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Hi,

I’m installing a Raspberry Pi 4 in the Sbitx v2 that I bought recently at the Hamvention. ?Can anyone tell me whether there is enough clearance to place those tiny stick-on heat sinks on the cpu and memory chip? ?Are they even needed?

Thanks

Jim
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Jim,

I tried the lowest profile ones I could find, I had to remove the MCU one because it comes in contact with the crystal on the board below it, all the other ones I was able to leave in place. Do we need them anyway? Farhan says no. I think a better solution would be to fit a quiet fan in the case close to the Raspberry Pi. Either way, only time will tell.

Joel
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The Raspberry Pi 4 does not need a heatsink.
It is SoC is designed to transfer the heat it generates into the board.
If it gets too hot (which is unlikely because the Sbitx software only uses a small amount of CPU) will automatically lower its clock speeds.

Thankyou Paul and Joel. ?I assumed they were not really required or even feasible, but its good to double check.

Jim
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