Argon ONE V3 Raspberry Pi 5 Case

The product is very high quality.

Argon One cases are my absolute favorite enclosures for full-size Raspberry Pi boards. Power, USB, video, and audio ports are brought to the back where they belong. This completely eliminates the octopus of cables you'd otherwise have to deal with with just about every other case in existence.This also includes a built-in fan and a soft power switch (for a proper controlled shutdown - yay!) managed by easy-to-install software.

After many attempts on this case with many different PSU and HDMI cables it does not work. You get 4k30 rather than 60. And the official PSU for argon and raspberry pi5 only supports lower amps and voltage. Do not buy. The scripts do not work on the office operating system or Ubuntu

First let me start off by saying this is a very nice case for your Raspberry Pi 5. As for practicality? It was poorly designed. I could engineer a better case. First heat sinks lead right to the shell of the case behind the fan, which makes the cooling fan is absolutely useless. It blows air out the back of the fins which defeats the purpose of the fan besides to suck out hot air from the board while the shell absorbs all the rest of the heat while actually blowing very little air over anything that can attempt to cool the case.

I bought an Argon NEO and returned it as defective. It was iffy on the bench, but wouldn't start at all when I fully buttoned down the case.I replaced it with the Argon ONE case and it is much better, BUT, as other reviewers noted it would not start when you assemble it. As other reviewers stated, I set the Always ON jumper to the "other" position and everything works as it should, even the power switch.Also the NEO had a fan cable that was difficult to place. The ONE fan is integrated without a cable. The NEO case just felt a bit sloppy and a lot that could go wrong. The ONE gives you more confidence of fit and finish, and design. Recommended.[edit] the jumper in the original position uses the Argon ONE case power switch. the "always on" position is what most of us were used to using older Pi's. Neither is wrong, but worth noting. [end edit]NEO=badONE=good

Great case, great temp control and nice form factor

Gosh I don't normally like being so negative but I have lots of bad things to say:The magnetic GPIO cover is metal...... be very careful not to drop it into the GPIO pins and short something!! I don't know if the black coating is conductive, but if the GPIO pins scratch it off then the metal underneath is definitely is.Argon made their own circuitry for the fan and power button, when the Pi 5 already has a perfectly good fan header and power button with functionality that people are used to. Like instead of bringing up the power off menu, it just cuts power immediately, potentially corrupting your files if anything was being saved. And I don't know how to adjust the fan speed.The rubber feet aren't at the very outer corners, making it a little less stable. So heavier cables cause the box to do a wheely on your desk at all times.The thermal pads are the wrong size and quite difficult to peel the little protective film off since its the exact same shape and size as the pad itself, because they were cut all at once like a sandwich.When assembling, the instructions ask you to visually distinguish these absolutely tiny little screws by the shape of the head, calling the countersink screws "flat head" which is also confusing naming. Why can't the design just use one type of screw?Lastly not a criticism, but maybe a missed opportunity. Since they are redirecting the USB C to the back, it would've been super cool if they also allowed for normal power delivery standards, instead of needing to also purchase a specialty power brick that fits Raspberry Pi's weird 5v 5a power recommendation.

So this is my fourth case of a Raspberry, in this case PI 5. I have a second such case purchased with the NVME underbelly! I have the SATA underbelly for the two PI 4's. I had to buy the first case and two underbellies from the manufacturer and found the second case I needed here.Easy to put together. IO comes out the back! YAY! the cooling is handled well and there are nice utilities with all four cases! This company is great! I love the fact they take micro-hdmi out as regular hdmi meaning standard cables! YAY!I have been using the PI 4 for two years and they are great. Now I have been using the PI 5 for three months and they seem great, too.I trying three other case styles but you can't beat the all IO out the back, period! and nice set up on the SSD both SATA (PI 4) and NVME (PI 5). BTW I am a big guy (6' 5" or 196 cm) with large hands and I have no problems putting these together.Note there are two different models for 4 (grey) & 5 (black) get the right one!