Alphacool passive & liquid cooling kits for M.2 SSDs

[NumLock21]

Alphacool has announce their cooling kits for M.2 SSD drives, and it comes in 2 models, HDX-2 and HDX-3. The HDX-2 us a passive cooling kit, where the M.2 drive is cool by the provided heatsink. HDX-3 on the other hand uses liquid cooling and comes with a nickel copper plated water block and uses standard G1/4 type fittings. Both runs on PCIe 3.0 x4. Price goes for $41 for HDX-2 and $85 for HDX-3.

 

HDX-2

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• Enormous cooling surface for optimal cooling performance
• No more throttling the SSD because of overheating
• Possible bandwidth of up to 3900 MB/s.
• Optimum protection of your SSD through the cooler

 

 

HDX-3

Spoiler

 

• Enormous cooling surface for optimal cooling performance
• Easy installation in your cooling loop with G1/4” threads
• Possible bandwidth of up to 3900 MB/s.
• Water block provides optimal protection for your SSD

 

 

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/alphacool-m.2-ssd-cooling-hdx,35041.html

http://www.aquatuning.us/air-cooling/hdd-luftkuehler/21953/alphacool-eisblock-hdx-2-pci-e-3.0-x4-adapter-fuer-m.2-ngff-mit-passiv-kuehler-black

http://www.aquatuning.us/water-cooling/hdd-ram-cooler/hdd-water-blocks/21950/alphacool-eisblock-hdx-3-pci-e-3.0-x4-adapter-fuer-m.2-ngff-mit-wasserkuehler-black?c=6477

 

[The Sloth]

can't wait for the day when you have to liquid cool your ram. 

[Godlygamer23]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

can't wait for the day when you have to liquid cool your ram. 

There is no requirement to liquid cool any computer component. My 970 is air cooled for example, and so is my server. That being said, maybe one day we'll have active cooling on our SSDs and RAM as a standard. 

[NumLock21]

9 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

can't wait for the day when you have to liquid cool your ram. 

Also monitors, keyboards, and mice.

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Also monitors, keyboards, and mice.

the future is here 

 

[NumLock21]

9 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

the future is here 

 

 

[Drak3]

29 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

the future is here 

 

Not sure how I feel about this.

[themctipers]

and then it leaks and destroys your m.2 ssd 

[goodtofufriday]

35 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Also monitors, keyboards, and mice.

Hey man. There are some monitors that could use it. Especially some professional ones. 

[NumLock21]

Some still prefer aircooling

 

[mrchow19910319]

I wonder how many people have been actually dealing with SSD over heating issue. 

[Dreaper]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

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if i get the HDX-2 will that cuck my speeds on my ssd at all?

[GoodBytes]

What a joke... considering that this product doesn't have RGB, it better be nothing else than free.

[AnonymousGuy]

Aquacomputer already made a product like this.

 

[Juanitology]

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Some still prefer aircooling

 

this could actually be legit for intense gaming sessions, my hand will get all sweaty sometimes in games that require high APM

[LegendKillerRG]

But why just one slot?? It has the capacity to fit 2 slot or even three...

[Clanscorpia]

[BuckGup]

6 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

There is no requirement to liquid cool any computer component. My 970 is air cooled for example, and so is my server. That being said, maybe one day we'll have active cooling on our SSDs and RAM as a standard. 

Well the one use case I see it is in super computers. 

[BuckGup]

9 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

snip

That's even a Rpi 1 too. 

[SCHISCHKA]

why why why why why why why why why

[NumLock21]

4 hours ago, Dreaper said:

if i get the HDX-2 will that cuck my speeds on my ssd at all?

Capable of up to 3,900MB/s. The maximum the cooling kit can support up to. Not your M.2 SSD will magically get 3,900MB/s

 

3 hours ago, Terodius said:

this could actually be legit for intense gaming sessions, my hand will get all sweaty sometimes in games that require high APM

It is a legit mouse, but it's not easy to buy anymore.

It's the Black Element Cyclone Edition by ThermalTake.

 

[vorticalbox]

4 hours ago, BuckGup said:

Well the one use case I see it is in super computers. 

even massive server rooms air air cooled. Water when it breaks == dead everything. 

 

aren't super computers cooled by lazers? 

[BachChain]

Soon you will be able to liquid cool your AIOs

[Doobeedoo]

It's neat though and looks really cool too. 

[GreenZombie]

Also a computer user needs to have the liquid cooled.