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I just bought a few of these to play around with on some tiny PC's (thin clients) I think I'll do a dual boot Windows 7 and Linux Mint system.

Question: I've heard that these run pretty hot. Can anyone recommend a small heatsink that I could affix to the top and bottom, to help it run cooler?
I think it could really increase the stability, and maybe the operating life.

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MrPickins said:
Looking at someone else's mod. I'm guessing that cooling the case will have little effect. I can't tell, but it doesn't seem like the chips inside are thermally coupled to the case:

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So generally the solid play in these kind of situations is to look at the existing case and it's thermal issues, decide you need to couple the chips to a metal case with some integrated cooling, and then buy a sintered metal 3D printer. Basically the exact same process as coming back from Home Depot with a new compound mitre saw if the wife asks you to trim up a baseboard.
 
MrTeal said:
So generally the solid play in these kind of situations is to look at the existing case and it's thermal issues, decide you need to couple the chips to a metal case with some integrated cooling, and then buy a sintered metal 3D printer. Basically the exact same process as coming back from Home Depot with a new compound mitre saw if the wife asks you to trim up a baseboard.
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I've definitely been known to buy expensive tools for one job (when am I going to use that framing nailer again?). :sweatsmile:

In this situation, though, I'd probably go ghetto and try an Altoids tin and hot glue. It should give pretty good heat dissipation, but electrical isolation might be a problem.
 
I have a variant of this (it doesn't have Clear QAM). It runs a little warm, but that's never been an issue.

I've used it to record NBC's Olympics OTA broadcasts going back to... 2008. Why, I have no idea. It seems highly unlikely I'll ever re-watch any of it* and the MPEG-2 streams take up a ton of disk space. It's forcing me to upgrade my NAS before the 2026 winter games. 🤣

* The only thing I've ever re-watched is the Beijing opening ceremony. Which is already on YouTube in higher quality.
 
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