Review on 🔥 ACIDALIE M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink: Optimal Cooling Solution for PCIE M.2 NVME SSDs and SATA M.2 SSDs by Ryan Marx

This is a large passive cooler for SSD drives. The scope of delivery includes 4 screws, a screwdriver, a base, thermal pads, a small installation manual as well as heat pipes and a cover plate with fins. There is a large thermal pad between the drive and the base plate. The small blue pads are designed to be placed on the chips on the drive before placing the top of the heat pipes/fins on the motherboard. The two metal pieces of the cooler are then held in place with 4 screws, although it does take some force to line up the holes and apply some pressure to get the thermal pads to fit snugly. The size was too big to fit in the SSD slot next to the graphics card. , but there was another free slot on my motherboard so it didn't really matter. It wasn't easy to align the drive with the baseboard so the retaining screw could attach it to the motherboard. I had to return the drive hanging over the notch in the bottom panel. The notch on the baseplate is behind the bracket, and then a screw holds the drive to the top of the motherboard bracket. The temperature after installation reaches 38 degrees with a light workload. The drive sits next to the case's intake fan, but even under load I can't get the temperature above 40 degrees. In general I am satisfied with the purchase.