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Review on πŸ”₯ Improved Laptop Heatsink Thermal Pads with Copper Heat Conductivity by Mike Cooper

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Needs some creativity to maximize heat transfer

I'm admittedly skeptical that this will do anything in a laptop where there's likely little to no air movement to dissipate heat. So I used a 0.5mm spacer and a copper plate as the heatsink, which I then paired with another 2280 size 3mm spacer to the aluminum base of my Lenovo P1 Gen 2 laptop. The same recipe would probably work as well work for the P1 Gen 1 / X1 Extreme Gen 1 or 2 because they are all more or less the same laptops. There's more than enough compression to keep everything in place without elastics. (Please note that the rubber bands are useless in these laptops as the SSD is firmly mounted to the motherboard so this product will not work alone on these laptops anyway). I am very happy with the result and I highly recommend this mod. Even under heavy load and long write times, I couldn't bring the M2 SSD above 40 degrees. The case gets hot (not hot) where the SSD is, but that just confirms the stack is working.

Pros
  • High support and durability ratings from testers
Cons
  • Neutral