[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 8:52 AM <mwilson at vex.net> wrote:

> > Hello,
> > I stumbled across this recently:
> > https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/
> > I can use some guidance and advice from folks who have experience
> > with Raspberry Pi's. What I read so far looks good but I have questions.
> [ ... ]
> > How hot does the unit become ? Does it require an add on fan shim ? Or
> > will work fine without one ?
>
> It occurred to me that I have some of the stuff to answer this.  A
> thermocouple thermometer was reading 23.4degC ambient temperature this
> morning.  I poked it into the 8GB Pi4B which had been running idle
> overnight, and the air temperature in the case near the processor read
> 37degC.  A few minutes work with GIMP brought that slowly to 42.4degC.
> That's with no fan, only the convection past the heatsink.  There's a hint
> to start with.
>

Thank you for going to all that trouble. Much appreciated.
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