The Raspberry Pi Active Cooler for Raspberry Pi 5 is cheap, easy to install and maybe it brings best performance for your Raspberry Pi 5.

Fans are usually designed for 5V power supply. A PWN-controlled fan is recommended. This can then be configured in the config menu. Connect the fan to pin 2 or 4 (5V), to one of the ground pins and - if using a pwm fan - to the selected pin. Default for pwm is GPIO 18 (pin 12).


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