Hardware best case/shell for a raspberry pi 3?

[chrisrlink]

hi my brother gave me the Raspberry pi 3 for Christmas 2017 it currently has the generic clear hard plastic case and i rather have one with a fan to prevent overheating (it does get hot even w/o overclocking) should i go with Aluminum too? Amazon is the best option cause a friend has Amazon prime

 

[ScarletDreamz]

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Whatever looks pretty, really. Unless the Pi starts hitting upwards of 85C, you shouldn't really need to worry about heat whatsoever. The actual chip used could operate fine at 100C, if it wanted to (though it'd lower life expectancy a bit), but it'll thermal throttle itself around 85C.

If you don't already have heat sinks on it, pick up a a couple and that should help keep temperatures low enough that even with overclocking you shouldn't hit the 80C thermal throttle limit.

 

[chrisrlink]

thanks btw @Scarlet whats the price tag for the last case or at least the name?

 

[Minox]

 

[KiiWii]

I got a turquoise and clear one with cut outs and 2 heatsinks on my RPi3 for next to nothing £11 shipped IIRC.

Like this one:

Spoiler

http://www.eleduino.com/upload/Rpi2 black Case-1.jpg

 

[ScarletDreamz]

thanks btw @Scarlet whats the price tag for the last case or at least the name?

The last one converts the PI on a full desktop computer as i have read, it was announced as $50.
Let me see if i can find the link:

Edit:

Found it! -> http://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-hands-on-with-the-pi-desktop-kit/

 

[LineoftheDead]

I know you want a fan, but heat syncs seem to do just fine for me. this is my favorite case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M6G9YBM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I currently have my 3 in it - Raspbian for movies, retropie for games, kali for..... stuff.... no heat issues at all