{"id":657,"date":"2025-06-20T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=657"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:50:04","slug":"aluminium-heatsink-case-for-raspberry-pi-5","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/product\/aluminium-heatsink-case-for-raspberry-pi-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium Heatsink Case for Raspberry Pi 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why use a heatsink\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0a case, when you can use a heatsink case?! This sleek, anodised aluminium case for Raspberry Pi 5 will give you 10-15\u00b0C of passive cooling under full CPU load. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great for situations where you want completely silent cooling and 100% reduction in dust-bunnies. Ideal for light industrial or home media settings.<\/p>\n<p>It is also compatible with the\u00a0official Camera and Display connectors\u00a0and\u00a0PCIe cables, unlike other heatsink RPI 5 cases we&#8217;ve seen, although you&#8217;ll have to install these through the case before installing.<\/p>\n<p>Note: No cable included.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with thermal pads to provide thermal contact between the\u00a0Pi and case, and a handy allen key and set\u00a0of hex bolts to attach the case together.<\/p>\n<p>The case gives to everything but the debug and RTC battery ports. You can\u00a0<em>just<\/em>\u00a0about get away with using low-profile HATs and pHATs (those without bulky components on the underside), using one of our\u00a0booster headers, but\u00a0<strong>be extremely careful not to short any components<\/strong>\u00a0on the metal top case! The booster headers will stack in case you need to use two for chunky component clearance purposes.<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anodised aluminium top and bottom case<\/li>\n<li>Heatsink fins<\/li>\n<li>Thermal pads<\/li>\n<li>Hex bolts and allen key included<\/li>\n<li>Access to most ports, pins, and connectors<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The case is metal and hence conductive, so be careful not to short any components on it, and\u00a0<strong>ensure that your Pi is powered off and unplugged<\/strong>\u00a0when fitting the case.<\/li>\n<li>It may be obvious, but the case will get\u00a0<strong>hot<\/strong>\u00a0in use especially under sustained heavy system load!<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions: 87x56x25.5mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why use a heatsink\u00a0and\u00a0a case, when you can use a heatsink case?! This sleek, anodised aluminium case for Raspberry Pi 5 will give you 10-15\u00b0C of passive cooling under full CPU load. Pretty cool. It&#8217;s great for situations where you want completely silent cooling and 100% reduction in dust-bunnies. Ideal for light industrial or home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[61,91,44],"product_tag":[56,42,47,71],"class_list":{"0":"post-657","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cases","7":"product_cat-cooler","8":"product_cat-accessories","9":"product_tag-accessory","10":"product_tag-case","11":"product_tag-cooler","12":"product_tag-raspberry-pi-5","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}