Raspberry Pi 5 Metal case with NVMe. 52Pi

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Thanks to 52Pi for sending these items to test
Product wiki:
N04 wiki.52pi.com/index.php?title...
N05 wiki.52pi.com/index.php?title...
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Metal Case For Pi5,support N04 & N05 & Active Cooler:
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nvme links
UK
Patriot P310 2280 amzn.to/48csNHP
Kingspec 128 2242 amzn.to/3HVi0XN
Kioxia 2230 amzn.to/42y0qCK
US
Patriot P310 2280 amzn.to/3UzX5Rq
Kingspec 128 2242 amzn.to/3SQSCJ2
Kioxia 2230 amzn.to/48atQYH
Geekworm nvme pcie board links
US
X1000 amzn.to/3vJept2
X1001 amzn.to/4b6ISBm
X1003 amzn.to/48VelEE
UK
X1002 amzn.to/427KMxE
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speed tests
without modification 52pi n04 patriot nvme
Sequential write speed 402061 KB/sec (target 10000) - PASS
Random write speed 98107 IOPS (target 500) - PASS
Random read speed 53022 IOPS (target 1500) - PASS
added to config.txt dtparam=pciex1_gen=3
pcie 3 patriot 52pi n04 patriot name
Sequential write speed 780190 KB/sec (target 10000) - PASS
Random write speed 141241 IOPS (target 500) - PASS
Random read speed 56692 IOPS (target 1500) - PASS

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@MasterMadLad Місяць тому

i like how this guy doesnt bloat his videos like big tech people do, instead he just gets to the point this guy doent deserve 90k subs , he deserves 90 million

@JeffGeerling Місяць тому

Hehe, I'll never not get a chuckle at the little "thanks Jeff" in there 😂

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

Thanks Jeff 👍🏻

@ThisOldManOfTheSea Місяць тому

I’ve given up waiting for the Argon Pi5 NVME case (my delivery date keeps moving backwards) so I’ve just ordered one of the 2280 versions of this from Amazon and as a Prime order it will be delivered tomorrow by 1pm. When the Argon one eventually arrives I’ll compare the running temps with 2280 SSDs. Thanks for the timely video. 👏

@ElsiervoDePeFKNerre Місяць тому

Yo ordene igual de Amazon prime el X1001 marca GeekWorm y me llego en 7 días y vivo en Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 zip code 00725 y pues este fin de semana ya la haré todo el montaje y pregunta que diferencia tiene de esa que orden con la que sale en el video o la que mencionas?

@jbuchana Місяць тому

I think I'm going to hold out for the Argon case, due to the WiFi problem. I have an Argon case on one of my pi 4s and with the plastic bottom shell, it doesn't seem to interfere with the WiFi at all. I have two of my pis on ethernet, but there is no cableing to the room my desk is in, and I have no intention to crawl in the attic or crawlspace to run one.

@ericg7490 Місяць тому

@@jbuchana you could try powerline ethernet adapters. You don’t really get the speed they say they’re good for generally butbut you can get fast enough.

@jbuchana Місяць тому

@@ericg7490 Something to try! I could also get a USB ethernet adapter that would be outside the metal case. Two things to think about...

@ThisOldManOfTheSea Місяць тому

@@jbuchana I get around this by connecting a remote Pi4, running as a Roon Endpoint in a Pi Touch case which isn’t good for Wi-Fi , to an Ethernet PoE switch and the switch is then connected to a UniFi Wireless Access Point via Ethernet which also powers the AP. I also have 3 other devices in that room connected to the same Ethernet switch and they all share the Wi-Fi connection with no performance problems. [I live in a 300 year old house with very thick solid walls so I get really annoying dead spots].

@brucelytle1144 Місяць тому

I just put one together with this case, a official cooler and a 1001 NVME adapter. I like it!

@johnpeters4214 Місяць тому

Would love to see a case that supports both NVMe and PoE.

@zushiba Місяць тому

0:58 the little ridge that goes around the brass fitting fits in the NVME drive recess where the screw would normally secure it to the post and acts as a sort of retention bracket or tab for the drive. It screws into the board from the other side. Many PCIE NVME/M.2 SATA adaptors use them because they're about as low profile as you can get. It acts as both the post and the screw, this way board doesn't have an m.2 nut that has to be removed to fit a longer m.2 drive.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

Thank you

@henson2k Місяць тому

Great video but would be nice to compare wi-fi speed with and without case. I have concerns about metal case that is not for outdoor usage.

@PradyotPachore Місяць тому

Great case, keeping the raspberry pi OS quite cool.. SD card once inserted in some cases are hard to take out, just because how they mold it, and how it overlaps the complete socket. This doesn't seem to be the issue with this very case here. It is kind of a bummer, that the wifi turned out weak. That is the only thing keeping me away from this. Thanks Lee. By the way Lee, Update on Crimson OS: XFCE version was uploaded and today I will upload the LXQT version and finally the Crimson Desktop Edition (CrDE) tomorrow. A thing to note: upon installing an app from pi-apps, it initially opens up a terminal and yellow highlighted text begins to appear informing that system is incompatible. However, an additional script has been provided which works after 10 seconds of the message. Thus, an app installation will require 10 seconds wait-time before it actually initializes the install process. The reason for this behavior is forking various branches, repositories, which the pi-apps thinks are incompatible. Whenever You Get Time, Thanks, Another Great Video, Pradyot Pachore

@JohnnyJTav Місяць тому

Just ordered #4 NVme Adapter and Patriot P310 2280 SSD😎

@gklinger Місяць тому

I'd like to see more head to head comparisons of these with the Geekworm P579/X1001 combo as they're awfully similar in design and price. Which is better?

@foobarbarfoo2377 Місяць тому

Very good that the PCB and case top have holes for the air flow. Why don't they put the M.2 on the side of the board instead of right above the CPU? An alternative option is to have the M.2 2242 / 2230 *orthogonal to the board, and near the USB plugs* (with a hole in the PCB board where the CPU is located) to keep the air flowing off the CPU. *KDiskMark*, the HDD / SSD benchmark tool, is also very convenient for speed tests (Qt based, no dependencies to KDE although the name may suggest the opposite)

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Thanks for checking WiFi with the case, that was missing in the review of the previous 52Pi metallic case. Just FYI, I have that other one case and the WiFi signal does not get as much affected as with this one.

@wcg66 Місяць тому

I got the Geekworm NVME hat and metal case. Seems similar to this setup. Really solid setup and works great. My only complaint is that the Geekworm case doesn't do anything special with the power button like the official case does.

@bertcb1gwn909 Місяць тому

Is there a good case where the ssd below the pi and a good cooler on top ?

@Dalla_A_alla_Z 11 днів тому

Great video, thanks. Do you think that (buying the N05 and the Metal Case For Pi5,support N04 & N05 & Active Cooler) there is space enough to use a NVMe with a heatsink or the heatsink occupy too much space? Thanks

@leepspvideo 11 днів тому

Some smaller heatsinks will fit, the NVME doesn’t get too hot in my experience with Pi 5. Maybe in a hot climate. More tests with nvme temps shown here Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocking beyond 3Ghz. 4GB & 8GB models Benchmarked ukposts.info/have/v-deo/a6qdqJuOp2yj0GQ.html

@michaelbuddy Місяць тому

I respect the engineering here but is that fan intake not being blocked on top with all the solutions? Unfortunately the major fail of all this is either not allowing enough height for airflow OR if it's underneath then it'd be potentially blocking several ports with a ribbon cable (unless it was customized in some other way).

@Richardj410 Місяць тому

I still feel that the ssd belongs on the bottom so that it is easier to cool the cpu. Maybe I'm wrong but blocking the cpu cooling just doesn't work for me. Thanks for all you share. Maybe all those holes for cooling will work. I'm sure you'll tell us at some time.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

With the holes in the board and the gap between the NVME and the board airflow is still very good

@Richardj410 Місяць тому

@@leepspvideoThanks

@techadsr Місяць тому

Did you have to take it apart to plug the active cooler into the fan socket? Saw that it wasn't connected when the hat was reattached after popping the cooler onto the rpi5.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

I did

@claycassin8437 Місяць тому

Where have I seen a computer of this size and specification(or better) with a case and nvme slot already included for an altogether better price before? Maybe I am hallucinating?

@sebastianforbes1 Місяць тому

and the temperature test ?

@Sternhammer89 Місяць тому

Hi, after watching your video I decided to bite the bullet and get my Pi5 and the various bits you mention in this video as this was the build route I had chosen, but had not decided on a case (was going with an Argon), so thanks for the video. On the Pi Hut website they place the Patriot P310 in the not fully compatible bracket, have you noticed any issues? I bought it anyway.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

No issues with the patriot it’s my main drive

@Sternhammer89 Місяць тому

@@leepspvideo Cool thanks - just built up the 52pi and noticed that mine came with a different top? The image on Amazon clearly shows the same top as your with lots of holes, however my lid only has 3 x fan shaped cut outs?

@CC_FPV 29 днів тому

Being new to Pi’s I’ve got a Pi5 on order, that case and I think the same hat and similar drive. I will be putting Home Assistant on it though. Will I still be able to update the settings like you did to make the drive faster or is that just for Pi Operating system?

@leepspvideo 29 днів тому

The process with config.txt settings is the same

@CC_FPV 29 днів тому

@@leepspvideo Brill thanks. Is the only way to get to that file to put the Pi operating system on connect to a monitor and then Terminal to it like in your video? As I said I'm going for Home Assistant so would access it remotely after I've installed the Home Assistant OS. I haven't got a monitor available I'm all Macs in my house.

@leepspvideo 29 днів тому

@@CC_FPV it can be done remotely

@PaulGrayUK Місяць тому

Almost looks like it could take a Pimoroni NVMe base on the bottom, almost. Bit more space and ribbon cable consideration would be the crux there. Prefer a base-fitted one, keeps your cooling options open. Using a modded Raspberry case with mine currently, and NVMe base works well. But really would like a metal larger one when the market selections stabilise, or something that's just - that one jumps out. Have to pop the lid off the Rasberry one for those peak moments and the heatsink cooler(good price that one Raspberry).

@ericg7490 Місяць тому

Exactly, I don’t know why these companies are designing hats to use an NVME SSD. Heat is definitely something that needs to be considered.

@seansysig Місяць тому

If you feed the cable thru the hole before attaching and clamping you remove the possibility of cracking ribbon cable wires.

@Rushil69420 Місяць тому

These are so similar to the Geeekworm cases that I’d be shocked if they had different OEMs lol

@bokami3445 Місяць тому

Might've been nice if the top of the case could've been used as a heat sink for the NVMe drive. Maybe the next version...

@jmsiener Місяць тому

Straight up pi5 with nvme is as performative as a $400 laptop 6-7 years ago which imo is pretty impressive and unlike that old machine is still supported

@user-ot9nv6ib5j Місяць тому

Is the dsi port on the raspberry pi 5 same as the pi 4 ?because i want to use a 5 inch dsi screen

@Biadosaru Місяць тому

No, the connector has changed, but there are cheap adapter cables you can use to make it work.

@user-ot9nv6ib5j Місяць тому

@@Biadosaru what is the name of the adapter?

@SP95 Місяць тому

So many hindrances with that annoyingly placed PCI cable... I'm waiting on the CM5 version to which Waveshare will surely add the M.2 slot right underneath exactly like the brilliant CM4 version

@TheRenHoek Місяць тому

“Ok, so…” 😂❤

@lee99bay Місяць тому

🙋

@thegreeneyej Місяць тому

It’s a sticker, use something small and poke it out and then use the screw provided.

@KA4UPW Місяць тому

How much to build me one 😮

@donireland6218 Місяць тому

What's the difference between the N04 & N05?

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

It’s all in the video. Different size drives, different size boards

@donireland6218 Місяць тому

@@leepspvideo I'll watch again. I don't remember hearing anything about it or seeing two versions mentioned.

@cgwworldministries83 Місяць тому

I need a case that can fit a bottom mounted nvme drive unfortunately.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

I think it still would. Just checked definitely doesn’t work on the bottom. I value being able to quickly swap drives. Most people wouldn’t keep swapping nvme drives

@brentbourgoine5893 Місяць тому

Same - I'd like to put a PoE hat on top, and an NVME SSD on the bottom (hopefully the PoE hat will be out soon, and will fit with the active cooler...)

@fernanddubois1792 Місяць тому

This case is very similar to the Geekworm one and that one does work with a bottom NVME hat. As mentioned the printed on board wifi antenna of the RP5 is not going to work well in a metal case. Blue tooth possibly as well

@ronaldhofman1726 Місяць тому

The NEO 5 is better nvme is on the bottom and does not bloekc the ariflow , and yoiu to use ehternet if using a meteal case because wifi is not the grreates as one can imagine, i have one plstic case for rpi 5 without nvme and use Ubuntu + Kodi for playing movies and the other ons ia NEO 5 metal case without nvme and the third one is NEO 5 with nvme and a 1 TB SSD on board also with Ubntu 23.10 on it, works fine.

@leepspvideo Місяць тому

Maybe it looks different in the video. I don’t feel airflow is blocked at all