October 20, 20232 yr Would passive cooling be any good for OrangePi PC Plus? Or active cooling is better suited? Edited October 20, 20232 yr by Wilson Wilson
October 21, 20232 yr Author Sometimes I get around 56 degrees. Usually, the temperature is a few degrees lower. I was thinking about passive coolers but the question is do they work actually.
November 19, 20232 yr Author As those temperatures were bothering me I decided to order some heatsinks and fan from Aliexpress. I got 3 heatsinks, fan and as a bonus clear plastic case (so fragile I managed to snap off two clips when putting together the casing). And the results are impressive. Temperatures fell from 49 - 51 degrees when idling to 35 - 38 degrees depending how warm is the room where OrangePi is placed. Under mild load (usually some music streaming and copying files to external hard drive) temperatures go up to slightly over 40 degrees. Fan is very quiet and it can be noticed but not to the point of being annoying. Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Wilson Wilson
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