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- #4 in Heatsinks
Dan
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
As stated, I used this to replace the stock motherboard M.2 "heatsink"(or more aptly big slab of metal). I have an odd use case comprising an ATX pc housed in a 4u server case, that I use as a media server. The stock M.2 heatsink is just a decorative big slab of tin that does a decent job of moving heat away from the nvme. Recently I doubled the number of HDDs in the case and this cause a knock on effect of raising the temps of everything in the case, including the M.2 nvme. The case still has ample airflow, it's just hotter than it was before, and i noticed the nvme was getting a little toasty for my comfort level. Before getting one of the cheap M.2 heatsinks with a built in cheap A.F. fan I figured i'd give this one a try. Behold it works! Installation was quick and easy, just pay attention to the pad placement per the instructions(or don't, it's probably fine either way), then reinstall the drive. I've noticed a 10C drop since adding the heatsink, over the stock mobo slab.Make sure you have space, and if you need the extra cooling this is a fairly good/cheap way to bring down your drive temps a few degrees. This definitely won't fit underneath a gpu of other pcie device, but if you M.2 is above the gpu slot/below the CPU, this is better than the stock mobo heatsink. That being said almost all of you won't need this.
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
Installed on an SSD that I put into a PS5. It fits fine, I assume it cools sufficiently.
Shooter McGavin
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
These are my go-to SSD heatsinks when I need them for projects. I've purchased three pairs of them so far and I'm happy with the way the small, well-organized kits are shipped.
Wonjune L.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024
Compared to Thermalright simple one (looks nice) which not lower the temp at all.Wow this one lowered temp more than 10c immediately.This is amazing heatsink.Don't buy big or pretty heatsink if your objective is lower the temp.
Kait O.
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
It's a pack of 2 M.2 heatsinks for $11 - that being said, they aren't without their issues. If you are using these with double-sided M.2 drives, like 2 of mine are, you will have to have thinner thermal pads for the top of the drive between the heatsink & the drive, if you try to use the ones that come with it, the top part will not go down enough to be able to screw it back together.At this point I've used these on 5 different drives of various makes and thicknesses, it works best on single-sided drives like the Samsung 990 Pro lineup - I have one of those in one right now, and it idles in the low 30s on the drive temps with the controller temp (Temperature 3) ranging from 35-40C depending on how much the drive is being used while 'idle' - should be noted that's my Windows Drive, so it's never totally idle.I bought these to replace the heatsink on the bottom 2 M.2 drives on my Asus X870E-E Strix, because it was just a plain plate 'heatspreader', not really a heatsink, and they definitely do a better job than that plate did (both because it spreads heat from one drive to another, and because it wasn't grooved or anything to help dissipate the heat in any meaningful way).The thicker the drive you're putting in, the more cantankerous the install is. This is because the DRAM chips that are the actual storage on the M.2 drives are ALWAYS thicker than the Controller, and the Controller on the drive is what actually runs the hottest, and needs to be kept cool the most - with these being flat-base heatsinks, they cannot make good contact with both the storage chips and the controller at the same time, unless you're using thicker thermal pads, which then makes it an issue as to whether or not you can screw them back together as it's intended to be used or not.If you're buying these for single sided drives, just make sure you use the thicker of the 2 thermal pads for each heatsink on the TOP (as the instructions say to do) and it should work just fine, try to keep the top part level and don't push down too much on the controller-side (as that will make it have bad contact with 1 of the 2 storage chips). Bit of a pain in the butt, but they do the job just fine, especially considering the price.Overall, because of the compatibility issues & one other issue I had (where for some reason the TeamForce 2TB drive I have, which is double sided, literally refused to work when it was installed in these), I have to give these 4 stars instead of 5. If you're buying them for single-sided drives, you shouldn't have any issues & they'll work great.
JUSTCHILL3N
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024
Low profile and comes with four thermal pads and two heatsinks. Each comes paired with a bottom plate to take heat away from the top and bottom sections of the NVMe. Both heatsink and plate are securely held by 4 small screws. When secured to the MB, there’s enough clearance in between. Perfect use case for me. The fact that it comes with two sets is a bonus and of great value. Highly recommended!
Caerbannog
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
I just built a new PC workstation, and while I was putting it all together I used these heatsinks for two of my NVMe M.2 drives. And... I was VERY PLEASANTLY SUPRISED by how nice of a kit this is and how well thought-out it is and all that for so little money. Nice job folks! This kit includes a little screwdriver which also has a magnetized tip that makes it much easier to work with the tiny screws, and speaking of the screws it not only includes all the screws you'll need to put the thing together but it also includes two extra screws (one for each heatsink unit) that you can use to latch down the end of the M.2 card to your motherboard because yeah you probably don't have one of those M.2 screws handy do you? Well no worries! And this includes four thermal pads (one for top and one for bottom of each of the two drive kits) which are of different thickness, so read the manual to make sure you use the right thickness thermal pad on the correct side of your M.2 drive - it's easy to visually tell them apart as one size is visually thicker. It also includes a legible and simple manual which was great as other wise I wouldn't have known which thermal pad to apply to the front and which the back. Finally it includes wipes (wet and dry) to clean off your drive if you need it. Such a well thought-out little product. What a value! And it also looks great and WORKS great too - my drive temps have stayed nice and cool.
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