Review on GLOTRENDS Adapter Aluminum Heatsink PA09_HS by Eddie Sanchez

Works great at full speed. There is nothing to add. A heatsink is a nice bonus, but not required for most SSDs (they're designed to fit snugly inside laptops, after all). Many of us may encounter compatibility issues when upgrading older systems. For example, I have a second PCIe x16 slot that I originally used for an SSD. I'm only getting 1600MB/s from my 3800MB/s SSD (brand new 500GB Crucial P5). I did some troubleshooting and my motherboard only worked in x1 mode. I changed it to my graphics card (GTX 970) and I have full x4 speed. Now my GPU is also limited to x4, but this connection is unlikely to be maxed out any time soon. Newer chipsets have more lanes, but your old system can hardly handle two high-bandwidth devices.