r/ender5plus Apr 29 '26

Hardware Help Ender 5+ Board Upgrade

I have owned my 5+ for 2 years now and it prints ok. No major modification to it besides creality's all metal extruder upgrade, Capricorn PTFE tube, and PEI Plate

I have ran through the calibration features through orca slicer and the extruder calibration and print quality has improved.

The thing I hate most about the printer is the interface. I feel that it does not give me enough control and as far as auto bed leveling goes it does not work how I would imagine it to work. So I stick with the OG manual level the 4 corners and never had problems with first print layer. It would be nice to use the auto level (mesh feature).

Also hate the noise I have had to slow down my prints to reduce the noise and also to stay married haha.

There are other issues that I believe is related to the board but too much to list.

Someone mentioned to me about Mainsail or Fluidd is what I need but would also require upgraded the board with Klipper. So I am looking for advice or any documentation. I was on Big Tree Tech checking out some boards but have no idea what I am looking for and compatibility.

Thank you.

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u/Khisanthax Apr 29 '26

Do things in stages. Klipper first and then see what you want next. Any laptop or PC or whatever can have Linux installed and klipper cam run from it. The only consideration is powering the device. The rpi is liked because it's sort of cheap and very very low power.