Raspberry Pi 5 retro-like case

Case to cover Raspberry Pi 5 in role of desktop PC. I tried to keep printing and assembling as easy as possible so the model consists only from 2 parts.

Outside

Outside shell is designed to hide all screws and was inspired by old desktop computers and consoles from last century.

Inside

Inside of the box there's enough space to fit Rpi5 with active cooler. Also for other purposes, like additional equipment (you do what you wish) there is plenty space on the side of SBC itself. To keep as low profile as possible (bot not choke on cooling) there's not enough space for most widely spread HATs (although blank space next to Pi could potentially fit some very space efficient PCIe to NVME board).

Print & assembly

Printing

I printed these in PET-G because Rpi5 reaches slightly over 50°C with active cooler and was afraid of damaging PLA.

• layer 0,2mm
• nozzle 0,4mm
• speed 50mm

Assembly

Assembly can be a bit tricky but in the end you can use more widely available goods for this.

BOM

• M3x5 (2x)
• M3x12 (2x)
• Heated insert M3x5 (2x)
• Heated insert M3x3 (2x)

Instructions

1. Put 3mm heated inserts in to the stems of the lid
2. Put 5mm heated inserts in the two wider holes in stems of the bottom
3. Expand Pi 5 holes with 3mm drill (really. I'm not gonna go out and purchase 4 screws and special heated inserts just for this)
4. Check that microSD card of the Pi 5 is empty
5. Drop Pi 5 inside the bottom
6. Screw in shorter screws inside heated inserts
7. Close the case with lid and turn it upside down
8. Screw longer screws inside the bottom (this will hold the lid as well as Pi 5
9. Check clearances, every printer will make slightly different case 

In the end the connectors fit so tight that I used only longer screws and 2 3mm long heated inserts for securing top lid.