Active Cooler for Raspberry Pi 5, Aluminum Heatsink and Cooling Fan

Assembled and connected in a couple of minutes. Keeps the processor cool as expected.

Comes with twice the needed thermal pads and (nylon) screws, along with a cheap screwdriver. There is a simple guide to what thermal pads go where that you should follow when installing because there are 3 different thicknesses of thermal pads. Installed a fresh copy of raspberry pi os lite and the fan started spinning, so it seemed to work with no noticeable noise in my environment. Currently seems to be idling at ~50 C.

I hedge my title by saying it's "possibly better" as I don't have the factory cooler with which to compare it. This one cost more than twice as much as the factory cooler, but when you factor in shipping for the very few places that have the factory cooler (at time of purchase and as I write this), it worked out cheaper. I'm not disappointed. It cools extremely well and comes with two full sets of thermal pads that cover more chips than even some of other larger brands. The fan is surprisingly quiet, although I'm not sure if I've been able to get it to spin up all the way due to how effective the heatsink is. Most of the time when it's on at lower speeds, I can't hear it at all (and don't have it in a case yet). Word of warning if you've never worked with thermal pads before: Be very gentle with the thermal pads and use tweezers to remove the protective plastic. The pads themselves are very delicate and easy to damage. FWIW: I also bought one of Geekworm's NVME M.2 adaptors to go with this, the X1002 model.

Works great. One of the plastic screws broke but the package contained doubles of the thermal pads and screws. I guess incase of user error. It is very quiet and sometimes check to see if its spinning but it alwas is and pushes quite a bit of air. Would recommend

This cooler does a great job keeping my Raspberry Pi 5 temps in check, even when overclocking. The fan is efficient, and the aluminum heatsink helps dissipate heat really well. Installation was simple, and the build quality feels solid. If you're pushing your Pi to its limits, this is definitely worth it to keep things running cool and stable.

The replacement fan works as expected. The fan on my unit is very quiet (quieter than the RPi Active Cooler, IMO). Running stress tests now, and fully loaded, the cpu temp is holding at 57-60 C. I also have the AI Hat+ installed w/slightly longer standoffs (no physical interference with the cooler), and a taller gpio header. I'm monitoring fan speed w/"watch cat /sys/devices/platform/cooling_fan/hwmon/*/fan1_input" and with the 100% cpu load, the fan speed fluctuates between about 2500 and 4500 rpm. Mostly at 2500 w/short bursts at 4500. Almost inaudible, even at 4500 rpm. So all seems good for now. I'll keep an ear out for fan/bearing noise over time. Held back one star for the hassle of dealing with a DOA. Fan dead right out of the box. Didn't spin at startup init; didn't spin with high temp. I have 8 other RPi5's with a variety of fans, all of which work. Disappointing. Returning for replacement. We'll see how the next one does.

The is by far the best low profile active cooler for the Pi 5s I have used, and I have many different coolers for them. All of the I/O is accessible, save for the fan header which the cooler uses, of course, and all of the hot spots are cooled. Enough thermal pads are included in various sizes and thicknesses that you can put them on all the chips and even the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth RF shield. Just use the correct thicknesses so the tops are level and sit flat on the base of the cooler. My overclocked, 3GHz CPU/1GHz GPU Pi 5 16GB runs indefinitely stable and fully loaded on the CPU, GPU, and RAM simultaneously and only gets up into the mid to high 60s C when open to the air on the top side of the Pi, the bottom cover I'm using being in the Pi silicone rubber bumper butt. Ambient room temp is about 20 to 25 C. This is way more extreme than a normal working load would typically be, but the cooler is still able to easily handle it. See attached photos for a picture of it installed on this Pi and a screenshot of testing conditions and results. Highly recommended. Thanks, and happy Pi-ing.

I had passive heat sink, however they just didn't cut it for a demanding application (video + AI) I was reluctant to get a fan - because fans get noisy and it is annoying. But I got this one because the PI was getting too hot. The fan, so far, is amazingly quite and temperature is below 60C which is good. The PI5 has a special connector for the fan which this unit uses. It has pads for all the chips on the board - and it is secured by nylon screws - which ensure firm connection and will not damage the board. Doesn't block access to the camera connectors. Assembly is a bit tricky as you need to select pads by thickness and the difference between 1.5 mm and 2mm is small - but if you place them side by side you can see it - no need to use a caliper. Cons: Instead of using different thickness pads (up to 3mm) they should have machined the heat sink accordingly (some do) and use minimum thickness pads for better heat transfer.

A solid, thick heatsink with a Pi-controlled fan. Its very low profile allows you to put a Pi-hat and still have reasonable clearance. Good value, excellent cooling. So far it has kept the cpu from throttling down...

I'm trying hard but I can't get my Pi 5 past 66 celsius.

No es el original, faltan unas columnas y es más chiquito en altura

Bought 2 heatsink + fan combos for my raspberry pi 5, the heatsink quality and fan size + speed was much more pleasing than any others on offer.

Works great to keep my pi 5, which is in a warm electronics bay of my 3d printer, cool and running well. Very quiet, and I confirmed my pi to only run it when needed.