Argon ONE M.2 for Raspberry Pi 4

Amazing case for your Raspberry Pi 4. Easy to assemble if you follow instructions.Once it's all in one peace it feels like ... build like a tank. will survive anything.Why "5 starts ... but " ???First of all GPIO pins on the actual case - two of them arrived bent. Not a big problem. Gentle nudge and they back in to place. If you will receive with same thing, just be careful and not force them in to place.Another ting - sticky heatsink pads. They are crap. after day of use i took case apart and twi sticky pads where like porridge. Looked like chewing gum under the sun. Replaced them with better quality once and after then during stress tests CPU never goes above 55*C where before it was reaching 62 - 65*CI do recommend this case for anyone who is looking for good, sturdy case that will keep your RPi cool, just invest couple more £££ into better heat sink pads.

I sort of resented the price tag on this .. until it arrived, and I realised how sturdy it was and that it had various useful features that I didn't think I needed but are actually rather nice to have.Basically, I was shuffling my collection of different models of Pis around, and needed to free up a 3B that was sitting in a plastic tub with an external SSD adapter. I had a spare 4B already, so this case allowed me to tidy up and add a bit more oomph. I think I might have balked if I'd had to by the 4B at the same time - I do think the Pi ecosystem is generally a bit overpriced compared to x86 options - but this is much better value for money than I was expecting. So much so in fact that I'm struggling to dissuade myself from buying another to turn into an HTPC/set-top box ..

When I read about the new Argon case I thought I was going top have to replace the entire box. Then I discovered this on Amazon. Excellent addition fitted an M2 drive and now Pi booting merrily from the SSD.Great addon.

It's a solid little addition to the Argon 1 case. It adds maybe 15mm of extra height to the case and takes up one of your PI's USB 3.0 Ports during operation.I'm using mine as a boot drive for a homeassistant install - so far so good! And should be much more robust for consistent reads and writes compared to running from an SD cardThere are a couple of things to note however:- It covers the SD card slot completely when installed. This isn't an issue for my usecase, but i'd imagine it may be for others- This does NOT support NVMe drives, only SATA- Burning an OS image to the SSD was a bit of an odd task. I do not have an M.2 to usb caddy or adaptor other than this case. So, I had to adapt the female USB A port on this device to male using the included adaptor, and then run a USB extension to my PC. It worked fine, but i kind of expected a standard downstream connector like a micro USB female port or similar so that the case could be connected to a PC for imaging using a standard cable. Without a USB extension i would have had purchase a USB A to USB A cable which exist, but are not common at all, or a second USB to M.2 Adaptor just to be able to use this USB to M.2 Adaptor. (I'm sure theres a way to burn an image to the disk using the PI itself to avoid this, i just didnt consider that as i'm not running Raspberry PI OS, seemed silly installing an OS just to install another OS)Overall very pleased however. I'd definitely recommend the upgrade if you have an Argon 1 case

Clearly someone has taken some time to design this. Its a very sturdy construction with excellent heat dissipation. The fan is a little noisy when running at full speed. However the inclusion of two full-size HDMI ports is brilliant.The fan, buttons and IR interface are all software controllable, the included instructions are simple to follow for both hardware setup/install and software setup.I have a few of these now after a bad experience with a much cheaper plastic case.

This is another Argon case that I have for my raspberries, nice, very well designed, "heavily armored", durable and very easy to install.The only downside is that it came with slightly scratched plastics.

Not cheep but a very nice case, good heat displacement and well designed.

I initially bought the argon 1 case and then decided to upgrade and add the base with a usb boot option. I've not had any other experience of pi cases but this seems to be as good as it will get especially for this kind of budget. Impressive