Check out Explaining Computers channel and his Radxa X4 review. He used copper plate between cpu and cooler with thermal paste, and it was huge difference. He could run it without fan.
Many people have complained that the Fan connector on the X4 is an extremely close fit... and even though i dont have an X4 to hand an good approach could be to first connect the fan "outboard" of the heatsink then rotate and flip the board over to attach it into the heatsink arrangement with the supplied stand offs and screws... So!! connect fan first then attach board and possibly not the other way around... also "finishing off" the thermal block or boss is potentially not an good idea as an high lustre "metallic" finish will likely radiate heat, take note the chip has an high finish this is to radiate heat away from its surface and removing the dull black powder coating on the Thermal boss will allow for radiant heat to radiate back onto the surface of the chip, even with an thermal pad in the way will this effect be likely to occur...also the wi-fi ariels with there soldered ends present an clear short circuit risk should they ever contact an live board therefore with there adhesive stickers an convienant space on the heat sink should be allocated to accommodate them...leaving them hanging freely is probably not an good idea either...The RTC battery pack also has adhesive mounts and the top of the Ethernet port looks likes an handy place to attach the RTC battery onto..
Could you check power consumption from the wall on idle? Currently using rp4 running plex+home assistant, it only sucks 5-7W max as seen on my kill-a-watt meter.
Yeah I didn't expect that either but I think it's mostly because it's limited to drawing 6w which is 4x fewer watts than the Beelink S12. The cooler does not seem like it can handle much.
@@ArtisansAllianceI would like to see what solution you get by having the CPU Heatsink "at the bottom" of the Board, you need to look for another efficient Heatsink cooler if you overclock that CPU @25W on the new unlocked BIOS
No bios updates, no support whatsoever, but yeah cheap price. not very reliable seller, but really cool hardware, too bad its just another hardware pusher. without the support with bugfixes and bios updates, it's not worth it in the long run. also does not support low idle power draw.
Check out Explaining Computers channel and his Radxa X4 review. He used copper plate between cpu and cooler with thermal paste, and it was huge difference. He could run it without fan.
Ohhh interesting!!! I'll check it out!
I watched that one. He put the shim in , because even with the pad, there was still a bit of a gap.
Some people use a copper shim between cpu and case, this will bring the temperature much lower. Good luck
Many people have complained that the Fan connector on the X4 is an extremely close fit... and even though i dont have an X4 to hand an good approach could be to first connect the fan "outboard" of the heatsink then rotate and flip the board over to attach it into the heatsink arrangement with the supplied stand offs and screws... So!! connect fan first then attach board and possibly not the other way around... also "finishing off" the thermal block or boss is potentially not an good idea as an high lustre "metallic" finish will likely radiate heat, take note the chip has an high finish this is to radiate heat away from its surface and removing the dull black powder coating on the Thermal boss will allow for radiant heat to radiate back onto the surface of the chip, even with an thermal pad in the way will this effect be likely to occur...also the wi-fi ariels with there soldered ends present an clear short circuit risk should they ever contact an live board therefore with there adhesive stickers an convienant space on the heat sink should be allocated to accommodate them...leaving them hanging freely is probably not an good idea either...The RTC battery pack also has adhesive mounts and the top of the Ethernet port looks likes an handy place to attach the RTC battery onto..
Could you check power consumption from the wall on idle?
Currently using rp4 running plex+home assistant, it only sucks 5-7W max as seen on my kill-a-watt meter.
would a pre-1992 UK 1p copper coin be a good heatsink bridge /shim ?
Good idea! I might try that and loading up a bios that lets me go past 6W.
How did the X4's temps not go above 69C lmao is it being undervolted or something? Is the cooler THAT robust?
Yeah I didn't expect that either but I think it's mostly because it's limited to drawing 6w which is 4x fewer watts than the Beelink S12. The cooler does not seem like it can handle much.
@@ArtisansAlliance Ah, I see. There's no way to adjust that in the BIOS/UEFI?
@@ArtisansAllianceI would like to see what solution you get by having the CPU Heatsink "at the bottom" of the Board, you need to look for another efficient Heatsink cooler if you overclock that CPU @25W on the new unlocked BIOS
I would do a 2 tbr even 4 tb
No bios updates, no support whatsoever, but yeah cheap price. not very reliable seller, but really cool hardware, too bad its just another hardware pusher. without the support with bugfixes and bios updates, it's not worth it in the long run. also does not support low idle power draw.