ORICO M.2 SSD Heatsink, Copper Fin M.2 Cooler with Thermal Pad Thermal Conduction+Aluminium Cooling for Single and Double Sided 2280 NVME/NGFF M.2 SSD, Gold-M2HS1

Bought to cram two 970 PROs into a mini PC box for Proxmox. Needed an efficient heatsink that wouldn't be too big, and this delivered. Thermal pads are good enough too, no need to change them. And this is real copper, so it works a lot better than aluminum. I had my doubts on the clips, but they feel sturdy and really grab onto the SSD once installed.Only complaint would be that the pads are larger than the heatsink itself, and since thermal pads are dust magnets, some cutting was needed. Also, i wouldn't mind if the heatsink itself were a tad larger since it doesn't fully cover my SSD's, but that's more of a nitpick since it works really well as-is, just need to make sure the controller and VRMs are well covered.

When m.2 SSDs became a popular form factor in the late 2010's, motherboard design trends, particularly for ITX format with limited space, started placing m.2 slots on the back of the motherboard in order to be able to fit them. This really wasn't a problem with m.2 SATA and early PCIe Gen 3x4 speeds where SSDs wouldn't cook themselves with no cooling....This computer didn't have any problems when I was using an Intel 660p in it, since that drive isn't pushing the limits of speed. However, that drive had it's limitations and I also needed more space than 1 TB, so I upgraded to a 2 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus.Placing the Samsung 970 Evo Plus in a back mounted m.2 slot in an ITX case with zero airflow was an initial disaster. I watched HWInfo in horror as the storage chips reached 82C and the controller exceeded 100C while installing a large game. That evening I immediately started researching.I ended up figuring out the space between the bottom of the case and the top of the SSD and measured that this one would be a tight fit, which was exactly what I wanted. My idea was to sandwich the top of the heatsink to the bottom of the case in order to use the bottom of the case as additional heat dissipation. Luckily this item included three thermal pads so I didn't have to buy any additional ones.After install, I fired up the computer and benchmarked the drive and didn't see anything above 45C. I did some extended gaming in order to increase the overall heat of the system and it maxed out around 56C.As with any product, YMMV, but this one definitely did the trick for me.

I bought two of these in hopes of fitting them into my Synology NAS, but sadly, the tolerances in the Synology 923+ chassis are extremely tight. The clips wouldn't clear the opening, and once I twisted and turned, the height was just way too big to fit, despite the fact that this is a relatively petite cooler. (Ultimately, I had to go with a 2mm copper block and rubber bands -- and even THAT was a tight squeeze.)Rather than return them, I thought I might as well use them on some secondary drives I have in my main PC. Those drives have been running naked, and it was more of a "why not?" kind of thing. Installation on a single-sided drive is pretty simple, but on double-sided drives, it gets a little trickier. On a double-sided drive, you need to be a bit more strategic on how you align the bottom plate, and it's probably better to go with the thinner grey thermal pads on both sides in order to get the top to clip securely. On a single-sided drive, using grey on the bottom and white on top fit just fine.Right out of the gate, I was pretty surprised by the temps I was seeing. 38 - 42 is pretty standard for those drives with no load, and they can creep up to 60 with a lot of transfer. Using these heatsinks, they were happily doing their thing at 29 and 31 with no load, and neither of them broke 40 under a stress test. (For the curious, the cooler of the two drives is a 1TB HP EX920, the other is a 1TB Sabrent Rocket 4.0)I ended up buying another one immediately for my primary drive. My motherboard might look a little strange without the proprietary block of aluminum it came with for cooling, but you just can't argue with these numbers.

Works great to keep my SSD several degrees colder than without.

I was seeing 85 degrees Celsius without any heatsink when playing PUBG, which taxes my computer/graphics card harder than any other game I play, and using the smallest model (Black-M2HS2), I'm seeing 75 degrees with the heatsink installed, so a drop of 10 degrees.One thing that was a little confusing is the instructions say to sandwich the SSD between the two pads, but they provide three: 2 are the same thickness and color, but the third is a thicker white pad, which I wasn't sure what to do with.

Perfect precision of workmanship and attached pads of appropriate thickness, in short, everything is includedIf it weren't for the protruding ears on the sides, I'd give it five stars.

M2HS1 doesn't fit the PS5 due to the metal clips on the lower metal bracket that keeps the heatsink secure. If you install it as is, you won't be able to take it out of the PS5. I had to use pliers to adjust the clips. It took me about 20 minutes of trial and error.Once installed on my Crucial P5 Plus, I had no problems putting the metal cover back on. The copper heatsink feels solid and secure. The heatsink covers about 90% of the SSD chips. Overall I am satisfied.

Not compatible with any of my desktop's nor laptop PC's due to the large size of the M.2 SSD Heatsink structure and the metal base that can become a risk of getting in contact with other components on a PC board around the SDD slot. I am sure it works great with PC boards with enough space around the SSD slots on the boards.

facil de montar con los thermal pads incluidos todo bien