Argon ONE V2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case with Cooling Fan and Power Button | Supports Retro Gaming, Movies, and Music | for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

I'd read other reviews but didn't actually believe it could reduce the temperature so much. I'm running home assistant on my pi4 and without a fan running in a basic case it was running above 70°c. With a fan it would stay around the 30 mark but the noise was so irritating! So I bought this case hoping for an improvement. The default for the fan to come on is at 55° but its never gone above 34° on purely passive cooling! Very impressed! For my purposes its not essential to have access to the gpio or need full size hdmi plugs but if I pick up another pi4 for any reason I'll definitely be running it in one of these cases!

Great and quality cases for the pi 4 - unobtrusive, compact, nice labeling for the GPIO and other pins, and a much better configuration for the Pi for the other ports. I have several of these now and just got a v2 which I prefer as has full sized HDMI sockets, supports some infra red remotes (including their own) and you can force to power on automatically now via jumper inside the case which the original couldn't do, for example if power loss it couldn't boot up again without pressing the power button which could be an issue depending on what you were using for. Due to the relocation of the GPIO and other pins do check if you are using any HAT's if they will still fit though, you may need a ribbon cable to relocate those, and several of the pins are used for the fan control as far as I'm aware. Runs pretty quiet with the fan on, which with their script you run is software controlled - but you'll be totally silent if under 55 degrees (or if you've not installed and configured their fan controller script). The top half of the case is metal so acts as a heatsink, so you may not even have the fan in use depending on the temperature of the pi - lowest temp it can kick in is 55 degrees, depending on settings you use. The WiFi and bluetooth do still work as the underside of the case is plastic, though obviously not quite as well as if you were using a plastic case, but not been an issue for me. There is another version they make (of the original) with an MVME slot and also a separate MVME upgrade which fits underneath (for existing) and connects to one of the USB ports, although apparently that ONLY supports SATA MVME drives and can be issues powering with the official power supply not being powerful enough, though a common issue with additional drives especially if not SSD/MVME.

I haven't had a chance to use the Argon cases yet, but I have found them to be extremely reliable in the past I like the design and the materials used in manufacture.

Keeps temps nice an low, even inside a cupboard with a 3D printer running for hours on end.

This is probably the best built and most elegant case for the Pi4 on the market. The top is all metal and machined to perfection. The breakout board to give full size HDMI ports is a great feature, the access to the GPIO header behind a magnetic panel is also a nice touch. The whole top of the chassis acts as a heat sink and makes contact with the SoC/CPU and memory chips to ensure great heat transfer. There is a 30mm fan inside along with a controller board. Argon have a selection of scripts available which install fan control software that may be configured to do thermal control or simple on/off. The main supported version of this script runs on Raspberry Pi OS but there are other versions available that support other operating systems such as LibreElec. The fan itself however is terrible. I am not sure whether I got a faulty unit, but it is the most noisy annoying fan I have ever heard even on 10%. I will definitely be looking for a replacement fan, it’s 30mm, 5v with a JST connector. Luckily with the control script, the fan will be off most of the time anyway. Overall this is the best case on the market.

Works great with an M.2 added

Solid case looks very professional, great instructors, make a lovely desktop

The case arrived quickly, BUT, it was damaged. One of the magnets that secures the cover over the GPIO pins was not glued in. This was quickly fixed but I would have expected better QA on the case given the price. (The original amount of glue was barely visible.) A lot of reviews mention how loud the fan is. It is very loud (I know this is subjective), it is used in a room with a fair amount of tech and due to the frequency (relatively high) it can be heard over everything (even a laptop used for some basic gaming that has a discrete GPU). If you need a quiet/non-intrusive solution this is not for you. The cooling of the solution seems to work well, the system has been running some docker workloads and the case feels warm to the tough at times.

I was suprised by the quality of the parts. The top of the case is aluminum which serves as a heatsink and comes with silicone thermal pads. There are two daughter boards that serve to reroute the GPIO and hdmi/audio which seem of very good quality. ( nice components, nice welds without burns or traces of flux ) Also included are four stick-on rubber feet. I had a very small fitment issue where the boards are off by a tiny bit but this doesn't interfere with the port openings it just meant i had to squeze a bit until i had put the screws in. I belive this is the cause for the second very small problem, that the case doesn't sit flush and has a slight wobble. These small issues aren't enough for me to remove a star from this product. 9.9/10 Would definitely reccomend.

I had in my mind that this case would be somewhat bigger than it actually is. Perfect well made little case and everything fitted together nicely. Just beware of the pins used by the case for the power button and fan control as the power button uses the same GPIO as the default 1-Wire GPIO pin and the fan uses the I2C bus. The 1-Wire pin can be changed in the Pi’s boot configuration and the I2C bus supports multiple devices so it wasn’t a deal breaker. The Pi runs much cooler now due to the heatsink being integrated into the case which makes for a larger cooling area and I find it is running some 8-10 degrees cooler even without the fan running. Beats any of those stick on heat sinks hands down. My setup is running Docker with Portainer that is running multiple containers of Node-Red and Grafana. It’s yet to break a sweat and have the fan kick in which starts at a default setting of 50C.

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Ho un piccolo server acceso 24/7 su un raspberry pi 4, da quando l'ho installato in questo case ho risolto tutti i miei problemi di temperatura! Il case in se dissipa tutto il calore passivamente e la ventolina aiuta nei momenti di maggior carico!

Very easy to install and everything lined up perfectly. The aluminum build feels solid and premium. It does a great job keeping the Raspberry Pi cool, even under load. Clean look, good airflow, and no issues so far. Would definitely recommend.