Raspberry Pi 4-Layer Cluster Case with 120mm RGB Fan

I have no Earthly idea how some customers found this difficult to build. Open the box, follow the instructions 4 very small pages with pictures. All important notes on assembly are highlighted by close up photos. Unless you pay absolutely zero attention to the included instructions this kit slaps together in about 30 minutes! Peeling of the protective paper is another complaint I have read. This also is NOT TRUE. Sure peeling the left and the right side are a VERY small chore, the clear shelves protective film flies off with ease! Just take your time on peeling the side stickers off and you will have no issues at all. The case fan is a standard computer fan with LED's that you can option to leave them turned off. Just don't connect the wire! There is 1 set of wires for fan power and 1 set LEDs. The set for LEDs is already SPLIT. However, the fan power is a 2 to 1 plug. (Meaning a solid plug for both red/black wires) The case is sturdy once assembled and owners of the Ice Tower (Vertical model) will have to leave off the top shelf to accommodate the tower's tall size. I might also suggest a drop of thermal compound rather than the heat transfer tape supplied with the Ice Tower Fan (SOLD SEPERATELY). The kit arrived packaged very well. A small compact box and everything inside wrapped neatly. The small bits (screws, nuts) are actually provided in an organized plastic case that I will keep for the rest of my future Pi projects. I use an SSD (SOLD SEPARATELY) on my Pi and overclocked it to 2 Ghz, so the extra cooling was wanted, not needed. DO buy a POWERED USB 3.0 hub for adding extra drives as the fans (Ice Tower and Front Case Fan) have plenty of juice to run on without any voltage drops causing random errors. I found cheap USB hubs here on Amazon fairly easy. Just check the comments as some USB hubs do NOT work for the Pi no matter how much they cost or how great they do on other machines. Tendak is the brand I am running and it works GREAT, so far. (It's new & inexpensive) StarTech makes a great USB to SATA connection cable and the Pi's love it. The Tendak connection USB also had zero issues on my Pi 4B. SSD is Kingston A400. A proven SSD. All in all, great case! Looks great! Builds easy! Packaged very well! HAPPY!

So I was in the market to get the 2 raspberry pi's and hard drive to be in something that was a little nicer than a cluster of wires all over my desk. I had been looking at those pretty standard cluster cases where they just have a small fan on each level but then this caught my eye. Now my Pi's are running my DNS (pi hole) and another is running a samba server, the DNS one is just fine using passive cooling, but I was afraid hefty file transfers would be a bit too much of a strain for passive cooling to take care of, so I had it inside one of those standard cases with a tiny fan. This tiny fan drove me up a wall with it's tiny wailing. Enter, this giant fan meant to cool multiple units. I have to say the biggest plus to me is how silent this fan runs. On the part of the fan that attaches to the rest of the case, there is even some cushioning stuck to the fan itself to isolate any noise. Really, you can only hear it if you're really trying to. Another big plus to this case is the cooling capability of this fan. My expectations were slim when I found out it would be running this fan off a single 5v connection from one of the pi's, but this prejudice was thrown out the windows when I took a look at my thermals. My PiHole server is currently sitting at the top most "shelf" of this case, getting the least amount of fan coverage, and that has gone from an average of about 51C with passive cooling to sitting anywhere between 32-34C. This fan chucks air and I love it. My next pleasant surprise was mounting. I did not see originally that it actually had any mount points, because the pictures on this item do not show them very well, or I didn't look hard enough, one of those. These shelves have a mounting hole for just about anything you can screw down in this form factor. Different holes for different pi's, other single board computers, hard drives, you name it. It also comes with all the appropriate hardware in a neat little case all organized pretty for you. All in all I was very happy with my ability to mount 2 pi's and a hard drive securely in this thing. On to assembly. This wasn't really a make or break factor to me to begin with, I knew with a lot of pieces, it's always gonna feel like you need more hands to properly put together, and at times, that was the case here. By no means was this a difficult thing to put together, the holes for slotting in the shelves are all unique to the way they are supposed to sit, so in a way, it's kind of idiot proof. The only slightly challenging part was lining up the left and right side to all slot together and then keeping it steady while you put the bars in. Once it's all set and together, it's actually a surprisingly sturdy little guy. The metal and plastic bars that extend the width of the case do a great job from keeping it from warping in any way if you have to move and adjust it, you can rely on this thing staying solid and not falling apart. Now, My downsides, and there are not many. First of which, is the RGB is my no means addressable or changing. The colors are static in that one spot and there is no way to change them. This is incredibly minor, because what can you really expect for 40 bucks when you're getting all that other stuff like hardware and the actual case, but I do wish there was a way I could kill the lights without the fans in case I have guests sleep in my living room, they dont have to stare into the bright light of my glorious mini-servers. Some sort of fan controller would be a great addition here. The only other thing I can think of currently that is negative about this is the fact it says it comes with heatsinks on the instructions inside the box, but mine came with no heatsinks, minor point because heat sinks are cheap AF, but makes me wonder if I got skimpped out on heatsinks or not. My final minor gripe about this is how if I need to replace something on one of the shelves, I need to take the whole thing apart, once those bars are in place, the shelves are held in my the compressive force of those fasteners so to take out one shelf, you gotta take the whole thing apart and put it back together. All things considered, if you have a couple pi's you wanna rack up in a cool case that also keeps it cool, this thing is worth you money and then some. It's easy to manage your wires around, easy to mount things and get up and running. No moving parts aside from the simple fan, so I'm going to guess it's reliable. Great buy for the money, five stars. (Note: the pi's I am running are both pi 4's, heard these things have a little higher heat output so I figure that might be important to specify here. )

I admit, I was ready to return this case without even opening the box, but since it wasn't sealed I decided to take a peek. I'm glad I did. I noticed parts contained in anti-static bags, wrapped with tape. These were 4 micro card slot extensions, which FIXED the stated and very obvious problem of the box design. This was a piece of good news. Also, I don't get how people complain about the parts not fitting together and had to use Dremel to "make it fit". Total nonsense. The case was designed brilliantly (again, except for the ridiculous way the big fan is permanently attached, blocking the memory slots. Now, the pain. The installation is only for those with lots of patience, tools required to install small screws (If you do not own iFixIt toolkit -buy it now. it will save you pain and money in the long term), and 3 hours of solid work. Not difficult, but requires paying attention. Otherwise, it will take more time. Pay attention to the baseboards (4 of them) which you will attach your RP to. Lots of holes, which cover a lot of boards. Lots of screws, but NOT ENOUGH. The new extra part needs 3 extra raisers and 6 extra screws to attach them (3 bottom + 3 top). So, I hope that the seller reads my review and comes through with these missing parts. Otherwise... I am ready to willing to disassemble and send it all back. The REAL pain is the plastic protecting the acrylic parts are protected with. This took me 40 minutes to scrip these . Oh, and as somebody already suggested - USE GLOVES when you do it. Otherwise, all the beautiful shines will be all covered with your fingerprints, and will definitely kill the "awesomeness buzz". Finally, the documentation that came in is OLD and the pictures do not cover the part of the new memory extension part. Nor does it show how exactly connect the FAN wires to Raspberry PI. Luckily, this information is included here on Amazon on the product page. Easy breeze. Just pay attention not to cross them. Final thought - I wish the designers of such cases actually use them BEFORE they decide to market them. There is another case that solves the "you want to add/change a module - take EVERYTHING apart" problem. There is NO NEED to keep fan solidly attached to both "walls" of the case, and not a slide in-and-out attachment. The same goes for the baseboards that Raspberry PI's are attached to. There ARE other cases that have them, but with different. problems. And the price could be lower, but ... it's only money. Also, I love the big and quiet fan. That's what won me in the first place. If you don't like the VERY bright light, don't attach the two separate wires, or put a switch between the fan and the pins.

I was impressed at how well this was packed in the product box (not the shipment box). Part of this was a small screwdriver and a nice container for the standoffs, bolts and screws and such. I will continue to use this container to store stuff. Each plastic piece has a protective covering that will need to be peeled off. Be sure to remove this covering before assembly but I would recommend not removing the covering until you need to because the plastic is a fingerprint magnet. The instructions are OK not great but it not hard to figure out. One thing that is not documented is that the fan only goes in one way with the wires at the top of the case. If you try to put it in any other way the fan notches will not line up with the notch holes in the sides. All the pieces are nicely etched and fit together well. Its important to note that the RGB lights CAN BE left unpowered (i.e. off). More importantly the fan is very quiet and pushes a lot of air across the device shelves that contain, in my case, Raspberry Pi's. The shelves are in a fixed position but there is plenty of space for hats and such. I use my Pi's to run ESXI-Arm and as we all know Pi's run a bit hot and running Esxi they can run very hot. I had another bramble/cluster case that held 4 Pi's and while I liked the small case however the Pi's temp quickly was at 80C and throttled and this was with ShimFans . Not good. I bought GeekPi case and its a pretty amazing I've been running it and the Pi's for 24 hours now and none of the Pi's have exceeded 34C. If you are setting up a bramble and plan to run anything serious get this case! I have shimFans and this GeekPi case and will recommend these to anyone. Its really Cool almost cold. :-)

I like this rack for the most part. I put it together fairly easily, and though it was a bit wobbly and fiddly to put together with only 2 of the acrylic shelves, I would imagine it would require a Zen level of which I'm not sure I'm capable to steadily put it together with all 4 shelves. Once I did get it together, it was pretty solid, but it took me a bit to reach that final stage. I put this thing together and took it apart 3 times. The first time was because I somehow managed to assemble the entire thing inside out. Shelves were upside down, the side brackets were backwards, it was a mess. The second time was because I decided I wanted to change my pi to the top shelf and my SSD to the bottom. And then I got it all put back and went to boot it up, only to get numerous errors, and no booting of an SD card that was working fine hours before. The only thing that was different was the SD card extension bracket that comes with the rack. they send 4 of them, so I figured it was no big deal, and that I would just try another one. Funny thing was that not a single one of the relocation brackets actually worked at all. Since my pi was now meant to be on the top shelf, I can still access the SD card in the traditional location, but I was kinda bummed that I wasn't going to get the ease of swapping cards quickly for testing with this unit. I intend to boot this off the 500GB SSD that's in there anyway, so it's not the end of the world. In the end I decided to deduct 2 stars because of the fiddly assembling process, and the fact that that the 4 SD card relocation brackets didn't actually function.

This is a great 4 device case. I have 1 Pi 5, 2 Pi 4 and a 2.5" SSD drive. The fan is big and very quiet. The fan keeps the Pis cool, usually between 30-35C which is well below recommended high temps. If I had to do it all over again I would purchase a hex nut driver set first. I ended up purchasing this small precision set after the fact which includes the right sized head: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDG9NQ8Y The screws & nuts to attach the Pi motherboards are extremely small, some took me 15 minutes to get right. If only I had the right tool... Anyways, extremely happy I purchased this case.

Great product to finish my build. Great quality and value. Easy to build.

Absolute Garbage! Impossible to assemble, misaligned holes and hardware that is so cheap it is unusable.

This has many uses beyond a RasPi build. I needed something for a project to encase a mini PC running Android10 OS (to be an emulation powerhouse), AND hold a 20,000maH battery (for portability), AND to attach a 7" 1080p touch screen to (for HD retro gameplay). And this was it. The perfect body for my vile creation. The beauty of the RGB fan; the sleekness of the clear, silver and black case; the compactness and lightness; all make this product a masterpiece in its own right. It is tiny yet spacious, strong yet virtually weightless, and the fan is so quiet, i can hear the bootup whine from the mini PC motherboard. Easy to put together, everything only goes one way. Superb, I say. Superb.

Bought this to consolidate my Raspberry PIs. The fan keeps them all at a consistent temperature in line with the prior cooling cases they were in, just in a more compact form factor. The assembly was a little finicky, but with patience (and a few deep breaths) it came together ok.

Good, flexible case overall. Pre-drilled holes in the shelves make it easy to install different devices depending on your needs. Raspberry Pi's can be mounted in the middle of the shelves, or off to one side if you need easier access to the HDMI ports. Fan is quiet and moves a LOT of air. Cooling is not a problem, even without heat sinks on the RPi 4. There is enough space to support the PoE+ hat on each RPi. However, the SD card adapters do not work well. It seems to depend on the type of SD card you use. I had issues with several SanDisk cards in the adapters. But Samsung seemed to work fine. I ended up just plugging the cards directly into the RPis without the adapters. When using the PoE hats, there is not enough room for GPIO extenders, so you lose access to the GPIO pins. This means you can't connect the fan when using PoE hats. I ended up using a USB to fan header adapter and powering the fan off USB. The protective labels are also a bit tricky to peel off the acrylic sheets, particularly the clear shelves. It takes a while to get all the small bits off if you want a clean look. Removing any of the shelves to access the Pi's also requires taking the whole case apart, so it is not a good choice if you frequently need to access or swap out the devices you have mounted in the case. Overall, a decent cluster case, but a few minor issues detract from the overall experience.

Review I’m so proud of myself! I got it working. I’m an idiot and know nothing about Rasberry Pi. I actually needed to cool off some external parts and thought this would be, not only the nicest way of doing it, but such a beautiful way too. And I was right! I have a usb c hub, external harddrive, and nvme external inclosure connected to a Steam Deck. All that gives of a massive amount of heat as you can imagine. regardless of the fact theirs a crapton of wires everywhere. I tried putting it all in a box but that’s just a Chernobyl waiting to happen. Putting it together took awhile. I wish the instructions were a tad easier like a for dummies but it wasn’t too hard to figure out. Like origami instructions. I wish the protective film was easier to remove. In the end, it took awhile to assemble but I can feel how very well made it is. Now I just got to figure out how to get the rgb part of the fans working. Maybe this is the kick in the pants to learn Raspberry Pi.

Easy to build. But the ad card adapters don't work. I tried to contact the seller but couldn't get in touch. That's very annoying. when I put the sd card directly into the pi then it works fine.