04-05-2016, 06:38 AM
I use heatsinks on mine, but a fan really shouldn't be neccesary. The heatsinks barely get warm during use, streaming 1440p video from Youtube.
It all depends on what you're using your Pine64 for. I'm not familiar with Boinc projects, so i don't know how strenuous it is for the board, but to be safe i got some heatsinks on eBay for $3 shipped. There shouldn't be too much of an issue without heatsinks, and with heatsinks there won't be any issue unless you're running benchmarks or number-crunching. Hope this helps!
It all depends on what you're using your Pine64 for. I'm not familiar with Boinc projects, so i don't know how strenuous it is for the board, but to be safe i got some heatsinks on eBay for $3 shipped. There shouldn't be too much of an issue without heatsinks, and with heatsinks there won't be any issue unless you're running benchmarks or number-crunching. Hope this helps!
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