ELUTENG M.2 SSD Heatsink for PS5 / PC Easy Installation Heat Sink M2 SATA NVME Cooling Sink with 4 Thermal Silicone Pads M.2 SSD Cooler Set Heat Reduction for 2280 WD SanDisk Crucial Kingston Samsung

PROS/CONS at the bottomWhen I got my new 512gb Silicon Power NVME and formatted it, the first thing i did was run a read/write speed test with Crystal Mark. This is my first M.2 SSD and I was pretty shocked when i saw the temperatures jump to 67C in just a matter of seconds. I know they like to run somewhat hot, but I could only imagine the temps it would reach when doing something that was a bit more work than just a quick speed test.So I figured a heatsink might be a good idea and stumbled on these (yes there are 2). I only really needed the one, but I also have a stick of Optane installed and figured I could use the other just to cover up the blue PCB.Anyways, I ran the same test at the same ambient temperature and the NVME only reached 33C!They definitely work as intended, and they come with everything needed to install. There were 4 decent quality thermal pads (2 standard thicker ones for each heatsink, a thinner one for the under side of the one with a backplate, and one that has precut squares in case you'd just like to put pads on certain chips like the controller.), as well as cleaning cloths, a mini screwdriver, and screws.Install was a breeze (though there are NO instructions or pictures included), use the cleaning cloths to make sure there's no grease or residue on the surface of the heatsinsk, peel off the adhesive on the thermal pads and stick them on the sinks (they aren't overly sticky so you can get them back off fairly easily), then the bigger ones halves just slot together and gets tightened with screws and the smaller one uses good quality silicon bands to hold pressure onto the M.2, then just install onto the mobo as normal.PROS:-They feel like good quality aluminum and the finish on them is nice-They don't take up much space at all if you're concerned about tight spaces-Thermal pads feel good quality and weren't dried out-They include all necessary bits to install them-Easy enough installation-They do cool surprisingly good!-Fitment is good-Great value for 2 heatsinks!CONS:-No instructions. It's still easy to set them up thankfully, just remember the thinnest pad goes on the bottom inside of the 2 piece heatsink-Finish on the visible area is good, but on the side that contacts the pads there were some scratches and small nicks. No big deal as it's not going to be seen and it doesn't affect anything, but just wanted to put that out there- The heatsink that uses the silicon bands doesn't quite go the full length of the SSD, it still covers all the necessary parts but i wish they had it go to the end of the drive with a little notch cut out for the screw like the bigger sink. Still have a bit of blue PCB showing.I'd recommend these to anyone looking for an inexpensive and effective solution for cooling their M.2 drives!

I bought the SN850 without the heat sink on sale several months ago because of concerns about clearance. If I had bought the heat sink version I wouldn't have bothered looking for a separate one.OK, first up I used the band mounting system, NOT use the screw mounting system. It -might- have worked with the screw mount, but I didn't try it. There is not a lot of clearance, and the bands seemed to offer the best option of clearance with even, consistent pressure over the entire drive length without having to worry about the side screws loosening over time thanks to the thermal expansion & contraction.I didn't bother with the under tray either. Since the SN850 is a single-sided drive there was no real reason to if not using the screw mounting system, which I wasn't. You can only use it with the thicker of the two options anyway, and I wound up choosing to go with the thinner option.Both the thinner and thicker options will work using the bands, however when I was using the thicker one it appeared that it was just tall enough that it was contacting the PS5's drive bay cover when it was put back on. That meant when the cover was screwed down it would be putting pressure on the drive, and thus pressure on the socket, which I did not want to do. The thinner option allowed the drive bay cover to be replaced & screwed down without contacting the drive, thus not putting any additional stress on the drive.Overall I was actually really pleased with this. Multiple size and mounting options in a single kit at a reasonable cost, along with the thermal interface material.

M.2 drives run slower when they heat up, to protect the drive. They transfer data so fast, they're really prone to heating. This is one of the best heat sinks out there. It cools the front and back of the m.2 SSD, and it's thick.I have a bifurcation board that holds 2 NVMe drives. I have it populated with (2) 1TB drives. It will transfer from one drive to the other at about 5GB/s. That would ordinarily slow both drives due to heating. But I have one of these heat sinks on each drive, so they both go full blast!You can get smaller heat sinks, that are held with small rubber bands, but the rubber bands heat up and break. If they're applied with capton tape they will hold, but they're still too small for large storage transfers. These are the best I've seen. And they give you extra thermal-interface pads, because those are easy to ruin the first time you apply them.Don't lose the screws, though. You don't get extras. Make sure you keep the work above a bench or table, and set a barrier to keep screws from bouncing off the bench onto the floor.