06-03-2020, 04:08 PM
(06-02-2020, 12:44 PM)xmixahlx Wrote: as you can imagine there is not much. i believe the height of the thermal pad on the cpu is documented, so there is your metric. there has been talk of just adding more padding to facilitate heat transfer to the bottom panel. i don't have any thermal issues and my pbp is under full load often... i'm not concerned, but it would be nice to improve upon this.
I'm sure the heat transfer is probably fine without any pads, but my experiences with Raspberry Pi's has taught me that any cooling at all does improve performance.