General discussion • Re: Do we think my Pi 5 fan is noisy because I have mounted it vertically?

Also. What counts as a good thermal pad.

I'd suggest trying the pads that come with an aluminium heatsink case. Even the best pads you can buy will probably only make a couple of °C difference with a Pi.

One of my Pi4B aluminium heatsink cases came with the option of either using a standard thermal pad or a copper shim on the SoC. I tried it both ways using some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut I had left over from a PC build with the copper shim and even that only made 3°C difference under heavy loads.

Remember that temperature measurement starts at absolute zero, so even a 3°C improvement only equates to around 1%.

Statistics: Posted by GTR2Fan — Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:08 am

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