Laptop NVMe M.2 Heatsink with Nano Thermal Pads，Heat Sink Copper for 2280 M2 SSD Laptop (2pcs)

I bought these to correct an SSD overheating issue that I experienced with the Acer Predator Helios 16 (2023 edition with the Intel i9 and Nvidia RTX 4080). Essentially, the laptop's stock SSD is prone to overheating, and it even idled warm (upwards of 55C in some cases, in a climate controlled house). So, I looked around, saw a random YouTube video of someone using a product that looks similar to this one (might even be this one, I don't know lol), so I gave it a shot. Pros 1. It actually worked. After installation, the SSD idled at around 40-45C and ceased throttling under load. I could still make it throttle if I pushed it hard enough, but it was DEFINITELY a MASSIVE improvement. 2. Installation was easy enough. Place thermal pad on SSD, place copper heatsink on top, secure with the clear plastic bands. Screw SSD back into its slot. Win. Easy stuff. 3. I appreciate that there were different thicknesses. Laptops don't have a ton of clearance. I used the thinner of the two pads and I'm sure I could've used the thicker one, but once I saw the results I got, I didn't want to mess with it again. 4. Honestly, I think this is amazing for laptop owners. A lot of modern laptops have SSDs that run hot (Acer, Lenovo, and I think either HP or Dell are particularly bad with it. Less so with Asus and either HP or Dell (whichever one I got wrong the first time lol)). This corrects that problem. 5. Cheap. Honestly, for the amount of work it does, it may be one of the better price-to-performance PC/laptop parts I've ever purchased. Cons 1. It's not the most attractive thing you've ever seen, but considering how few people actually sit and stare at the bottom of their laptops with the cover off, it literally doesn't matter in the slightest. Overall, I ended up eventually returning my Acer Predator Helios 16 (just wasn't for me, even though it's a beastly laptop) and ended up with an Asus G18 instead. Fortunately, the G18 doesn't need an SSD heatsink like the Acer did. I could've returned this for a refund since I didn't need it anymore, but I liked it so much that I kept it. The other thermal pads are still in new condition so I have an SSD heat sink if I ever need one. In short, this product works wonders if your laptop SSDs run hot, like mine did. If I decided to keep my Helios 16, I would still be using this. Heck, I might install it on my G18's SSD just to have it there.

Keeps my secondary storage ssd 10 degrees cooler!!

I liked they large copper heat sink. the instructions could be better because it comes with a small heat sink that isn't described. the main heat sink that the instructions are for has a large copper hear sink and two different thickness silicon (heat transfer?) pads the got between the copper heat sink and the ssd memory. Small clear elastic bands are used to hold it all together so it does not take any special skills for gluing or heating paste. simple is good. I liked that. need a size zero screw driver to get the old ssd off the motherboard and put the new ssd heatsink assembly back on. Fit well in the 2023 g14 4060 laptop and is larger and better quality than the factory heat sink plus no glue or heat activated paste needed just elasic bands that it comes with. would have 5 stars but instructions didn't make sense since it includes parts not used for main applications.

For this price, it is an excellent kit. Having different thickness of pads helps if you have differing chip sizes to deal with. The copper heatsinks are so thick you absolutely need to plan out your fit. For reference I'm using these in an ASUS TUF A15 with dual NVME. One is Windows 11 and the other is EndeavourOS, a flavor of Arch Linux. I used the same testing conditions under each OS running for about the same timeframe and disk operations. Under Win11 without the heatsinks I was seeing temps up to about 64C, but after install the temps dropped to about 52C which is pretty nice. Under Linux without the heatsink I saw about 42C, but after installing the temps dropped to about 39C. It would appear that Linux has a generally cooler handling of the drives in question, which are WD BLACK SN770 2TB. I think these are pretty nice little heatsink plates. I didn't have enough room on the underside of the drives to add any thermal strip/etc, but for the price I'm happy with this performance. I ended up just using the thin pads on both drives and struggled a bit getting the included elastic bands around it, but got it in the end.

Dramatically lowered temps in my Alienware laptop. • Gaming (under load): 72°C → 62°C • Idle: 52°C → 43°C Build quality: Solid copper, perfect thickness for heat dissipation. Application: Super easy — just stretch the rubber bands well first (see tip below). Pro Tip for the bands (if you're struggling): 1. Stretch the bands really well in all directions. 2. Cup the NVMe in your palm. 3. Hook one side of the band and hold with your thumb. 4. Pull the other side over and slide the band down. Stopped thermal throttling, restored full NVMe speed, fans stay quiet. 100% would buy again.

So, I have a very toasty m2 nvme in my Lenovo Legion 5 Slim laptop. I bought a 2tb Samsung 990 pro, which, typicaly run hot. I did not like seeing my ssd getting to 60c-65c, so I wanted to come up with some way to cool it. There are no vents in the legion 5 by the ssd, and it sits right under the gpu, so it can get very toasty. This product worked amazing for my needs. Dropped idle temps nearly 20c, and during load about 10-15c. I ended up putting the thinnest thermal pad on the bottom, the larger on the top, then the copper plate, then the kapton tape that came with this (I did not use the rubber bands even though I had enough room for it.). I ended up doing the same setup on the other 512gb ssd inside my laptop, even though that one ran significantly cooler, and it still dropped the idle temps 10c. All n all, I am very pleased with the results from this cooler. Do I recommend it in a desktop pc, no, but a laptop, most definitely. Besides if you have a desktop pc, and your m2 is overheating / thermal throttling you have other issues to worry about. With proper ventilation no m2 in a desktop should be overheating. And if it is, there are far better heatsinks to get for inside that use case. So in conclusion, if you have a laptop, and a toasty m2, this will absolutely help.

The heat sinks were fairly easy to install. There were two thin plastic strips, yellowish-brown in color, which were not described in the included instruction card. So I didn't know what to do with them. My main problem with these heat sinks is that they are very stiff and don't conform to the contour of the upper surface of the SSDs. Some chips are higher than the circuit board, so if the heat sink is contacting the higher chips, there is a gap between the heat sink and the lower part of the SSD board. I was wishing for some thermal paste to fill in the gaps so that heat could be more efficiently transferred to the heat sink. I don't have a way to measure the temperatures of my SSDs, so I'm not sure if they're making a difference, but I did run the laptop for a while, and then felt the heat sinks with my fingers. They were quite warm, so I know that at least some heat from the SSDs is being transferred.

Fits most laptops, is decent.

Recommended. Fits perfect.

My SSD at the back of the motherboard is Gen 4. It gets very toasty at 101 C under load. It is pressed up against the Riser cable and GPU backplate, hence no scope for a heatsink even thin ones. This, is REALLY slim and flat. The heatsink is about 1.5mm thick. So after using it, my temps never cross 95 C under load. That's pretty good under the circumstances.

Super quality and works as expected. Good heat dissipation from the SSD.

I initially placed an order for two of these items but actually got 3. I bought them to use in my MSI Katana 15 that had a 2TB SSD option and I bought a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB to install as well. As you can see, I used the heatsinks on both SSDs to get maximum cooling on both. To test out, I copied my data from an older Samsung QVO 870 4TB drive attached to a USB enclosure to this one. You can see that the Samsung 990 didn't get hot at all under load and kept under 50 degrees Celsius. (For reference, you can see that the QVO got to over 60 degrees Celsius as the enclosure didn't do a good job of keeping things cool.) I ended up using my third item on my desktop as well, that motherboard did not have a heatsink for the NVME slot, which itself had a 1TB drive. Almost immediately the standing temperature dropped 15 degrees from 54 degrees Celsius to 39 degrees Celsius. Some advice for those looking to use these items. 1) Use the different thickness pads on the top of the SSD to ensure maximum cooling. I used the thinner pads for the storage chips while the controller chips got the thicker pads. This was not an issue for the SSD that was in the Desktop as the storage chip and controller chip were at the same height. As for the bottom, a thinner pad is good enough. I put the heatsinks on both sides of the SSD. 2) Mount your heatsinks away from the port itself. In my installation, there was a 1mm overhang from the side where the screw is. If you don't, you run the risk of the SSD not properly sitting in the NVME port. That's what happened to me and initially made my SSDs not detectable. Of course don't mount it in a way that you can't screw it in the first place. 3) Needlenose pliers are a must to put on the elastics. While 2 may be enough, I ended up using 4 with two on each side of the Laptop SSDs where the Memory and Controller Chips are. This allows the chips to have better contact with the thermal pads and the heatsinks while ensuring that the heatsinks stay on the SSD. Note that the Desktop SSD only has two elastics as I inadvertently broke one while trying to put it on. In addition, I added 2 conductive stickers for each SSD that in theory, should transfer some of the heat from the top heatsink to the bottom. I recommend using these heatsinks regardless of whether you are using a laptop or a desktop.

Installing these heatsinks was very easy and anyone should be able to do this with relative ease. The only thing that I didn't know what to do with was the two yellow plastic sticker strips because there was no mention of them in the instructions and I couldn't figure out what they would be used for. My only thought on that is maybe if the drive is touching something you can make it non-conductive I guess? Anyways, I didn't need them and my laptop hasn't died so whatever. I chose to use the thicker pads as my laptop has some room in it although it is nice that they supplied two different thicknesses of pads. Idle has gone down about 20C and stressing the drives (Intel 670p and Evo 970 Pro Plus) they don't go over about 48C which is a huge drop from the 80s that they were operating in. Definitely worth the price and time to keep your expensive drives cool for peak performance and longevity. TD;DR - super simple installation and reduced temperatures significantly.