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Does the Raspberry Pi zero W need a heatsink?

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Does the Raspberry Pi zero W need a heatsink?

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Putting a heatsink on a Pi Zero W, is pointless. All of the single core Raspberry Pi models have the RAM chip mounted on top of the SoC, so adding a heatsink does not cool the CPU or GPU, which are the only chips that generate much heat.

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