This is what Raspberry Pi 5 looks like with Raspberry Pi Active Cooler attached. When looking at the height of the Raspberry Pi Active Cooler from the side, it was lower than the USB port.

The rotation speed of the Raspberry Pi 5's original active cooler is basically controlled automatically, but you can specify the rotation speed by rewriting the values in the following file.

H ot on the heels of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 release, EDATec has announced something that we wished was included as ...

The cooler includes thermal pads and paste for optimal thermal contact with the Raspberry Pi’s CPU and PMIC chip. The Argon THRML 60mm Radiator is built with dual copper heat pipes.

When I bought my Raspberry Pi 5 hundreds of projects ago, I picked up the Active Cooler on a whim. And let me tell you, it ...

When it comes to keeping your Raspberry Pi 5 cool, ... The results showed that the official active cooler could reduce temperatures significantly, especially when the top of the case was removed.

You can also now buy an active cooler for the RPi 5’s chip, which is both an adorable and affordable addition to the board—at just $5, it’s the same price as a set of passive heatsinks.

Raspberry Pi 5's active cooler, with heat sink and radial blower. There's also a new chip on the Pi 5, built by Pi, to take away I/O functions from the AP.

The Pi 5 still ships without any kind of cooler on the SoC, and you can use it that way if you want; for short bursts of activity, it won't get hot enough quickly enough to cause big problems.

Also my pi 3b is working faster and without a cooler, I’m sure this is just software hasn’t caught up, but think about it, you didn’t need to buy an active cooler and the pi was fine before ...