Fractal didn't take the case to production-but they did the next best things, and released the 3D files so you could build your own! Check it out here: www.fractal-design.com/north-pi-3d-files/ A video on the 3D print will come soon over on Level2Jeff :)
I have the Pironman. Love all the features that come with it for the price - IceTower cooler, NVMe hat, breakout board to move the HDMI connectors to the rear of the case AND make them full sized, the mentioned RTC battery and OLED display, plus the obvious RGB speed fans, and last but not least, it adds an easy to use power button. It's not super cheap, but I think it's a pretty good value when you add up all the included bits. Bonus points for looking old school gamer-y!
Yeah; it's not the 'every budget' case, but it is nice, and if you add up the price of all the individual parts (and don't want to 3D print your own thing), it's not a bad value.
I received mine last week and assembled it right away. I originally bought a CanaKit that was fine, but I wanted to switch to an NVMe SSD, so the Pironman appealed to me. It’s been a long time since I rolled my own desktop, and this one was fun and visually appealing. Well worth the money to me. Note that you can save about $15 if you have a 5V 5A power supply already.
On the serious side, a real-time clock shouldn't be something that's "also included", like an add-on piece, it should be one of the bare minimums like Ethernet.
To be fair, the Pi itself now has an RTC built in, just needs a battery plugged in for it. It'd be cool if they had a little slot so you could pop on a 1632 battery cell or something, but at least they have a JST header now. It's a weird size though.
@@JeffGeerlingwhy do we need to commit to a battery if usually (not always, I know), we have internet and can sync? Internet support has far greater value, so that’s a must for the main series, and missing on Zero series. (Only WiFi makes sense as it is smaller) It’s interesting what they could pop in if they skipped Ethernet, but I don’t think a battery is the best alternative
@@OriNachum I agree I have used PI's since the original B and I have never really needed a RTC on the pi. Having a software clock works just fine and having it go out and sync with a internet time server has never been an issue.. Its nice there is a header but I am unsure what the real point of such a thing is.
That Fractal Design case is fantastic, I love the wood accents and the feet to match the full size version. Hopefully they’re listening and get them into production! I appreciate the mention too!
@@JeffGeerling It would be so cheap to make at scale - injection mold two clamshell pieces, the wood pieces could just snap into place. The profit margins would be insane and the potential volumes crazy - there have been 61 million raspberry pis sold to date.
@@ssl3546 There are 3D printers galore. There is profit to be made. Someone will be incentivized to do it. It is worth investing their time into if so many people want one. Major business opportunity.
@@bestworks7574 I saw it! Looks great, and a few tweaks and the thing would be an amazing DIY alternative (still would love to see Fractal make a production version of Baby North with their nice wood finish and all).
Hey, the Pi 5 case _actually working_ is a huge upgrade from the Pi 4 case which overheated the Pi even at idle. It's like this time, someone actually tried using it for 20 minutes before greenlighting mass production (or maybe not and they just got lucky).
I emailed as well a couple weeks ago. They asked me if I was interested in them possible making it that I could email their development dept. I did! Multiple times. lol. The Pironman 5 is the best case in my opinion. All of SunFounder cases are a cut above. The Argon40 cases are a very close 2nd. Excellent quality. But just glad there are so many options available for your use case either purchasing or printing or crafting. :). Great video Jeff. Thanks
I would email Pimoroni and ask; it seems like a natural fit and modifying their Pirate Radio product slightly, they could have a perfect mic and speaker hat
Thank you so much for testing EDATEC's fanless cooling cases of Raspberry Pi 5! We are committed to the use of Raspberry Pi in industrial applications and will continue to do more with Raspberry Pi!
Jeff, I'm using the GeekPi Metal Case, I paid $22.80 on amazon for it, comes with the official heatsink/fan and supports their line of nvme hats. Looks great and sturdy.
I have the pironman 5 case but it cost less because I was on some kind of mailing list. I like that they put all the plug ins coming out the back unlike the 4 version. The case isn’t necessary but it’s kind of cool to play with.
Regarding the V3 m.2: mine didn’t work out of the box, had to install the argon stuff to then tinker on the bootloader from there. Now it works like a charm. Used the argon one m.2 for pi 4 and the upgrade to nvme on the pi 5 is great
I also have that nvme base board on my pi5 and i also am just running it bare like you have in your rack there Jeff. I really do wish there was some case for the thing that would fit as I do not have a 3d printer to print me off one. I have considered making one from acrylic and some wood though so that fractal case is a good inspiration.
I think Pineboards is working on a case that will be compatible with the Pimoroni board and all of Pineboards' bottom boards too. Hopefully they can start selling it and/or publish some files for it soon!
Most of the top HATs would fit okay. A bottom HAT would make it too tall for the port holes, but could be hacked in. I think if they took this to production they could figure out some solutions (and maybe re-orient the Pi for a little easier use of things like the power button?).
@JeffGeerling Depending on stand-offs available they could leave room underneath so holes line up or have a board there. I don't have a Pi 5 yet is external power button still an option?.
@@MartinHiggs84 Yeah; the problem is the baked-in holes cut into the top and back for ports on the Pi-you'd have to re-cut those somehow so the Pi would fit with a HAT underneath (HAB?). The power button can be run through GPIO, but the physical power button traces go to a couple through-hole pads so you'd have to solder to it or use a good POGO pin to get good contact for an external power button.
I kinda wish there were more larger cases for SBCs, and I'd really like something more "universal" that uses cables instead of soldered daughter boards to shift ports to the outside. That way you could keep and use the same case through multiple SBC upgrades, even with different vendors (with room for internal adapters for the various sizes of HDMI across different boards). Could include mounting standoffs for common boards, and maybe provide a strap or clamp system for boards that have more unusual mounting layouts. A way to offset hats and expansion boards that aren't physically compatible with some coolers and other hats could also be nice. I know I'm just dreaming into the void, but it's a bit surprising to me that with as much variation as there is in the SBC space, outside of a few popular boards, the only case option is a 3D print file made by a community member.
The official case does cool better if you leave the lid off. I've taken to gluing window screen material to the underside of the inner top to keep crud from falling in. It looks fine (none of my Pis are visible typically anyway) and the fan doesn't have to work nearly as hard.
I too have a weakness for these cute lil cases. Cue the Fry take my money meme. BTW how cool is it to simply walk into a Micro Center and buy a PI, just about any PI? I hope my local mc stocks more pimorni hats. Gotta get more hats
Surprised with the mention of Pimoroni you didn't mention the Pibow cases. All my pi's have been in them, from the first where they used Lazer cut recovered wood, to the plastic of the later versions for my 2, 3 and 4 models, even one for a pi zero. Great case, look the part, modular enough to adjust for hat needs and not badly priced (I even buy my pi's through Pimoroni to grab the case and save on shipping)
I don’t own a pi, I have no real interest in pi, and I only clicked because of that fractal case… I would definitely buy this case and a pi and then figure out what to do with it, if it becomes available. Good lord this thing is cute. I do own a regular size north and fell in love with it the instant I saw it. It replaced my first pc case I bought, lo and behold, a fractal define s. And I just moved my system into a fractal terra recently. I’m a bit of a fractal fan, it seems….
In 'production', right now 7. It goes up and down a little month to month, but I have about 10 other Pis I use for review testing, experiments, or temporary projects. Right now I have one temp Pi on my Ender 3 S1 to work on Klipper, another on my desk testing a couple router HATs with 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, and another Pi running some weird PCIe tests.
I‘m using an Argon2 case for my Pi4 with 1TB of SATA M.2 for 6-7 months now. I agree the assembling wasn‘t that easy, however I cloned the micro SD to the SSD and running my private Nextcloud and Pihole on it and it runs perfect since then. CPU temperature below 50 Celsius even on hot summer days. I like the Argon case.
What about deskpi? I remember pre-ordering their case quite a while ago when it was still new, and the order got delayed a lot probably due to covid issues, so I ended up cancelling my order because I needed to get my pi up and running. The case had similar features to argon's cases but looks sleeker imo. Noticed they have lots of other products also now, including rack mounts and stuff. Might be worth checking out!
Hi, just wanted to ask, where did you get the acrylic stand from? I bought the active cooler for my rpi 5 and I need something to hold it in place nicely.
I am thrilled that they released it to public like this. It probably wouldn't be viable to manufacture these being as is. I can also imagine being it a topic at a four-hour-long meeting (in tandem with another 4-hour-one to decide a name). That is just a not-far-from-the-truth joke based on my observation working in a tech company. But oh boy, I will print myself one, maybe even two! Finally a worthy case for a PI.
only issue I have with the Argon case is that it doesn't port out the composite video from the 3.5mm jack, and I'm using that with my Pi 4 on a CRT as a retro console
Hey, you have RTL-SDR connected to one of your PIs in the rack. Make a video sometime about how to set-up a pi with rtl sdr and remotely operate it. Also share your experience about your setup and what do you use it for.
I would love to see Fractal make that --- I constantly see a similar case on ebay/amzn but I dnt want to spend as much for a case as I did for the Pi5 board. Btw, are there any plans to make the "Cosplaying as a sysadmin" shirts in different colors? Yellow isnt my thing, and I was hoping some other options would pop up eventually I want one so bad it's such a unique shirt. Unfortunately I will probably also need a 3x tho 😭
Hey Jeff - do you still have the Milk-V Mars? I have been curious to see which RasPi accessoires fit it. The Mars is super cheap and the JH7110 is nearing full kernel upstream support - could even happen this year! 6.11 will even bring PCIe. So it would be awesome to hear what fits on this thing and what does not. Thanks!
Now I am considering buying Pironman case, just as it looks so awesome. Can we expect a video on different coolers for the Pi 5? Would love to see comparisons on a bunch
I would email them and ask-they have been working on a revision I think, at least I had asked them about that a couple months ago when I made my last video. They had stock then but they may be retooling or waiting on another production batch to come back.
I've long felt that a 3D printer is just the perfect complement to a Pi, or rather the perfect complement to any sort of DIY electronics. Even if you can't find the perfect case, you can often either modify an existing design (for instance I'd totally put a vandal switch on the North Pi case if I was needing a case right now,) or start from a sketch and make the case you need right now... plus a few hours prep time. Sorta long way of saying that I totally support Fractal's choice to just freely release the print files because _no_ Pi case is one-size-fits-all even if most fit most, but also I'm not made of wood and I imagine that's going to be a common substitution for anyone making this, even if that's clearly the best material there.
Aww, mine wasn't mentioned 😞. I even tried to make a similar one to the Baby North one, but found my supplier for aluminium base of the case to be unreliable (and the alternative suppliers too expensive).
I love all 3 of my Argon One M.2 cases, one with a built-in audio line output HAT. Even modified one with an NVMe SSD via USB3 adapter. But, those were pre-CM4 (my personal fave) & Pi5, w/PCIe.
Funny I came to the same conclusion of a piece of acrylic. My Pi 5 is just a file server but I have the Ice tower cooler on it and a bottom mount M.2 card with a SATA card installed. So it has 5 SATA cables coming out the bottom, which made me want to turn the entire thing upside down which actually looks kind of neat. I just connected 3 standoffs together for each of the 4 PCB holes because of the tower cooler, put an acrylic piece under that and it's all running like a champ upside down with SATA cables coming out the top.
Jeff, you might want to check if your webstore follows the international rules for shipments. Like that you don't charge no vat, but 0 vat because your sales are under 10k, that you have a privacy policy with what happens to user data etc.
Are there no suitable Pi 4 cases with at least one ssd/hdd slot? These Pi 5 ones look super good, I wonder if they'd fit? Seems like they should be compatible
im still new and very much interested in doing projects with raspberry pi 5. a goal I have is have a cluster of about 4 pi's, I want to do be able to have extra storage like m.2 (or even how you have 4 SSD). not sure on each or not, I do want a cooler on all of them. the Pironman 5 looks up my ally with what can be done with it, it be cool to have it as a cluster but at that price range maybe not
Great video! Fractal, sh*t up and take my money! Quick note: I own multiple Argon One v1 and v2 with SSDs and without and they work wonders! Quick question: What is the raspberry pi sticker but with a blackberry at 6:46?!
Fractal didn't take the case to production-but they did the next best things, and released the 3D files so you could build your own! Check it out here: www.fractal-design.com/north-pi-3d-files/
A video on the 3D print will come soon over on Level2Jeff :)
You're the man
Make it fractal!
Yesssss I wantttt itttttt 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This phrase could work on a Jeff-T too. (a punny slogan)
Shut up and take my money
Make it fractal!
I would buy a raspberry pi just for this
I clicked this video fully intending to click an affiliate link to buy the Baby North. Fractal, my wallet is already open. Make it happen, please!
SERIOUSLY! I already have a North case, and would actually drop $70 if this was a real product!
it doesn't happen often that a case has made me want to buy a computer..... OMG Fractal
You got me so excited since I have pi's and I have the regular north case. I was immediately looking for a link like - 'Shut Up and Take My Money'
Wood grain, expect a review on LGR too
I have the Pironman. Love all the features that come with it for the price - IceTower cooler, NVMe hat, breakout board to move the HDMI connectors to the rear of the case AND make them full sized, the mentioned RTC battery and OLED display, plus the obvious RGB speed fans, and last but not least, it adds an easy to use power button. It's not super cheap, but I think it's a pretty good value when you add up all the included bits. Bonus points for looking old school gamer-y!
Yeah; it's not the 'every budget' case, but it is nice, and if you add up the price of all the individual parts (and don't want to 3D print your own thing), it's not a bad value.
I received mine last week and assembled it right away. I originally bought a CanaKit that was fine, but I wanted to switch to an NVMe SSD, so the Pironman appealed to me. It’s been a long time since I rolled my own desktop, and this one was fun and visually appealing. Well worth the money to me. Note that you can save about $15 if you have a 5V 5A power supply already.
On the serious side, a real-time clock shouldn't be something that's "also included", like an add-on piece, it should be one of the bare minimums like Ethernet.
To be fair, the Pi itself now has an RTC built in, just needs a battery plugged in for it. It'd be cool if they had a little slot so you could pop on a 1632 battery cell or something, but at least they have a JST header now. It's a weird size though.
@@JeffGeerling I agree it is a little weird. I can understand why they don't have a cr2032, because of how big it is, but at least there is a header.
@@JeffGeerlingwhy do we need to commit to a battery if usually (not always, I know), we have internet and can sync?
Internet support has far greater value, so that’s a must for the main series, and missing on Zero series. (Only WiFi makes sense as it is smaller)
It’s interesting what they could pop in if they skipped Ethernet, but I don’t think a battery is the best alternative
@@OriNachum I agree I have used PI's since the original B and I have never really needed a RTC on the pi. Having a software clock works just fine and having it go out and sync with a internet time server has never been an issue.. Its nice there is a header but I am unsure what the real point of such a thing is.
@@OriNachumRedundancy. Most people won't need it, some will.
That Fractal Design case is fantastic, I love the wood accents and the feet to match the full size version. Hopefully they’re listening and get them into production! I appreciate the mention too!
@MichaelKlements I'm awaiting your video where you have printed it!!!
Gamers Nexus covered this, I really wanted it but they said they didnt want to sell it. How can they tease us....
Exactly, I think if enough of us keep asking... maybe it could happen!
@@JeffGeerling It would be so cheap to make at scale - injection mold two clamshell pieces, the wood pieces could just snap into place. The profit margins would be insane and the potential volumes crazy - there have been 61 million raspberry pis sold to date.
@@ssl3546 There are 3D printers galore. There is profit to be made. Someone will be incentivized to do it. It is worth investing their time into if so many people want one. Major business opportunity.
@@JeffGeerling You can find my idea of this design for free on printables.
Thanks for the teardown, maybe I will try to modify my design accordingly.
@@bestworks7574 I saw it! Looks great, and a few tweaks and the thing would be an amazing DIY alternative (still would love to see Fractal make a production version of Baby North with their nice wood finish and all).
Hey, the Pi 5 case _actually working_ is a huge upgrade from the Pi 4 case which overheated the Pi even at idle. It's like this time, someone actually tried using it for 20 minutes before greenlighting mass production (or maybe not and they just got lucky).
I emailed as well a couple weeks ago. They asked me if I was interested in them possible making it that I could email their development dept. I did! Multiple times. lol. The Pironman 5 is the best case in my opinion. All of SunFounder cases are a cut above. The Argon40 cases are a very close 2nd. Excellent quality. But just glad there are so many options available for your use case either purchasing or printing or crafting. :). Great video Jeff. Thanks
If fractal brings the baby north to market I’d not only buy it but also a north to replace my current case.
I've got the adult version of the Fractal North case for my gaming PC. Happy with it so far!
I built one a year ago, happy but it was a bit tight in places. Also wished I had thought of my dvd burner needs for backup
@@randaldavis8976 I kinda miss my old computer's SD card slot a bit too, but it hasn't been too bad without it
@@walrusbyte263 I think my card reader is an accessory, but data backup is important
OMG THE BABY NORTH IS SO CUTE. Please, Fractal we *need* this!
🌲/5 actually works, atleast in Finnish. Spruce is "kuusi" and six is also "kuusi". So you read that as "six out of five".
"Would / Wood out of Five." LMAO. Great pun.
Do you have any audio (mic and speaker) solutions for the raspberry pi 5❓ I'm trying to build a smart speaker similar to Alexa.
I would email Pimoroni and ask; it seems like a natural fit and modifying their Pirate Radio product slightly, they could have a perfect mic and speaker hat
I'm a big fan of the Flirc case for my Pis. Easy, quick assembly and keeps the thing cool under high load.
I have been DYING for a case like this for YEARS!
Thank you so much for testing EDATEC's fanless cooling cases of Raspberry Pi 5! We are committed to the use of Raspberry Pi in industrial applications and will continue to do more with Raspberry Pi!
I'm glad you have so many enclosures-I have yet to test a couple of the touchscreen ones, but I have plans for those as well :)
@@JeffGeerling WOW, that's a good news! We're looking forward to seeing that!!
Jeff, I'm using the GeekPi Metal Case, I paid $22.80 on amazon for it, comes with the official heatsink/fan and supports their line of nvme hats. Looks great and sturdy.
I saw that one while searching for taller cases, looks like a solid case!
Geekworm also makes cases that accept their HAT’s and Bases.
I have the 580 case and the X1002 Bottom MVMe base.
I have the pironman 5 case but it cost less because I was on some kind of mailing list. I like that they put all the plug ins coming out the back unlike the 4 version. The case isn’t necessary but it’s kind of cool to play with.
Absolutely would buy this case, fractal needs to get on it.
Baby North with the Pironman port configuration would be perfect.
Jeff, where do you get those thin ethernet cables (seen at 4:00)? They are neat!
Monoprice slimline Ethernet cables, good for general use!
They uploaded files to 3D print the case 😊😊
Thing i like about the official case is it's plastic so it doesn't get hot to touch like the passive, metal ones do. It also comes in all black
I have the OG North and would buy the Fractal case (and get a Pi 5 to fit in it). I'd love to see more beautiful cases and the more wood the better.
Regarding the V3 m.2: mine didn’t work out of the box, had to install the argon stuff to then tinker on the bootloader from there. Now it works like a charm. Used the argon one m.2 for pi 4 and the upgrade to nvme on the pi 5 is great
I also have that nvme base board on my pi5 and i also am just running it bare like you have in your rack there Jeff. I really do wish there was some case for the thing that would fit as I do not have a 3d printer to print me off one. I have considered making one from acrylic and some wood though so that fractal case is a good inspiration.
I think Pineboards is working on a case that will be compatible with the Pimoroni board and all of Pineboards' bottom boards too. Hopefully they can start selling it and/or publish some files for it soon!
Fractal case looks great 👍 I'd buy one 😊 if could mount nvme hat
Most of the top HATs would fit okay. A bottom HAT would make it too tall for the port holes, but could be hacked in. I think if they took this to production they could figure out some solutions (and maybe re-orient the Pi for a little easier use of things like the power button?).
@JeffGeerling Depending on stand-offs available they could leave room underneath so holes line up or have a board there. I don't have a Pi 5 yet is external power button still an option?.
I'd wait for your review nevertheless 😅
I may drive to the raspberry pi store tomorrow 😬
@@MartinHiggs84 Yeah; the problem is the baked-in holes cut into the top and back for ports on the Pi-you'd have to re-cut those somehow so the Pi would fit with a HAT underneath (HAB?).
The power button can be run through GPIO, but the physical power button traces go to a couple through-hole pads so you'd have to solder to it or use a good POGO pin to get good contact for an external power button.
I did buy a pironman 5 and I love it so far. May end up using it as a portable light desktop.
you had us in the first half not gonna lie
6:42
6:45
You caught me off guard with this one 😂
My Argon M2 is chugging along just fine!
It's so cute! Fractal, I'd buy three for a cluster
Got pironman 5 couple days ago. Yes its $80 but totally worth it. Also comes with m2 hat and converts micro HDMI to regular.
Great job on the video Jeff! Thanks for making it.
Love this content. I have a basic case for my Pi 5, and I want something bigger that I can build off of!! Thanks Jeff!!
"NOT me the pie " 😂😂😂
The tiny Fractal case made me actually want to get a Raspberry Pi; never had one before.
I love my Fractal Define R6. Fractal is simply the best computer case manufacturer, period.
I kinda wish there were more larger cases for SBCs, and I'd really like something more "universal" that uses cables instead of soldered daughter boards to shift ports to the outside. That way you could keep and use the same case through multiple SBC upgrades, even with different vendors (with room for internal adapters for the various sizes of HDMI across different boards). Could include mounting standoffs for common boards, and maybe provide a strap or clamp system for boards that have more unusual mounting layouts. A way to offset hats and expansion boards that aren't physically compatible with some coolers and other hats could also be nice. I know I'm just dreaming into the void, but it's a bit surprising to me that with as much variation as there is in the SBC space, outside of a few popular boards, the only case option is a 3D print file made by a community member.
Fractal definitely needs to pull the trigger on that case, it is SO DOPE.
The official case does cool better if you leave the lid off. I've taken to gluing window screen material to the underside of the inner top to keep crud from falling in. It looks fine (none of my Pis are visible typically anyway) and the fan doesn't have to work nearly as hard.
The woodgrain,... OMG yes please! And the one direct after would look great as an office PC replacement.
What I really miss with Pi cases are holes to hang it on a wall (or on the bottom of a desk). Just 2 little keyhole slots for screws.
Yeah of all these cases I think only the Neo 5 had that. A lot of 3D printed designs are actually better for that!
fractal go go go! just remember to price it resonably so its accessable
The pimoroni NVMe base can fit as a hat in the official pi 5 case if you use 20mm standoffs. I’ve been running one as a mini plex server for months.
I too have a weakness for these cute lil cases. Cue the Fry take my money meme.
BTW how cool is it to simply walk into a Micro Center and buy a PI, just about any PI? I hope my local mc stocks more pimorni hats. Gotta get more hats
Surprised with the mention of Pimoroni you didn't mention the Pibow cases.
All my pi's have been in them, from the first where they used Lazer cut recovered wood, to the plastic of the later versions for my 2, 3 and 4 models, even one for a pi zero.
Great case, look the part, modular enough to adjust for hat needs and not badly priced (I even buy my pi's through Pimoroni to grab the case and save on shipping)
the north pi by fractal ... sick case just finished putting my pi 5 in my north pi case in black and gold.
Can you make an updated miniNAS video focusing on cases for such a solution? 😬
I don’t own a pi, I have no real interest in pi, and I only clicked because of that fractal case… I would definitely buy this case and a pi and then figure out what to do with it, if it becomes available. Good lord this thing is cute. I do own a regular size north and fell in love with it the instant I saw it. It replaced my first pc case I bought, lo and behold, a fractal define s. And I just moved my system into a fractal terra recently. I’m a bit of a fractal fan, it seems….
Any news on the Compute Module 5?
I am hoping for SATA ports as I want to build a NAS using 3.5" HDDs
How many pis do you run?
In 'production', right now 7. It goes up and down a little month to month, but I have about 10 other Pis I use for review testing, experiments, or temporary projects.
Right now I have one temp Pi on my Ender 3 S1 to work on Klipper, another on my desk testing a couple router HATs with 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, and another Pi running some weird PCIe tests.
An average off Pi.. 3.14!?
Yes
I‘m using an Argon2 case for my Pi4 with 1TB of SATA M.2 for 6-7 months now. I agree the assembling wasn‘t that easy, however I cloned the micro SD to the SSD and running my private Nextcloud and Pihole on it and it runs perfect since then. CPU temperature below 50 Celsius even on hot summer days. I like the Argon case.
Curious to know what the huge metal usb stick with antenna is at 7:00, kinda looks a bit like a dvb tuner?
It's an RTL-SDR v3, great for certain frequencies tuning different signals... testing with ADS-B and terrestrial radio right now.
I like the clever use of a small grow tent for your 3D printer at home.
I don't even own a raspberry pi, but I was willing to buy it. Do it, Fractal!
What about deskpi? I remember pre-ordering their case quite a while ago when it was still new, and the order got delayed a lot probably due to covid issues, so I ended up cancelling my order because I needed to get my pi up and running. The case had similar features to argon's cases but looks sleeker imo. Noticed they have lots of other products also now, including rack mounts and stuff. Might be worth checking out!
Yeah, may check out their new app I 5 rack mount system too. Also, GeeekPi has a few nice metal cases
The Pironman 5 case is a great fun case. I ordered mine the day it was available to order. It took 12 days to get to me.
The awesome part of Pironman 5 is that it comes with the nvme adapter. And it's working great.
Hi, just wanted to ask, where did you get the acrylic stand from? I bought the active cooler for my rpi 5 and I need something to hold it in place nicely.
love the STL stickers!
Oh as someone already using the matching case for my main desktop, the fractal would be the excuse i needed to finally get my first pi 🤣
I bought the Neo 5 M.2 and haven't been able to get it running stably. At least I know I'm not the only one. I'm gonna give the Pironman a try
I am thrilled that they released it to public like this. It probably wouldn't be viable to manufacture these being as is. I can also imagine being it a topic at a four-hour-long meeting (in tandem with another 4-hour-one to decide a name). That is just a not-far-from-the-truth joke based on my observation working in a tech company. But oh boy, I will print myself one, maybe even two! Finally a worthy case for a PI.
i need something FRACTAL for my pi
Thanks Jeff. Entertaining and informative as always.
Jeff enjoy your Saltines while you’re still able to…my doctor now no Saltines for me😢! Thanks for the information and update video.
Have a great day!
Oof! So far I am unharmed by the saltines :)
only issue I have with the Argon case is that it doesn't port out the composite video from the 3.5mm jack, and I'm using that with my Pi 4 on a CRT as a retro console
Yeah; it would be nice if a case broke out the analog video output too. It's not used by everyone, but for those who do use it, it's invaluable.
@@JeffGeerling if only... honestly, I'd kill for an S-Video hat more than anything else lol
Hey, you have RTL-SDR connected to one of your PIs in the rack. Make a video sometime about how to set-up a pi with rtl sdr and remotely operate it. Also share your experience about your setup and what do you use it for.
I would love to see Fractal make that --- I constantly see a similar case on ebay/amzn but I dnt want to spend as much for a case as I did for the Pi5 board.
Btw, are there any plans to make the "Cosplaying as a sysadmin" shirts in different colors?
Yellow isnt my thing, and I was hoping some other options would pop up eventually
I want one so bad it's such a unique shirt. Unfortunately I will probably also need a 3x tho 😭
I use huge heatsink cases without fans. Dust is no problem and the io access is also kunda good
Hey Jeff - do you still have the Milk-V Mars? I have been curious to see which RasPi accessoires fit it. The Mars is super cheap and the JH7110 is nearing full kernel upstream support - could even happen this year! 6.11 will even bring PCIe. So it would be awesome to hear what fits on this thing and what does not.
Thanks!
Now I am considering buying Pironman case, just as it looks so awesome.
Can we expect a video on different coolers for the Pi 5? Would love to see comparisons on a bunch
What happened to the Axzez Interceptor Carrier Boards? As ways out of stock.
I would email them and ask-they have been working on a revision I think, at least I had asked them about that a couple months ago when I made my last video. They had stock then but they may be retooling or waiting on another production batch to come back.
I also run my pi naked sometimes ... but the pi is in a Flirc case.
Michael Klements gets a mention! Well done!
it's good to see that Raspberry Pi Foundation's marketing department is still alive and well
All I've ever wanted was a nice-looking pi case that doesn't look cheap. Come on Fractal!!!
I love wood grain. Woodwork is one of my other hobbies. I would buy one!!!!
I've long felt that a 3D printer is just the perfect complement to a Pi, or rather the perfect complement to any sort of DIY electronics. Even if you can't find the perfect case, you can often either modify an existing design (for instance I'd totally put a vandal switch on the North Pi case if I was needing a case right now,) or start from a sketch and make the case you need right now... plus a few hours prep time.
Sorta long way of saying that I totally support Fractal's choice to just freely release the print files because _no_ Pi case is one-size-fits-all even if most fit most, but also I'm not made of wood and I imagine that's going to be a common substitution for anyone making this, even if that's clearly the best material there.
Aww, mine wasn't mentioned 😞. I even tried to make a similar one to the Baby North one, but found my supplier for aluminium base of the case to be unreliable (and the alternative suppliers too expensive).
When will some of the shirts be back in stock on the store Jeff? Also, that Fractal case is a beauty!
I just placed a reorder Tuesday, so hopefully by mid-month!
@@JeffGeerling can't wait 🙌
I love all 3 of my Argon One M.2 cases, one with a built-in audio line output HAT. Even modified one with an NVMe SSD via USB3 adapter.
But, those were pre-CM4 (my personal fave) & Pi5, w/PCIe.
Funny I came to the same conclusion of a piece of acrylic. My Pi 5 is just a file server but I have the Ice tower cooler on it and a bottom mount M.2 card with a SATA card installed. So it has 5 SATA cables coming out the bottom, which made me want to turn the entire thing upside down which actually looks kind of neat. I just connected 3 standoffs together for each of the 4 PCB holes because of the tower cooler, put an acrylic piece under that and it's all running like a champ upside down with SATA cables coming out the top.
Can you post a link to a photo of this? Curious to see.
There is a 3D printable one on printables.
What are you using the rtlsdr for?
For projects I will often take 10 minutes designing a carrier board in FreeCAD and print it. The keeps the Pi and the project clean.
Heeeeere's Jeff with "The case for cases!"
I will thank you again. I love my GMK tec for gaming and for the price you cannot beat it.
It's a tidy little box!
Jeff, you might want to check if your webstore follows the international rules for shipments. Like that you don't charge no vat, but 0 vat because your sales are under 10k, that you have a privacy policy with what happens to user data etc.
Still need the the dual dphy for the imx585. The quad dphy does like 500mhz, sure because it's the imx415, but it's supposed to be 20gbit camy.
Are there no suitable Pi 4 cases with at least one ssd/hdd slot?
These Pi 5 ones look super good, I wonder if they'd fit? Seems like they should be compatible
@Jeff Gerling the headphonejack on the argon one doesn't work until you buy a $25 USD addon board ("Argon BLSTR DAC with Ground Loop Isolator")
Ah, that wasn't clear... that stinks, it seems like it would be easy enough to add a cheaper DAC on the board and maybe allow upgrading it.
im still new and very much interested in doing projects with raspberry pi 5. a goal I have is have a cluster of about 4 pi's, I want to do be able to have extra storage like m.2 (or even how you have 4 SSD). not sure on each or not, I do want a cooler on all of them. the Pironman 5 looks up my ally with what can be done with it, it be cool to have it as a cluster but at that price range maybe not
Great video!
Fractal, sh*t up and take my money!
Quick note: I own multiple Argon One v1 and v2 with SSDs and without and they work wonders!
Quick question: What is the raspberry pi sticker but with a blackberry at 6:46?!
That is my custom 'Drupal cluster' (Pi Dramble) sticker :)