Reddit reviews Advancing Gene NVMe M.2 2280 SSD Heatsinks Cooler, Universal Type (2nd Gen)
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[Universal Type, 2020 Improved Version] - Advancing Gene NVMe M.2 heatsink compatible with laptops and desktop computers. Perfectly fit for M.2 2280 SSD (22 x 80mm), such as 850 EVO, 860 EVO, 960 EVO, 970 EVO (Plus), 960 PRO, 970 PRO, etc. Minimum installation height required: 4mm. (The 2020 improved version compatible with all kinds of M.2 SSD: With chips on single and both sides).[10-15°C Cooling Effect] - This NVMe M.2 heatsink with upper and lower 2 heatsinks and 2 thermal pads, which is much more efficient for heat dissipation. Although it’s a passive NVMe M.2 heatsink, it still can cool your NVMe M.2 SSD 10-25°C down to avoid overheat. (Cooling effect varies depending on the environments)[Premium Materials and Fine Workmanship] - Upper Heatsink: Aluminum alloy, anodic oxidation, surface sandblasting treatment. Bottom Clasp: Aluminum alloy, anodic oxidation, the bottom side with grooves to increase heat dissipation area. All these M.2 heatsinks with fine workmanship.[High Purity Nano Thermal Pad] - High purity Nano Silicon Grease material used, with good thermal conductivity ability. Soft enough and good ductility, compatible with uneven surfaces of the M.2 SSD. It can also protect the M.2 SSD from being crushed. Thermal pad dimensions: 70x20x1mm.[Installation and Quality Assurance] - This NVMe M.2 heatsink is very easy to install, it only needs to buckle the upper heatsink into the bottom clasp, no need any rubber bands or metal buckles. The 2 thermal pads shall be mounted on the both sides of the M.2 SSD. Quality Assurance: 30-day money back, 1-year warranty and lifetime customer support.
The heatsink on these is garbage. Either buy a cheap one on Amazon like this or don't bother with any at all. The adhesive they use is almost permanent. It took me 15+ mins of scrubbing even with 91% alcohol to remove the stock heatsink. Temps with stock heatsink were 55c+ at idle and 75c+ under load. With new heatsink they are 35c at idle and 50c-55c under load.
Yeah, did a bit of digging and I found something that looks like it may work, namely this guy
Not a whole lot of room back there but it may be skinny enough.
Just buy something like this. It's not the easiest to install but it gets the job done. I have my m.2 on the back of my asrock in a case that has no airflow and this dropped it roughly ~20°c.
There are plenty others if you don't like the look but it's pretty low profile and easy to install.
Got these. Worked great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B074Y5DZ4N/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525915113&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=advancing+gene+pcie+nvme+heatsink&dpPl=1&dpID=41rplBB6YxL&ref=plSrch
So this is something I just spent all day yesterday looking at. I've got the 17 R4 with a Samsung 960 Evo and the Hynix NVMe that it came with. I've successfully cloned and moved everything around to get the boot volume onto the Samsung.
Well, doing a sector based backup from the Samsung to the Hynix caused them both to heat way up. HWInfo showed temps on the Samsung of 75 or so for Temp and ~95 for Temp 2. Hynix showed about 80 for Temp and peaked at 118 for Temp 2. From what I've found, Temp is the flash storage and Temp 2 is the storage controller. Once Temp 2 went over 110 on the Hynix everything throttled from ~500MB/s to around 16. Putting the laptop on a cooling tray brought the Temp2 back under 110 and speeds went back to normal.
After digging around it sounds like thermal pads and a heatsink can greatly alleviate the issue, so I've got 2 each of the following items ordered to see what I can get to fit:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074Y5DZ4N/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2FZ592/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They should arrive tomorrow, and once I'm able to get everything to fit in place I'll pull another backup and see what the temps look like.