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M.2 Cooler Help

NineEyeRon

I bought a dirt cheap alum fin heatsink for my m.2 cooler as a proof of concept but it didn’t come with anything to attach it.

 

I guess I goofed a bit here but very little money wasted thankfully as it was just a couple of £ so can still do most of its function I need it for.

 

I want to test to see if it actually cools, so no need for thermal pads for now but I do need to hold it in place.

 

Can I just use normal rubber bands for this?

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yes you can, but do you really need it? funnily enough 3d nand really likes to run hotter, the heatsink in only needen on the ssd controller

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5 minutes ago, NineEyeRon said:

m.2 cooler as a proof of concept but it didn’t come with anything to attach it.

you know your m.2 has some stickers that are ultra bad meterial for heat transfer, and with nothing between cooler and m.2 , result will only be slightly better

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2 minutes ago, dfsgsfa said:

you know your m.2 has some stickers that are ultra bad meterial for heat transfer, and with nothing between cooler and m.2 , result will only be slightly better

It’s PoC fun stuff so not too bothered, just fun to see it improve a little.

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1 minute ago, NineEyeRon said:

PoC fun stuff so not too bothered, just fun to see it improve a little

it shouldnt overheat for sure, but i can think of it takes longer to cool off from load to idle

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