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

The first thing that struck me was the uselessness of the instructions. There was a schematic drawing showing what to do, but there were no written instructions. There are two thermal pads, one silver and one blue. There are no instructions as to what goes on top, but I applied blue on top and silver on the bottom. In addition, each pad has clear plastic pads on both sides that need to be removed before assembly. There is a round notch on one side of the lower aluminum shell. This round notch goes where the screw holds the SSD to the motherboard, so you must place the SSD in the assembly with the edge connector on the opposite side without the round notch. Assembly is easy, but written instructions would be nice. After installing it, I tested the computer to see how much the heatsink had changed. Before I installed the heatsink, the SSD was about 45 degrees when idle and about 50 degrees under load. With the heat sink, the SSD was around 40 degrees when idle and 45 degrees under load. The difference between heatsink and no heatsink is only 5 degrees but to be honest the motherboard chipset was at 50 when the SSD was at 45 and the SSD was next to the GPU which was also at 45. The SSD therefore has the same temperature as the ambient air in which it is located inside the computer case. That's all you can expect from a passive heatsink. PS: I only had one case fan so after doing the above I added a second case fan and it lowered the temperature of the whole system by about 5 degrees C. Case fans are cheap and easy to install so they are its worth it. Do it like this.