People cut a hole in the top of this box and add a fan , there is absolutely no reason to deface and destroy the beauty of this product , i can run my box next to a heater hvs10 dolby vision and installing updates maxing out cpu usage , the box will not exceed 155f no matter what I do with my current mod…
The thing is, there is a design flaw where the stock aluminum plate heat sink , those three screws , the screwheads add an extra 1.5mm gap that disconnects the heat sink and works against it. So you have to remove those screws and maybe glue in the stock metal heat sink
Anyway this mod is stable at 145f will not exceed 155f under heavy load , no fan necessary.
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consider swapping the top cover with a piece of aluminum sheet plate
removes insulating plastic while adding a thermally conductive material
i wish someone would 3d scan these cases so i could get one printed in aluminum
Your love for aluminum , has inspired me..
lol
i was thinking something more like this https://www.polycase.com/ex-54
since they also do custom cnc and digital printing you could have the IO cut outs and custom print a coreelec logo onto it
but yours is nice too 
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I would like to throw rocktek version in garbage sd speeds are bottlenecked bad ,
The most cpu you can possibly use on these devices is “iptv live 720p to dv” so I use that as a control factor , stock rocktek exceeds 170f after 20 minutes ,. My fanless mod have not seen it exceed 151f
actually, if you’re willing to put a fan on this one is probably ideal.It’s staying at 100f , and despite thermal throttling not starting until 167f , if there’s any acceleration or boost mode, then this will be able to fully utilize it
I found a service to get custom sheets made, accepts 3d cad and (i think) could create mounting.
*shipped locations not checked / confirmed
pricing is cheap enough for just a couple sheets, 110 x 110 x 2 mm
either pay them to put mount holes or diy it then install standoffs of the appropriate length, use a riser block instead of heat sink and add a thermal pad to connect the block to the top case to make it one big heat sink
grab some decals from decals.com and done
That would be good and beneficial to coreelec community, but we dont need the service as much as we need someone to scan , as you already implied
Also am6b+ is all aluminum and amazingly engineered, the heat sinks attach to aluminum case
