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Review on Icepc M.2 2280 SSD NVMe NGFF Heatsink: High-performance Double-Sided Radiator for PCIE and SATA M.2 SSDs - Enhance Your PC Cooling Efficiency! by Will Schimmel

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Decent mid-range performance

Works great for the price, although not the best NVME heatsink I've tried. I have three NVME drives on my server without a heatsink. Two of them peaked at 65 C and one peaked at 75 C under sustained write loads. I bought two of these for drives that ran colder and basically expected what I got - enough cooling for less extreme drives. Both drives have now reached 45 °C in the same stress test, a respectable temperature drop of 20 degrees. On the third hotter drive I used a Sabrent NVMe cooler, which costs the same as both combined and it peaks at the same temperatures, but since that drive was already hot, that means its temperature dropped by 30C. All tests were carried out at an ambient temperature of 22°C. The kit includes a third set of small square thermal pads, presumably for double sided drives that need spacers. I couldn't figure out what else they would be used for, so I skipped them. There are no instructions, but other than that it's very simple.

Pros
  • Heatsink
Cons
  • High price