Geekworm X825-C8 Case, Only Support X825 V2.0 2.5 Inch SATA
Geekworm X825-C8 Case, Only Support X825 V2.0 2.5 Inch SATA SSD/HDD Shield & Raspberry Pi 4 & X735 (Raspberry Pi / X825 / X735 Not Included)
| Weight: | 278 g |
| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 5.5 x 11.3 cm; 278 Grams |
| Brand: | Geekworm |
| Model: | X825-C8 |
| Colour: | X825-C8 for Pi4+X825 V2.0+X735 |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Geekworm |
| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 5.5 x 11.3 cm; 278 Grams |
Ottimo prodotto, funzionale e bello da vedere che mi permette di alloggiare il mio raspberry con il disco ssd sotto di esso. peccatio pero che non sia previsto un dissipatore a tubo di rame con alette di raffredamento e con sopra una ventola.
Adatter quello che ho, tagliando e forando il coperchio del case.
Comunque prodotto consigliato.
Una carcasa excelente para la raspberry, que aunada a las tarjetas de power mgmt y disco sata, dan mucha versatilidad y poder a la raspberry. Excelente para proyectos de desarrollo.
I used this with the x735 board from geekworm to add a sata SSD to make a tiny NAS. Works great. Although if you run anything other than the rasbianOS, the fan will be pretty noisy. Looks like I need to learn a bit of python to write a script to control the fa
I used it with the sata drive board it was designed to work with and it did that job VERY well. My only issue is the fact that there is NO ACCESS to the sd card on the Pi once it’s assembled. I like to tinker and am always removing the sd card so i can put a different OS on it to play with. Having to take it apart each time i wanted to pull the card became very tedious and now the case sits on a shelf unused.
Only two things wrong:
1. All metal case kills the bluetooth and wifi range is cut is almost half if the case cover is not screwed on, little to none if case is sealed close completely.
2. You have to continuously open and close the case to change SD cards. The access is to open it by unscrewing the tiny screws, hoping not to lose any, gently pull out the stack trying not to touch the boards to much after disconnecting the power button connector, switch the cards. Now let’s put this all back together. But all this to happen after you have disconnected all the cords and plugs. A hole in the front of the case where the SD card slot is on the board would be greatly appreciated.
This is a great case to go with the Pi 4, and Geekworm X825 and X725 hats.
One could create a Pi 4 monster with up to 4TB SSD storage with this, or much more if Geekworms stacking drive configuration was used.
I just put a 1TB solid state and I’m going to try to add a second ethernet port to this with another hat so I can use this project as a router passthrough and track my home internet usage… and it’s going to a very very close fit. So going too far outside of spec will quickly exceed the spare space inside this case.
Additionally, I have followed the specs and revisited them tirelessly, and so far I have not been able to make the power button actually toggle the power. But I think this one is probably on me, for now.
Contenu : 1 botier en mtal, 1 interrupteur de contrle d’alimentation, 1 mini ventilateur (avec 4 vis de vis), 1 lot de vis de montage …..et comme c’est dcrit clairement, elle ne comprend pas le Raspberry Pi 4, carte X825 et ni le disque dur SATA 2,5″ !!
Donc, pas de tout mensongre. Par ailleurs, la boite ne fais pas effet cage de farfadet, non plus. Evidemment, les gens ne connaissent pas/ testent pas les produits associs, et notamment le Raspberry PI . Le PI 4B fonctionne trs bien en 5G et Bluetooth / BLE dans cette boite, tester par mes soins. En revanche, le PI 4B (software/firmware/hardware) dans sa version actuelle gre mal le WIFI en 2.4Ghz, mais cela reste un problme PI4 et cela n’est pas li avec quelconque boite. Je n’ai pas tester la premire version de la PI 4.
Le seul bmol est que les vis extrieurs s’usent assez vite, mais personnellement, j’ai dmont la boite tellement de fois pour des tests et pour flasher la carte SD avec diffrente OS que c’est moiti ma faute. Les OS/firmware ne sont pas encore assez murs. Un accs devant la boite la cardSD, m’aurait peut tre viter le problme…
Mais bon, j’ai russi d’installer le PI4 avec un SSD et dans une architecture distribue pour faire un cluster. Mais la encore une fois, la boite n’est pour rien 😉
X825-C2 Case:
This thing is great! Nice quiet, low energy, portable Plex server. My RPi4B is overclocked to 2.1GHz and the X735 keeps it under 60C at full load. 30-36C idle. Raspberry Pi 4Bs make really great Plex servers btw, move all the logs and transcoding dirs to tempfs. From my testing it can handle 1-2 transcodes pretty well. I use a FireTV 4K for local direct play. Works great highly recommended. Case is well ventilated keeping the HDD and pi4 cool. Setting up the scripts to get the X735 and momentary switch working was easy, assuming you are experienced with Linux. Only had to modify a few lines in the provided .sh file. There are even some forks floating around on github that are updated for the X735. This case originally arrived with a slightly warped lid that didn’t fit quite right, fixed it with a rubber mallet lol. I’m not to picky, but for a $30 case there could be some better quality control. 2.4GHz wifi definitely does not work, have WiFi+ Bluetooth disabled anyway. 5GHz works just ok. For my use case I am using the Ethernet port.
X825-C6 Case:
I was so impressed I bought another, unfortunately it is entirely different than the one I ordered before. From the same listing! I was surprised to find out there is no mSD card slot cutout on the front of the case, like the previous X825-C2 case I bought. My fault though I should have read the listing again rather than assume it was the same case. The C6 has less holes for heat dispattion on the top and back of the case. Not really a huge deal. Case is slightly wider to accommodate the slightly protruding mSD card.
Case also arrived with a significant warp on the left side. Nothing a little elbow grease can’t fix. Although I still can’t use this for it’s intended purpose since I am swapping SD cards all the time: breaking, tinkering, hacking, overclocking, testing various Linux distros for RPi etc. I will probably swap it with the C2 case running my Plex server, since that mSD is rarely needed to be removed. I’m still annoyed that I have to disassemble the entire thing to get to the mSD card if it fails or I break something that requires an external fix.
Some of the frame wasn’t quite square, needed slight adjustment, probably requires better packaging.