Smraza Raspberry Pi 4 Case, Acrylic Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with Cooling Fan, 4PCS Heatsinks for Raspberry Pi 4B Black(RPI 4 Board Not Included)

Ordered for my new pi 4. It came quickly, and was well packaged. The included instructions were very clear with images and even in color. I'm impressed so far. It came with heatsinks, but I already had some installed. My cpu heatsink is tall so I just mounted the fan on top and it works perfectly. Wireless isnt blocked as some cases seem to. The included fan is quiet. It's a nice looking case too. I'd buy again.

I build and sell Raspberry Pi computers and other devices that use them. Of the Five RPi 4 cases I currently own (I've owned over 10 in the past), I like this one the best for many reasons. I love how simply this sturdy and elegant case encloses the motherboard. All connections are easily accessible and most uniquely it has the biggest fan and heat sinks of Any case I have seen. Even if you are still using a RPi 4 with 4 gigabytes (this case will Excellently work with the new RPi 4 with 8 gigs of ram) this case looks great, functions extremely well, and will arrive promptly as the company that makes it is Very good. I would challenge you to find a better RPi case, I have Not found a better one.

I finally got a Pi 4, but my local supplier only had the official case, and from what I read I knew I wanted a fan. I got this. It has a fan and works. Its a stacked acrylic case, which is why I gave it 4 rather than 5 stars. I like to as a reset/on switch, and the switches I have are too tall to mount vertically, and the stacked case doesn't allow one to be easily be added to the sides. The stacked case is a little fiddly to assemble. It's also a little bulkier than an injection molded case would be. The fan is really a necessity, and this one works well. Running a stress test naked, the Pi reached 80 C (where it starts to throttle) within five minutes. in this case with the heatsinks but no fan, it was just touching 80 in five minutes. With the fan on high it ran for fifteen minutes at 53..54 C. On low 60..61 C. So this really does the job. My stress test just ran the CPU cores, with a graphics load, these numbers may be higher. The pictures here show it with phillips head screws which are included. The photos in the box show socket cap screws which look more industrial. I'll probably root around my hardware box for some, and also figure out how to add a locator for a reset switch.

Cases for the new Pi 4 are coming out in abundance. The official Pi 4 cases are nice but they don’t offer a lot of ventilation with close sides. The big advantage is this type of cases is they offer fans and heat sinks. The kit comes with the case, fan, rubber feet, heat sinks, and instructions manual. Initially, I thought the hardware was missing but the case already assembled. Placement of the heatsink wasn’t hard but tweezers would be handy to remove the backing tape. It should also be noted the picture on the manual of the Pi heat sink placement was not the same as the Pi 4 I had. However it wasn’t hard to determine where the heat sinks go based on size and shape. It is easier to put the heat sinks first before installing them in step 6 of the manual. I like the fact that the manual has a page showing how to install the fan for airflow. It also shows how to wire the fan leads to the GPIO pins for a fast rotation (5v) or slow rotation (3v). The case is held together with plastic screws. I would like them to be metal but that’s me. Be careful when screwing on the nuts or tighten them down. It could be easy to strip the threads. When you take the case apart, it’s best to lay them out in the order of top to bottom. I like to put the screws into the bottom layer up. (See video.) That way when you start to assemble the case, the layers will align more easily. When everything is in place, reverse the screws, insert them correctly, and tighten the nuts. The black case looks great. There is a lot of alternating black and clear layered cases out there but the all-black layer case makes it look so much better. Everything fits well with no big gaps. Seeing the black case vs. the black and clear layer case, I would take the black case hands down.

Smraza sent me this case to test it and review, so I did. This case is as good as the first one I bought from them. The assembly is very easy; just stack the layers and put the screws in place. All the ports are readily accessible and the airflow is very good, no signs of overheating, even when the temperature of the room exceeds a hundred degrees. The layers are all cut from a smoke colored acrylic that hide the board and the blinking lights, which helps in making them less distracting. (You can see them from the top but not from the sides.) Even the screws are black. Also the cutouts for the ribbon cables for the camera and the screen are thinner which should help in keeping dust out of the Raspberry Pi.

Decent enclosure... it looks like a 3D printed one which is ok but it’s in 10 pieces so it assembles like a stack. Is good for some was ok for me. Would have preferred 2 pieces to open , put the pi in and close. Other stuff provided like heat sink and all is good.

Unlike most Pi cases this is not a molded case design. Rather it is built up in layers for the sides. Most cases I have used are a molded plastic one piece for the sides. This is individual slabs of Plexiglas that make up the layering to build the side case, (I think) laser cut and each piece is cut differently for the layer it is on. The whole thing is held together with screws, giving it a rugged industrial design. It comes with very easy to follow pictorial instructions. The case design provides good access to the header, so you don't have to take things art to plug in control and sensor wires. It provides instructions on how to connect the fan for both a low speed and high speed use. I connected mine at the low speed and cannot hear it run. Overall, I really like this case.

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