The Ice Tower CPU Cooler for Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 - Low Profile

For anyone who loves playing with Pi and utilising the full computing and processing power of Raspberry Pi Boards, you will know that even though the more recent Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 are extremely capable boards, they are not always able to achieve this high level of processing power due to thermal limitations. In fact, when Raspberry Pi boards get too hot, one of the first throttling protocols that are applied is throttling to the CPU, which dramatically reduces the full capabilities for these boards, and sometimes even results in lacklustre projects that don’t quite meet your expectations.

This Low Profile ICE Tower CPU Cooler for Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 is an awesome, colourful and very effective tool that is designed to help remedy the thermal limiting problem on the modern Raspberry Pi boards, keeping your Pi cool under pressure, and capable of performing to the full specifications you expect. This is quite similar to the Ice Tower Cooler and the alternative Black Ice Cooler that we stock, although this unit features a low profile design to help it maintain a more compact form factor. This of course helps it to squeeze into a much wider range of Raspberry Pi Enclosures, while also keeping the centre of gravity low, and both of these factors are quite important if you want to keep your pi protected, with an enclosure to prevent knocks, bashes and shorts, and solid footing to keep it well balanced and upright at all times.

This ICE Tower CPU Cooler is comprised of a large heatsink, a thermal block for the CPU, copper thermal transfer tubes, an RGB LED fan, an acrylic mounting stand that can be installed onto the top of a Pi, a protective acrylic base that can be installed onto the bottom of the Pi, as well as a secondary black fan so you can choose the colour scheme that best suits your project and style. Additionally, this cooler also includes  a handy little screwdriver as courtesy, ensuring that you can simply purchase this beautiful cooler and get straight to installing it onto your Pi with as little hassle or extra effort as possible.

Please Note: The ICE Tower CPU Cooler does include some small thermal coupling pads, but may not be able to reach its fullest potential without some dedicated Thermal Grease or “Heat Paste”, which can be purchased separately to further improve the cooling efficiency.

Additional Resources:

• For more information, be sure to check out the official 52Pi Low Profile Ice Tower Cooler Wiki, which includes a basic rundown of this awesome cooler, as well as visual examples of what it looks like when installed.

If you want to get a better idea of how this beautiful Pi Cooler works, and the awesome aesthetics that it offers while running, the following is a great Low Profile Ice Tower Cooler Review by ETA Prime that covers the basics and also stress-tests it with various tasks:

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