GeeekPi Aluminum NAS Case for Raspberry Pi 4 with ICE Tower Cooler and M.2 SATA SSD Adapter Board, Pi 4 PWM Cooling Fan with Heatsink for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Only

I bought this because the fan in my Argon M.2 case was so loud. This case is much quieter, you can still hear the fan, but barely. The case is well constructed and easy to assemble. The Argon case is more asthetically pleasing, but this one looks nice too. Although many might consider it a plus, I'm not wild about the colored light for the fan. I would recommend this case, in fact, I just ordered a second one. If the Pi 4's ever become available again, I'll be ordering more.

The most important fun fact to take away from this review is that the M.2 board will not work without additional 5V power supplied to its Pogo pins. USB power is not enough. So if you're like me, and want to install an OS on the M.2 from your Mac or PC, the way to do this is to attach the M.2 board to a Pi and supply the Pi with power (no need for any SD card). Then plug the M.2 board's USB into your computer. Your computer should immediately recognize the M.2 board and prompt you with formatting options.If you try this without using the Pogo pins, a white LED will light up, but that's it.It's disconcerting that this product depends on three Pogo pins making contact with solder joints (not even flat copper pads) in order to work.Also, the description says: "The type of SSD drive must be M.2 SATA SSD 2280 because the adapter board does not support NVME SSD and NGFF SSD." But actually it does support 2280 NGFF such as: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H21182FThe good...1. All metal chassis.2. Nice form factor (still small).3. Can access SD card slot with ease.4. Fan is PWM (variable speed).5. Relatively easy to assemble.The bad...1. M.2 board will not work without additional 5V power supplied to the Pogo pins.2. Fan is noisy (although this can be mitigated).3. Fan is attached via clips (not screwed), so not easy to replace.

I found it the best value for my money

My son wanted this for Christmas. I am not tech savvy but he was very excited about the gift and says it works perfectly and is exactly what he wanted.

The fan didn’t work and it has very cheap wiring

The case is nice. But the biggest problem with this, is if you plan to run it with an HDMI cable forget about it. I have about 5 different cables on hand and none of them work. All because the case is too thick to allow for a secure connection.They need to redesign the ports. This makes the case useless for my needs at the moment.

Everything about this case is awesome.

This thing is total overkill for a Raspberry Pi. A heatsink with a fan?I left the top grate off because it makes a lot of noise with the fan. The RGB is a nice (and unnecessary) to touch.EDIT: Fan bearing broke after a few months and now it makes too much noise to use the fan.