Metal Case with Cooling Fan for Orange Pi Zero 3 (N502) | with 2pcs Aluminum Heatsinks

Great little case, fits the Orange Pi Zero 3 perfectly, all hardware required included. Comparable price to other cases available. Assembly is easy (with a tiny screwdriver), no mount point for the Zero3 BT/wifi antenna, but there is a through hole for the wire. Seems fairly rugged, for what it is. Metal case aids in heat dissipation versus the acrylic cases. There's a slot for the microSD card to be pulled in and out as well. The only "drawback" I have seen is if you have the expansion board for the Zero 3, it will not fit in this case, it's for the Zero 3 base only. Side note, the included fan *should* be fine for most uses, but the Zero 3 is known to run hot, so you may end up with thermal throttling. Personally, i put a 40mm static pressure server fan on top, used tape and standoffs to create a wind tunnel, put a PWM controller between the fan and a 12V 1A power supply, and, well...while there's enough thrust for liftoff, even at full burn in across SD, CPU, and RAM, I can't get the temps to rise.

This thing looks great, perfect fit and runs cool. Hardy little case for the OPi Zero 3! If I had more, they'd all be in this case!

Does not disappoint. Running Ubuntu server, running Docker, Docker-Compose. Pi Zero handles WaveUi, Node-Red, Home-Assistant in Docker like a champ. Bravo, under $40 blows my mind. Just needed to add Bluetooth Dongle, Zwave usb controller using a usb3 hub, and BAAAAAAMMMMMMM. PI Zero being powered by usb-c port, with random wall charger. 👍

No instructions, difficult but possible get setup. Low quality l, needs to include better mounting hardware for different configurations.

Great metal enclosure that fits perfectly. However, the fan is quite noisy. I ended up disabling the fan because its minute but persistent squeaking was so annoying.

This was heavier than the package with the Orange Pi Zero 3 + power supply lol But it is very sturdy, my Orange Pi is well protected.

I used my Zero 3 for a few days before the case arrived and the Zero 3 stayed around 118degF with no real load. I put the unit in the case and the temps went down to 92degF, with the heatsinks. Definitely worth it for that. Looks smaller than you think but it fits so well. You can get GPIO wires out the side where the 26 pin header is, there's a gap in the side there, as it were. SD Card is kinda hard to remove with the case on but shouldn't be a problem with a pair of needle nose pliers. No space issues with the other connectors either, but I don't have a microHDMI to test that one. You can use your included antenna or get a uFL to SMA cable and upgrade from the included antenna.

Great fit but no screw for an ssd in the NVME slot. Good value though.

Edit: Support informed me that this was a rare manufacturing defect. Dunno what happened here, but this case doesn't appear to support the Orange Pi Zero 3. Rare photos of the side of the case with the SD card slot (both on Amazon and the Web) show the slot on the opposite side, compared to my photo. Package was also missing heatsinks. Return process started. Such a shame, because the case seems ruggedly-built.