Argon 40 has a history of designing eye-catching cases for the Raspberry Pi. The Argon range
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has always reminded us of a prop from
The Expanse,
with cool aluminium and space-grey colours merged with sci-fi design. But for its latest case, the Argon One V5, we get a black case. Heck, it reminds us of a VHS cassette. A futuristic cassette!
SPECS
Build: Cast aluminium Cooling: Cast aluminium heatsink, 30mm PWM fan Ports: Dual HDMI, 2x rear USB 2.0 via Pi, 2x USB 3.0 via Pi, 2x front-facing USB 2.0 ports, 3.5mm audio jack with DAC GPIO: Full GPIO, UART and RTC via JST, camera (CSI) and display (DSI) ports, optional OLED display via GPIO, optional ZigBee header, optional M.2 PCIe Gen 3 board for NVMe SSD Size: 160 x 95 x 30mm
SPECS
Build: Cast aluminium Cooling: Cast aluminium heatsink, 30mm PWM fan Ports: Dual HDMI, 2x rear USB 2.0 via Pi, 2x USB 3.0 via Pi, 2x front-facing USB 2.0 ports, 3.5mm audio jack with DAC GPIO: Full GPIO, UART and RTC via JST, camera (CSI) and display (DSI) ports, optional OLED display via GPIO, optional ZigBee header, optional M.2 PCIe Gen 3 board for NVMe SSD Size: 160 x 95 x 30mm
Largely made from cast aluminium, the matt black case is a fingerprint magnet, but it feels solid and the rounded corners give it a soft look. At the front, we have two USB 2.0 ports (broken out from the Pi 5’s USB Type C port) and an audio port. Next to that is a power button, a plastic nub that presses the Pi 5’s own power button. Lastly we have a cut-out for the Pi 5’s microSD card slot. This can be covered up with the included plastic cover.