Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler (official)
—The Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler is the official heatsink-and-fan assembly that clips onto a Pi 5 and is driven by the board's dedicated fan connector.
Specifications
- Aluminium heatsink with PWM-controlled blower fan
- Clips into the Pi 5's mounting holes with spring pins
- Plugs into the Pi 5 four-pin fan header
- Fan speed managed automatically by Raspberry Pi OS
- Keeps the SoC well below the 80°C throttling point under sustained load
What you can build with the Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler (official)
- Any Pi 5 running continuously as a server
- Home Assistant and Docker hosts
- Video transcoding and compilation workloads
- Fanless cases that still need airflow at the SoC
Compatibility
Fits the Raspberry Pi 5 only — the mounting holes and fan header do not exist on the Pi 4 or earlier. A Pi 5 under sustained load will throttle without cooling, so this is not optional for server use.
Shipping
Dispatched from New Zealand with courier delivery nationwide, including rural addresses. Prices are in New Zealand dollars.
Availability: Sold out
The Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler is the official heatsink-and-fan assembly that clips onto a Pi 5 and is driven by the board's dedicated fan connector.
Specifications
- Aluminium heatsink with PWM-controlled blower fan
- Clips into the Pi 5's mounting holes with spring pins
- Plugs into the Pi 5 four-pin fan header
- Fan speed managed automatically by Raspberry Pi OS
- Keeps the SoC well below the 80°C throttling point under sustained load
What you can build with the Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler (official)
- Any Pi 5 running continuously as a server
- Home Assistant and Docker hosts
- Video transcoding and compilation workloads
- Fanless cases that still need airflow at the SoC
Compatibility
Fits the Raspberry Pi 5 only — the mounting holes and fan header do not exist on the Pi 4 or earlier. A Pi 5 under sustained load will throttle without cooling, so this is not optional for server use.
Shipping
Dispatched from New Zealand with courier delivery nationwide, including rural addresses. Prices are in New Zealand dollars.