People are making mini Fractal Design cases for their Raspberry Pi and it's making me wish I owned a 3D printer so I could do the same

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manky_tw�s North Pi Fractal Design case for Raspberry Pi

I have a Fractal Design case and I have a Raspberry Pi. I love them both. I was therefore flummoxed when I discovered people have been making mini versions of theFractal Design North casefor their Raspberry Pi without me knowing about it. Not rubbish little matchbox things reminiscent of a kindergarten project, either, but glorious, officially Fractal-designed mini luxuryPC cases.

Yes, unfortunately a 3D printer is required to make a North Pi chassis for your Raspberry Pi, and if you want the best finish you might want some extras like paints and fans. All the 3D print files are free to download, however, from the North Pi page above.

And if you ask me, now’s a pretty good time to undertake such a project with the latest Raspberry SBC to grace the consumer market, the Raspberry Pi 5. This is because, as I argued in my Raspberry Pi 5 review for adifferent site, in my opinion the Pi 5 is the first Raspberry Pi that can serve as a veritable desktop PC for day-to-day use. (My 8 GB version, at least, can certainly serve as one.)

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So, if you’ve got a 3D printer handy, a North Pi would make a wonderfully fitting home for your Raspberry Pi 5. Now I just have to cross my fingers that Fractal makes a wider case that can fit a Pi 5 donning an NVMe base andSSD.

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