For not much more cost than a single CPU heatsink, I bought a set covering all the chips. The CPU heatsink has the base curved for the CPU chip. The adhesive on the back is thin and more heat conductive than those blue pads. I ran some real life heavy duty workloads without hitting a slowdown.
Three of the chips felt warm to hot before the heatsinks plus the RF whatever metal plate was hot. Some documentation says to not put a heatsink on the RF metal plate. There is a post saying it is ok for a Pi 3B. I would add a heatsink for that if I had a heatsink that size.
Three of the chips felt warm to hot before the heatsinks plus the RF whatever metal plate was hot. Some documentation says to not put a heatsink on the RF metal plate. There is a post saying it is ok for a Pi 3B. I would add a heatsink for that if I had a heatsink that size.
Statistics: Posted by peterlite — Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:53 am