NVMe PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVMe to PCI-e x4/x8/x16 Adapter Expansion Card with Heat Sink for M Key NVMe SSD 2280/2260/2242/2230
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After purchasing this product, I discovered that having a heat sink over your NVME drive is not really a good idea since the flash memory chips should be running at a higher temperature for optimum There would be no need to cool the chip itself if this adapter cooled only the controller, which would prevent As well as Flash RAM, a heat sink has been provided for the controller. If you trim the thermal pads to fit only the controller, you could fit this approach, but I am unable to advise it, as I do not know how hot the chips are getting in a sealed assembly. Although the unit is decent quality, I'm a little concerned about the small screws, which are generally easy to de-tach The aluminum heat sink must be threaded in. The device is only needed to cover the controller we suggest finding a heat sink to cover just it.
It must be said that I have not used this in the way one might expect however, I am extremely pleased with this piece of equipment. Having fun with old hardware is my favorite thing to do. Installing a new NVME drive into a 2008 Dell was a breeze with this tool. We are able to see it as a second drive on Windows 10 and Linux but haven't yet been able to boot from it. I am quite pleased with the results!.
This heat sink was less capable than I would have liked it to be. I added a small fan next to it to increase the cooling capacity. It still idles at 38oC. I'd say it's not terrible, but using the Heat sink from another manufacturer is no different from another NVMe. The fan is not running, so the temperature is 35 o C without it. The heattrans tape included with the kit was indeed used. There is a special type of tape used by Asus.
A saving of $$$ has been achieved. This allows you to install an NVMe SSD on an ASUS motherboard that is six years old. The SSD adapter allows me to take advantage of the full speed benefit of the new technology. In addition, I saved about $300 by using this SSD instead of a sata one. I like the way it works.
Putting everything together was very easy, and the drive I put in it is faster than the one in the dedicated M. The case looks great, and it runs much faster than the dedicated M as well. The board has 2 slots, which is a hell of a good deal for what you get.
It can be set up with Windows 7 workstation but needs driver updates to function. Having done that, it is now easy for a fast hard drive to be installed.
It's well worth the effort.