Roon and Pi fans - new Pi 4 Silent Cooler

Lots of us are using Pi 4 as streamers with either Logitech Media Server (my past) or Roon and Pi/Ubuntu (my current) so I wanted to let you know of the Cooler Master kick starter Pi 4 silent case:

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cooler-master-launch-pi-case-40-for-raspberry-pi-4


I currently use the Flirc case and have no complaints, but the CM / Kickstarter case looks like it will cool it even better and allow for better overclocking. A good thing if you want your Pi to also do Internet video streaming. If you just want a Roon end point, I highly recommend the Flirc as being small, pretty, silent and effective.

(associate links follow)

https://amzn.to/3igTvVY


What the CM cooler seems to have better is have more aluminum and more of it is exposed to the outside air, while the Flirc uses a plastic cover. Looks great, but holds the heat a little too well. Again, the Flirc is 100% great for pure Roon streaming, frosty 52 C at all times here. It’s also available immediately via Amazon, the CM I’ll have to wait for September. :-(

Also, the ifi 5V iPower X is a very good way to clean up the Pi 4 wall wart:

https://amzn.to/3kngQXV

The two ifi iPower blocks I’ve recently installed have me listening to my stereo a little more than before. They deserve a more serious review than I can give them right now. I have the previous gen version (2.5A vs. 3.0A) and it works great so long as I don’t overclock.