queenly (KKSB Raspberry Pi 5)

I got this as a part of a bundle by Vilros. I'm pretty happy with the quality of stuff included. It's mostly a bunch of cheap items bundled to make some profit, but the case has some OK features, and the power supply quality seems to be there.

I still wouldn't recommend buying this type of kit, but I received it in exchange for review.

From a quick search it seems like there's no mainline or Debian support for the Pi 5 yet.

I installed dhewm3 on it for a quick test, and I'm pleasantly surprised how well it ran. I set resolution to 1920x1200, and I think medium settings. Things got a little choppy with the effects on monsters, but with some tweaks it could run well.

I collected some different cases, and hats to go with this Pi 5. After a bit I settled on this configuration:

• KKSB Pi 5 Case with space for HATs
• Waveshare PoE HAT for Pi 5
• MCUZone MPS2280 M.2 NVMe HAT for Pi 5
• Union Memory AM620 256GB 2242 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
• WisdPi PI-232 Serial HAT

Even though the case is made to accommodate lots of hats it was a bit of work getting everything in. Some takeaways:

• The KKSB provided stand-offs were too tall for the PoE hat. I happened to have a set with the right height and thread.
• KKSB doesn't provide any back protection for the PCB next to the wall mount. I used some heavy plastic sheet.
• The MCUZone NVMe hat is nice because it doesn't touch the GPIO header. I cut down some nylon standoffs to sandwich it between the other hats.
• MCUZone NVMe hat really pushes the KKSB case dimensions. I had to bend the case out a bit, it presses on the NVME board, and makes the side panels fit poorly.
• There's still room in here for another hat. I might put in a RTC watchdog, but I already have a clock battery installed.
• You can still power the Pi with the USB C port. I'm scared to try both at the same time.

The end result is a little metal PoE brick, with fast storage, and a full serial port.

Queenly was disassembled in order to build up a new Pi 5 case​/kit. See plutone.