe? =)
Iāve already said too much! š¤
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Fair enough. I figure its that or 3D printing.
Finding and or devising a case for āwhat you builtā is a big hurdle for a lot of use. Especially if you donāt have access to a 3D printer. Just about every Pi or Pico I own has something attached to the GP Header. It makes for some creative solutions if you want it portable enough to move it from room to room etc.
Any update on how this is going?
Weāve just had our second round of manufacturing protos through, just a few minor tweaks left now to make I think.
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Cool! Thanks for the update - I am really enjoying my nvme base duo.
So this is unlikely to be a modification we can purchase for our existing case but a new one? I have the Pibow Coupe 5 (Case for Raspberry Pi 5) ā Royale (pimoroni.com) currently and am experimenting with longer bolts + standoffs.
Could you tell us an approximate date when the case will be released? Thank you!
We donāt have a solid ETA but itās definitely getting closer - I think weāve got a final design weāre happy with now and we just need to sort out mounting hardware/bolt packs etc.
Maybe itās time for another update?
It would be cool if you could send some pictures :-)
Raspberry 6 will probably be released sooner than this improvement. Seriously how hard is it to manufacture a bigger case ? It would be understandable if it was your first attempt in making cases, but itās one of the things you are kind of famous in a way. What takes you a year to āinventā this ?
Update from another thread I replied to the other day. Iāll see if I can get some photos of our latest 3D printed proto to share.
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Our most recent 3D printed proto of the NVMe case - final version will be folded metal and (probably) not glittery green :)
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Thank you for the update. A huge disappointment, but at least we have closure - a year long wait for pibow case compatible with nvme base ended up in a product that is not a pibow caseā¦
Sorry to disappoint! We did investigate making a NVMe compatible Pibow, but we werenāt really happy with the thermal performance of our prototypes - metal definitely seems like the way to go with Pi 5 + NVMe drives as both can get pretty warm.
Itās probably possibly to mount NVMe Base underneath a Pibow if you really want to though - it might require a longer cable and some alternate fixings. I think Iāve seen some posts on here from folks who have tried that?
Iāll just go with what I bodged together. Itās all Pibow.
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Now that Christmas has passed, maybe you guys will have a bit of time to get back to this š
Itād still be super cool to have an official case for that NVMe base!