DIY Raspberry Pi Heat Sinks

Hey everybody, I am sure most of you have noticed the heat output of the RasPi. While it isn't an issue in a room temperature environment, it could be in hotter places like an enclosure or parked car. That's why I took it upon myself to modify an old chipset heatsink from a Dell Pentium IV based desktop PC. A half hour project turned into a solution that is no taller than the usb ports, yet keeps the device about 17 degrees Celcius cooler than stock!

Full writeup here: http://michaeldornisch.blogspot.com/2012/06/diy-raspberry-pi-heat-sink.html

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Former Member over 13 years ago

Looks very nice, I am thinking of adding heatsinks to my rpi, I am getting a pi hut clear open sided case for it and was thinking of adding a small fan to keep it cool as well, the question is, is there going to be a sensible heatsink kit made available for the pi or do we have to go down the ebay route of buy and hope for the best or do we have to do the same as you and make them ourselves.

Living in greece the temp here is hot at the best of times.
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Former Member over 13 years ago

Looks very nice, I am thinking of adding heatsinks to my rpi, I am getting a pi hut clear open sided case for it and was thinking of adding a small fan to keep it cool as well, the question is, is there going to be a sensible heatsink kit made available for the pi or do we have to go down the ebay route of buy and hope for the best or do we have to do the same as you and make them ourselves.

Living in greece the temp here is hot at the best of times.
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