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List:       opensuse
Subject:    heat sink for m.2 form drive
From:       George from the tribe <tech () reachthetribes ! org>
Date:       2021-08-23 14:34:45
Message-ID: e31bb76b-bb25-7343-5f79-0b7f375f2061 () reachthetribes ! org
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I have just purchased this NVMe SSD to replace the stock SSD for my new 
laptop. One thing that stood out when I switched it in was that the 
stock m.2 NVMe SSD has like this dark grey silverish looking tape around 
it. I assume that is for heat dissipation.

I couldn't find anything quite like that on line for the new SSD, so I 
purchased a kit that has a blue heat conducting silica gel pad and a 
copper plate that you put over each side, all in the m.2 size.

I found a youtube video that showed the difference in heat on a chip 
with and without heat sink pads (not the same kind as I bought), and the 
difference was remarkable.

One drawback I see is the copper plate being stuck there in the middle 
of my laptop, with pretty tight tolerances, and I am wondering if I 
should just stick with the silica gel pad.

Anyone else have any experience with using these things? Any suggestions 
on how to proceed? I haven't installed the heat sinks yet - waiting to 
find out what others might have done. Right now the new drive is sitting 
there in the laptop without any heat sink on it.


-- 
George
Box:       15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB
Laptop #1: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD FX 7TH GEN  | 64 | 32GB
Laptop #2: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | Core i5         | 64 | 8GB
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