C4LabsZebra Case for Pine64 ~ Black Ice Slim With Fan
M**N
A little bit difficult to assemble
Works well and looks great
T**I
Nice compact case - you may not want to use the fan
I picked this case up a few years ago, and am still using it on an earlier run PINE A64+ 2GB board. It looks like it would fit the PINE A64-LTS well as they are very similar boards, but the case is pretty compact and wouldn't fit a hat or similar (the pine on the GPIO seem accessible enough but I haven't actually tried to use them).This is a compact design, looks good and I found it easy to assemble. Haven't needed to file around the HDMI port as another review mentioend, but that might depend on the cable used.The small heatsink is a good fit and probably enough to cool the A64 effectively. A fan comes with the kit as well, but it's a bit loud for my taste. I'm considering getting a quiet brushless fan but honestly haven't managed to overheat the board so for right now I just leave the fan unplugged. No issues, but I would have liked a quieter fan.All in all, one of the better SBC case designs I've seen for general use.
M**L
Great case for the Pine64 with definite thought involved in ...
Great case for the Pine64 with definite thought involved in it's design that helped with assembly (i.e. smaller and larger tabs to make figuring out orientation easier.) Typically I prefer the look and feel of aluminum cases over plastic/acrylic. However once assembled, it's design feels much more polished than other plastic/acrylic cases I have used in the past which looked very much DIY; this however looks very clean and presentable. The matte finish on the black pieces along the sides looks great.Only trivial complaint that is I had to do some searching to figure out the pins for the fan (pins 4 and 6) as couldn't make them out in the pics and didn't notice it in the docs.I'd buy one of these again
C**S
An intricate Little Case
This is a great little case for my pine64, it's an interesting design and I like the clear windows. The fan works great but I had to use the 3.3v connectors to plug it in, the 5v took too much power and I couldn't run the fan and a cpu intensive application without the board crashing. Despite that, the 3.3v pin works like a charm, the fan runs quieter than when on the 5v pin and the cpu temperature went from 65c to ~40c under a heavy load.The only drawback is the one wall gets in the way of some power connectors, but you can just exclude it or file it down to fit. Other than that I got it together quick and I'd order more cases for future boards.
A**D
A Great And Awesome Case!
What a great case like always from C4 Labs. This case is much better than the case that Pine Microsystems sells very well made comes with a heatsink and fan that are great for keeping your Pine64 nice and cool and keeps the SOC throttling down under heavy work loads. like always C4 Labs made a great case and I always trust them for my SBC case needs. Thanks Dustin and everyone at C4 Labs for your awesome cases.
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