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Review on Icy Box Aluminum Alloy Heatsink with Fan - Achieve Optimal Heat Dissipation for M.2 SSD 2280 in DIY Desktop PCs (Black) by Guerdon Draper

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Does what it says for the internals

Received this heatsink in the mail today and installed it. It was a bit of a hassle just because my Master Cooler heatsink and fan for my GPU were in the way, so I had to reconfigure something. If you're using a large GPU fan for CPU cooling, just be aware that if your M.2 is close to your CPU, like mine on my Gigabyte board, it may not fit if you're using the GPU -Fans cannot maneuver. installed and my system booted, there was no noticeable fan noise that I could hear, even when working with the tower door closed. The Icy Box brought the temperature of my Corsair M.2 SSD down to an average of 8-10 degrees Celsius, I was hoping for a slightly bigger drop, but I agree, I don't think I would have had better results with a heatsink without a fan. Dropped my drive at an average of 56 to 46 degrees Celsius. As a note, the seller might consider including extra screws, these flaws are so small that if you drop one you might forget them. But overall it's well built.

Pros
  • As everything so far
Cons
  • Protection