Fractal, take my money! (Pi 5 Cases)

Cases and other things mentioned in this video:

Note that a few of the cases were sent to me for testing, while others I've purchased in the months following the Pi 5's launch. Fractal sent me a copy of the Baby North after I asked them about it watching other people's Computex coverage on YouTube. So far they don't seem to have plans for selling it!

Contents:

00:00 - The saltine of Pi cases
00:39 - Fractal Baby North
01:37 - Pironman 5
02:34 - EDATEC fanless cases
03:28 - HAT compatibility
04:31 - Argon One V3 and Neo 5
05:57 - 3D printed cases
06:24 - My favorite case is none at all!
07:01 - Pi coolers, more and more extreme
07:22 - Thank the sponsor!

[JeffGeerling]

A video on the 3D print will come soon over on Level2Jeff :)

[Kitteh.B]

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!

[VistasSrinagarun]

it doesn't happen often that a case has made me want to buy a OMG Fractal

[johnjurmu]

Wood grain, expect a review on LGR too

[JohnPernock]

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'

[BlackHoleForge]

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.

[mojoxerspootykat]

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!

[DonaldMcdowel]

Gamers Nexus covered this, I really wanted it but they said they didnt want to sell it. How can they tease us....

[MichaelKlements]

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!

[MarcusTheDorkus]

OMG THE BABY NORTH IS SO CUTE. Please, Fractal we *need* this!

[walrusbyte]

I've got the adult version of the Fractal North case for my gaming PC. Happy with it so far!

[hellterminator]

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).

[CoffeeOnRails]

If fractal brings the baby north to market I’d not only buy it but also a north to replace my current case.

[TinTalon]

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

[Dygear]

"Would / Wood out of Five." LMAO. Great pun.

[NearCry]

🌲/5 actually works, atleast in Finnish. Spruce is "kuusi" and six is also "kuusi". So you read that as "six out of five".

[gustavrsh]

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.

[asphere]

I'm a big fan of the Flirc case for my Pis. Easy, quick assembly and keeps the thing cool under high load.

[EDATEC]

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!

[Vicshade]

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.