GeeekPiN07 MiniTower NVMe NAS Kit for Raspberry Pi 5, Supports M.2 NVMe SSD 2230/2242/2260/2280

The case itself is excellent once assembled, but be warned that the instructions are wrong in a few places. It shows you placing copper posts in places which will cause you to run out later in assembly, and when you go to install the software for the OLED display, a number of the commands have typos.

Awesome little case with support for SSD. Quiet cooling. I haven't figured out how to enable the readout because I'm using Kubuntu instead of Raspbian, but simple directions for Raspbian are included. The only negative is that the directions for assembly have one step out of order, so it won't fit together as instructed. This added about 5 minutes to the assembly.

... the construction is fairly straight forward IF you pay attention to the instructions ...... i have not activated the led screen yet, but it looks really cool 😆 ...(i accidentally mixed up the standoffs for the circuit boards and had to rebuild it to make it fit 😁)

I love that this Raspberry Pi case is different than most of the flap, low profile Pi cases, while also being a bit "showy" with transparent sides, and included RGB cooling fan. It looks like a tiny gaming PC!With a price of $49.99 (at the time of this review), you get a lot for this price. The case, a tiny LCD screen, the heatpipe tower cooler, mounting brackets, and RGB fan, Pi M.2 hat, connection ribbon cables thermal pads, standoffs, screws, and transparent side panels, and GPIO header redirector.I found the assembly to be very easy and straight forward. Using the video in the listing, while time consuming, it allows you to properly setup and configure the Pi to use the included LCD screen and control the cooling fan and colors. As with all things Pi, this is not just an assemble and go setup. But overall, it is a very high quality kit with a lot of bang for your buck.My only complaint, is that it did not come with enough screws. I ended up ordering thumb screws to secure the side panels.Not so much a complaint, but more of a want. I wish the Pi were either reversable in the case, or that the case was designed with the network and USB ports on the back. It would make for a much cleaner look.Overall, I am very please with this Raspberry Pi 5 Mini Tower Case and included accessories.

Somewhat easy to setup, but since installation, it runs fantastic. I love the mini led screen to monitor activity on the Raspberry Pi 5. It's small enough to fit on my desk and not take up much room. It's super quiet also.

I set this up, with difficulty because there were no mounting screws for the caee, the side panels were brown hardboard so, the RGB fan couldn’t be seen. That was MY fault there are protectors over the acrylic, duh… so, I started it up…. The nvme hat wasn’t recognized. I took it apart again and reseated the cable…. Same result. I used the spare cable that came with it… same result. So, as I’m in retail and had just 1 day off before Thanksgiving, I put my pi back in it’s original case, my drive in a usb case and repacked it for return. In their defense they absolutely reached out to me on Friday and said they’d send mounting screws and asked me to send a picture of the cable. Sadly I don’t have time to put it back together. Maybe it’s my fault, I’ve been building computers from kits since my ZX81, 43 years ago, I’m getting old

Probably a bit overkill for building anything with a Raspberry Pi, but this case makes it easy to consolidate components on one place. Best used to stick a Pi 5 somewhere in your data room or closet.The main body of the case is plastic and has two acrylic sides (peel off the brown protective paper that makes them look like cardboard!). The Pi mounts to the bottom with 4 screws and standoffs. All necessary hardware is included.At the top of the case is a small OLED display that you can set up (with programming) to display whatever you want. It connects to the Pi using GPIO and interfaces via I2C.The kit includes a PC-style cooler with a heatpipe. Probably way overkill but you have the room so I guess it's fine. Not super thrilled with the cooler mounting to the Pi but it should work. I might end up just using the standard Pi 5 cooler/fan.Included is a M.2 NVMe under board that allows you to connect a SSD for storage or even as your boot drive. Be careful of what drive you choose as some don't get along well with Raspberry Pi (do your research).The included manual is very comprehensive and goes into a lot of details on how to use a NVMe SSD and also how to install/configure the software to get the OLED display working.Overall a very well thought out kit.My plan is to use this to build a Raspberry Pi 5 NAS server for backing up our local documents and devices.

The case works as advertised. My main complaint is the lack of assembly instructions. Having to go to their website for instructions is a little annoying, but I normally could live with that. Once there it took a long time of poking around to find any kind of instructions and the only ones I found were just a series of pictures without any notations. Very frustrating.