M.2 SSD heatsink with Double Layer Aluminum and 4 Copper Heat Pipes Cooler for M.2 SSD 2280[Black]

The Acidalie M.2 SSD heatsink is an excellent product that delivers on its promises. The high-quality aluminum construction provides effective heat dissipation, and the compact design allows it to fit in tight spaces without interfering with other components in the system.Installation is a breeze, with a simple mounting mechanism that requires no screws or additional tools. The heatsink fits various sizes and models of M.2 SSDs, and its sleek design adds a touch of style to any system.Since installing the Acidalie M.2 SSD heatsink, I have noticed a significant improvement in the performance and stability of my M.2 SSD. The temperatures remain much cooler, even during demanding tasks such as gaming and video editing. I am confident that this product has greatly improved the lifespan of my SSD and will continue to provide reliable cooling for years to come.I highly recommend the Acidalie M.2 SSD heatsink to anyone looking for an effective and easy-to-install solution to keep their M.2 SSD cool. It is a great investment for any system, and its performance and quality are unbeatable for its price.

This heatsink unit is amazing! Using it on my ps5. Extremely easy to install, great price, I havent had any high temp issues since installing, things to note is you will need to modify the shell as shown in my images, WIP for the plate cover.

This M.2 cooler dropped the temperature by 20%

Firstly, this is an excellent cooler that prices (currently on Amazon for over ten dollars less than the same product on NewEgg (A site I also happen to like very much).What it's for: M.2 NVME drives are becoming far more common in modern computers. It's becoming harder and harder with 4th generation drives of this sort to keep them cool. Not cooling them means thermal throttling (less speed) in data exchange, along with less shelf life. The solution, coolers of this sort. This particular product is passively cooled (no fan) and performs better than my which are actively cooled (with fan) but you have to know what you're doing.First a speed example:Traditional SATA mechanical hard drive: Around 170mb writes.Traditional SSD (solid state drive): Around 480mb writes.NVME (as is this designed to cool) over 7000mb writes.The thing is, generation 4 NVME and soon to come Generation 5 run very hot. So if you want max speed without throttling, and max lifespan, you have to cool them. Most modern motherboards come with heat spreaders factory now, but done properly, this beats then. BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW. There are a lot of youtube videos out there explaining this, including this exact product. I strongly advise you watch them.It all comes down to the thermal pads you use to transfer heat from your drive INTO this heat sink. This sink comes with everything you need for a base install including two thermal pads. Which is important as popular NVME sticks (such as the Samsung 980 and 990 require different thickness pads - they they are not the only ones. .5mm for the chips, and 1mm for the controller. Essentially they are uneven on the stick itself. As I said this kit comes with pads (despite being really meant to place pads on a single side of the stick, and let the bottom of the sync do the rest). It will also accept any aftermarket pads you'd like to put in it.Unfortunately with this product it can be difficult to mount pads on BOTH sides of the NVME. As such, elongated screw holes (you can do that yourself if your tech savvy) or NVME brand dependent, would have helped a lot.Can you install one of these and it will work. Yes. But to max it's potential, I really recommend watching instructional videos.As for the product. It's sturdy, the pads it comes with seem to be of quality, and they do a pretty good job of physically fitting across 4 or 5 different motherboards I've tried. They're also damn good looking, and it's always nice to have copper than just a slab of aluminum.Set properly on a Samsung 990 pro using diskmark, these pads knock the temperatures down from a factory solution roughly 15 degrees. 18 in my case. That's a big difference in speed and lifespan.If you buy this, you'll be starting out with a great heatsink. Next, take the time to learn how to use it.

Got a17C drop in temperature at idle with this cooler. This cooler is on a Samsung 980 PRO 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 SSD M.2. Sitting in a NZXT N7 motherboard. It sticks up quite a bit so if you are cramped for space this may not work. Look at the dimensions close. As far as the chip laying in the sink they have this engineered pretty well and it fits right in just make sure your screw indent on the chip is lined up with the indent in the bottom plate to allow the screw to catch in the motherboard. I had no problem getting it on the motherboard. The pads are adhesive on both sides. The instructions aren't real explicit but if you read the parts list they tell you which pad goes on the bottom and which goes on top. I used the complete pad on top instead of breaking it down into squares. Samsung says that the sticker on top functions as a heat sink so I left it on. Squeezing this down to get the screws in to hold the sink together can be a bit of a pain. Just take your time and work with it. Comes with everything for install even a screwdriver. There are youtube videos out there of install and testing.

For $20 and being skeptical about even needing it, I was surprised at how well it works with demanding games.Easy to install, MAKE SURE YOUR M.2 HAS ROOM FOR IT! if your m.2 is located where your gpu or othe pci cards cover it, obviously this will not fit in. Luckily my motherboard has two m.2 slots and I have a skynix platinum 2 TB m.2 ssd in the second slot that I use for any games that recommend m.2 ssds (Starfield) and is out in the open. With a rtx 3090 and i7-12700k maxed out in ultra settings in 1080p I saw a 10°-15°F cooling in temps on the m.2 temp, if you install it correctly with the thermal pads it comes with. Results do vary person to person, but bottom line is that it does its job and reduces temps. I don't see better performance on games, though i dont have crashes that happen nearly as much being cooler, but I think it's just Starfield from everything I have read.

This Acidalie heatsink is cooling my secondary nvme ssd, not my operating system drive. It brought the temps down from 46-48C to 21-23C. Pretty impressive! Sadly there isn't enough room on my Crosshair Dark Hero board for this tall cooler to fit in the top slot nvme location due to the overhang of my Arctic Liquid Freezer III cpu cooler.