Raspberry Pi 3: a heatsink on the SOC is recommended

[japlytic]

On a Raspberry Pi 3, I got an overtemperature warning despite not being overclocked during a long compile operation, so I used a stick-on heatsink over the Broadcom SOC and I did not have this problem anymore.
Still wondering why it isn't sold with a heatsink...

[eccerr0r]

Re: Raspberry Pi 3: a heatsink on the SOC is recommended

Planned Obsolescence :-(

[diif]

Re: Raspberry Pi 3: a heatsink on the SOC is recommended

Planned Obsolescence :-(

No, it's to keep the cost down, and these are for hackers, same reason they are sold without a case. It's not hard to put a heatsink on. Also no support calls about "my heatsink fell off"

[mariushm]

Re: Raspberry Pi 3: a heatsink on the SOC is recommended

It's not sold with one because the height can interfere with "hats", the daughter boards you can install in the wide IO connector.

For most cases, the cpu isn't running at 100% for long periods of time, so it's a reasonable compromise... and adding a heatsink isn't hard.

Yeah, they could have included a tiny heatsink with double sided adhesive tape in the box, like the ones used for video card memory chips... but it's no big deal.

[Curious.George]

Re: Raspberry Pi 3: a heatsink on the SOC is recommended

On a Raspberry Pi 3, I got an overtemperature warning despite not being overclocked during a long compile operation, so I used a stick-on heatsink over the Broadcom SOC and I did not have this problem anymore.
Still wondering why it isn't sold with a heatsink...

Because its designed for "typical" use. The sad thing is that the software doesn't(?) throttle the CPU when it senses an overtemperature condition (which has value regardless of whether the device has passive/active cooling).

Counting on the user to see a warning message and take action to eliminate the problem is a foolhardy design philosophy (i.e., what if the device is unattended?)