{"id":1847,"date":"2019-11-06T22:16:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2020-05-12T13:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T05:55:27","slug":"cool-your-raspberry-pi-4-with-the-ice-tower-cpu-cooling-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/cool-your-raspberry-pi-4-with-the-ice-tower-cpu-cooling-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool your Raspberry Pi 4 with the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I had mentioned in why my computer restarted itself when I play League of Legends<\/a>, excess heat can cause a computer to behave abnormally.<\/p>\n

So how will your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B<\/a> deal with rising heat? In case there is a spike in operating temperature, Raspberry Pi 4 will slow your CPU down significantly. When that happens, you will not be able to enjoy 4K videos on your Raspberry Pi 4 anymore.<\/p>\n

After I did a review on the Raspberry Pi 4<\/a>, I had been contemplating whether to get a cooler fan for my Raspberry Pi 4. In the midst of delayed gratification<\/a>, Seeed Studio<\/a> asked if I am willing to do a review on their Ice Tower Cooler<\/a>. Since I wanted a cooling fan for my Pi 4, I agreed to have a look at the Ice Tower Cooler.<\/p>\n

Given that, this post contains some points for your reference if you are pondering whether to get the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan for to cool your Raspberry Pi 4.<\/p>\n

Unboxing the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan from Seeed Studio<\/h2>\n

After some waiting, the Ice Tower Cooler came in a box like this:<\/p>\n

\"Ice<\/p>\n

That's a rather big package, comparing it to a Pi 4 at the side:<\/p>\n

\"Raspberry<\/p>\n

When I took out everything from the box, I got the following contents:<\/p>\n

\"contents<\/p>\n

Can you use the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan with Pi 3B+?<\/h2>\n

In case you have a Raspberry Pi 3B+, you can use the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan to cool your Pi 3B+ as well:<\/p>\n

\"ICE<\/p>\n

Assembling the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan to your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B<\/h2>\n

So how can we assemble the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan to our Raspberry Pi 4 Model B?<\/p>\n

Since we have an instruction manual, we can follow it to assemble the the cooler to our Raspberry Pi 4 Model B:<\/p>\n

\"ICE<\/p>\n

\"ICE<\/p>\n

\"ICE<\/p>\n

If you wish to use heat sinks below the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan, then you can use 2 copper sticks at the 4 corners of the mounting brackets:
\n\"ICE<\/p>\n

Getting a sense of how effective the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan is in cooling your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B<\/h2>\n

So how effective is the ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan in cooling our Raspberry Pi 4 Model B?<\/p>\n

Since I had attached some spare Pi 3 heat sinks<\/a> onto my Pi 4, I did the stress test for 2 scenarios:<\/p>\n