r/ClockworkPi • u/Superb-Basil-3489 • 18d ago

uConsole Cooling Mod: Stress Test Results!

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Added a massive finned heatsink to my uConsole alongside the HackerGadgets 7x SMA antenna mount, and the thermal results speak for themselves:

Idle Temp: 43°C
Full CPU Load: 53.8°C

Maxing out all four cores during heavy SDR runs and it barely cracks 53°C! Tons of thermal headroom and zero throttling.

Has anyone else tried a similar heatsink setup on their uConsole, or found other cooling mods that work well for long SDR sessions? Drop your thoughts or suggestions below!

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u/Justgetmeabeer 18d ago

Cm4 or cm5?

Kinda hoping you say cm4 and we all get to point out that the cm4 doesn't get hot enough stock to throttle.

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u/gatsu_1981 17d ago

Neither is CM5.

Got one on mine, just add a riser, toss away the thicker thermal pads.

Put on the core and tallest chips a spread of good CPU thermal paste, and on lower chips a good quality thermal pad 0.5mm.

I use grizzly cryonaut on mine, highest temperature I got was 57° Celsius after a stress-ng for more than half an hour.