This product is relatively straight-forward when it comes to performance, but I think that many will find that they encounter confusion/struggles when trying to figure out the intended thermal solution. I did some testing and found that the thermal solution on this performs very differently depending on how you set it up- one way keeps temps from getting higher, the other lets it recover back towards ambient faster after a sustained read/write.
Pictured in the instructions on the listing (none are provided with the product), it shows the thicker pad going between the SSD and the heatsink, with the thinner pad placed on the back of the SSD. If this immediately confuses you, yeah, me too. There's no point in putting a thin pad on the back if it doesn't come into contact with anything else, and in-fact operates like a blanket over the bare ssd PCB.
When I received the product, I noticed that the thicker pad actually fits perfectly between the adapter PCB and the SSD PCB, and the thinner pad fits on top fine as well. Because this results in contact between ALL parts, this made more sense to me, so I tested it. Running CrystaDiskMark benchmark, I found that the SSD hit 57C, but then stayed at 57 for quite a long time after the benchmark was complete.
I reviewed the setup an noticed that the thin thermal pad doesn't make great contact with all components on the Samsung 950 PRO. No contact means no cooling, so I decided to adjust the setup to the setup that's instructed (thick pad under heatsink, thin pad on backplate. This setup allows the thick pad to touch all components, but the thin pad on the back of the SSD pcb does virtually nothing. With this setup, running the same test with CrystalDiskMark (starting from ambient), the SSD hit 59 for a very brief moment at the end of the test, but quickly dropped back to 57 as soon as the test ended, and then down to 52 within a couple minutes, unlike the sustained 57 I saw in the previous setup.
What this tells me is that the thicker pad needed to be between the heatsink and components, but also that the thinner pad on the back of the SSD did little to nothing, and that the thicker pad was more effective at holding off higher temps. My theory is that this should actually be shipping with TWO thicker pads, not one thin and one thick, because the thicker pad is more effective on both sides.
Your mileage may vary and you may find better results with your specific SSD, but with my 950 Pro, I chose to keep the thicker pad under the heatsink for faster temp recoveries, knowing I won't be doing heavy sustained read/writes from it and would prefer it bounce back quickly rather than popping up to 57 and sitting there for 15 minutes anytime it gets a demanding request.
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Product Description
Package Contents
1x M.2 to pci express adapter (NVMe or AHCI) with heatsink
2x silicone pad for thermal
1x screwdriver
6amLifestyle M2 to PCI Express NVMe Aluminum Heatsink Adapter
Compatible NVMe / AHCI SSD list (incomplete)
Samsung XP941, SM951 (NVMe o AHCI), SM961, 950 Pro, 960 970 PRO EVO, PM951, PM961
INTEL 600P,6000P,760P
Liteon T10, MU X Series
Kingston Digital PCIe NVMe M.2
WD BLACK PCIe
ADATA XPG SX6000 PCIe
Corsair Force Series M.2 NVMe
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Quick Heat Disaipation Comes with Advanced Aluminum alloy shell make heat-dissipation more Efficiently. The heat-dissipation function is maximized to facilitate heat dissipation of the hard disk during operation, and can fully utilize the powerful performance of the hard disk |
NVME Only NVME SSD transfer speed is faster than SATA SSD, the max transfer speed could up be 1497Mbps You are kindly reminded that this adapter only support M.2 NVME SSD, do not support M.2 SATA SSD |
Support PCI-e 4X/8X/16X High speed running NVME M.2 SSD will generate lots of heat, to ensure stability of NVME SSD performance, heat dissipation must be considered. opper net on PCB board is an effective way to dissipate heat. The fine copper net PCB board is the care for data safety. |
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2020
Pictured in the instructions on the listing (none are provided with the product), it shows the thicker pad going between the SSD and the heatsink, with the thinner pad placed on the back of the SSD. If this immediately confuses you, yeah, me too. There's no point in putting a thin pad on the back if it doesn't come into contact with anything else, and in-fact operates like a blanket over the bare ssd PCB.
When I received the product, I noticed that the thicker pad actually fits perfectly between the adapter PCB and the SSD PCB, and the thinner pad fits on top fine as well. Because this results in contact between ALL parts, this made more sense to me, so I tested it. Running CrystaDiskMark benchmark, I found that the SSD hit 57C, but then stayed at 57 for quite a long time after the benchmark was complete.
I reviewed the setup an noticed that the thin thermal pad doesn't make great contact with all components on the Samsung 950 PRO. No contact means no cooling, so I decided to adjust the setup to the setup that's instructed (thick pad under heatsink, thin pad on backplate. This setup allows the thick pad to touch all components, but the thin pad on the back of the SSD pcb does virtually nothing. With this setup, running the same test with CrystalDiskMark (starting from ambient), the SSD hit 59 for a very brief moment at the end of the test, but quickly dropped back to 57 as soon as the test ended, and then down to 52 within a couple minutes, unlike the sustained 57 I saw in the previous setup.
What this tells me is that the thicker pad needed to be between the heatsink and components, but also that the thinner pad on the back of the SSD did little to nothing, and that the thicker pad was more effective at holding off higher temps. My theory is that this should actually be shipping with TWO thicker pads, not one thin and one thick, because the thicker pad is more effective on both sides.
Your mileage may vary and you may find better results with your specific SSD, but with my 950 Pro, I chose to keep the thicker pad under the heatsink for faster temp recoveries, knowing I won't be doing heavy sustained read/writes from it and would prefer it bounce back quickly rather than popping up to 57 and sitting there for 15 minutes anytime it gets a demanding request.
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Effective Speeds, Confusing Thermal Solution
By B. Harris on June 28, 2020
This product is relatively straight-forward when it comes to performance, but I think that many will find that they encounter confusion/struggles when trying to figure out the intended thermal solution. I did some testing and found that the thermal solution on this performs very differently depending on how you set it up- one way keeps temps from getting higher, the other lets it recover back towards ambient faster after a sustained read/write.By B. Harris on June 28, 2020
Pictured in the instructions on the listing (none are provided with the product), it shows the thicker pad going between the SSD and the heatsink, with the thinner pad placed on the back of the SSD. If this immediately confuses you, yeah, me too. There's no point in putting a thin pad on the back if it doesn't come into contact with anything else, and in-fact operates like a blanket over the bare ssd PCB.
When I received the product, I noticed that the thicker pad actually fits perfectly between the adapter PCB and the SSD PCB, and the thinner pad fits on top fine as well. Because this results in contact between ALL parts, this made more sense to me, so I tested it. Running CrystaDiskMark benchmark, I found that the SSD hit 57C, but then stayed at 57 for quite a long time after the benchmark was complete.
I reviewed the setup an noticed that the thin thermal pad doesn't make great contact with all components on the Samsung 950 PRO. No contact means no cooling, so I decided to adjust the setup to the setup that's instructed (thick pad under heatsink, thin pad on backplate. This setup allows the thick pad to touch all components, but the thin pad on the back of the SSD pcb does virtually nothing. With this setup, running the same test with CrystalDiskMark (starting from ambient), the SSD hit 59 for a very brief moment at the end of the test, but quickly dropped back to 57 as soon as the test ended, and then down to 52 within a couple minutes, unlike the sustained 57 I saw in the previous setup.
What this tells me is that the thicker pad needed to be between the heatsink and components, but also that the thinner pad on the back of the SSD did little to nothing, and that the thicker pad was more effective at holding off higher temps. My theory is that this should actually be shipping with TWO thicker pads, not one thin and one thick, because the thicker pad is more effective on both sides.
Your mileage may vary and you may find better results with your specific SSD, but with my 950 Pro, I chose to keep the thicker pad under the heatsink for faster temp recoveries, knowing I won't be doing heavy sustained read/writes from it and would prefer it bounce back quickly rather than popping up to 57 and sitting there for 15 minutes anytime it gets a demanding request.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
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Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2019
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Works excellent, but not perfect!
By kairukun93 on October 5, 2019
Simple, easy to install nvme m.2 ssd storage. Works just as advertised. IF your are wondering why its slower than advertised speed, because there is a huge difference between 2.0 and 3.0 generation pci-e but will only run at x4 pcie lanes! Be sure to consult with your motherboard's manual for pcie generation. The only down with this product was the rubber band that holds the heat sink stretches out when it gets hot/warm. Only solution would be a double sided thermal conductive adhesive pad! Reason why i gave it a 4/5 rating! You get what you pay for!
By kairukun93 on October 5, 2019
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
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