Commissario
A few weeks ago, I bought these two.
I put one inside the other using the supplied thermal pad and made sure there was a good contact between the pad, the nvme and the case. I'm using them on my Mac Studio, it's a great combo, really quick and can sustain around 2800-2900Mbps transfer rate. I copy large chunks of data to and from it a few times a day.
I noticed that while copying, it got hot. Very hot. It wasn't too hot to touch but it was very uncomfortable to rest a finger on the case for more than a few seconds. Even at idle, it sat feeling very warm. Now I'm sure this is within spec but I don't like it when things get to that sort of temperature.
So I looked around and picked up a heatsink for less than six quid.
All I've done is use a couple of cable ties to fix the heatsink to the enclosure. I've not used any thermal pads between them so it's not as efficient as it could be. I have pulled the cable ties very tight to get the best conductivity between them I can.
It's not pretty either but I don't care about that. My Mac Studio is mounted under the desk and the enclosure is sitting on a shelf under there. I can't see it at all and what I can't see, I don't care about.
The important thing is that it's cold. The heatsink does a fantastic job, when I'm doing large file copies backwards and forwards, neither the enclosure or the heatsink feel even slightly warm to the touch. I have an IR temperature gun and it shows that the enclosure is just a couple of degrees above ambient room temperature.
I said it's not pretty, I wasn't kidding:
But if you have one of these drives in an enclosure that gets warmer than you'd like, it's a decent solution.
I put one inside the other using the supplied thermal pad and made sure there was a good contact between the pad, the nvme and the case. I'm using them on my Mac Studio, it's a great combo, really quick and can sustain around 2800-2900Mbps transfer rate. I copy large chunks of data to and from it a few times a day.
I noticed that while copying, it got hot. Very hot. It wasn't too hot to touch but it was very uncomfortable to rest a finger on the case for more than a few seconds. Even at idle, it sat feeling very warm. Now I'm sure this is within spec but I don't like it when things get to that sort of temperature.
So I looked around and picked up a heatsink for less than six quid.
All I've done is use a couple of cable ties to fix the heatsink to the enclosure. I've not used any thermal pads between them so it's not as efficient as it could be. I have pulled the cable ties very tight to get the best conductivity between them I can.
It's not pretty either but I don't care about that. My Mac Studio is mounted under the desk and the enclosure is sitting on a shelf under there. I can't see it at all and what I can't see, I don't care about.
The important thing is that it's cold. The heatsink does a fantastic job, when I'm doing large file copies backwards and forwards, neither the enclosure or the heatsink feel even slightly warm to the touch. I have an IR temperature gun and it shows that the enclosure is just a couple of degrees above ambient room temperature.
I said it's not pretty, I wasn't kidding:
But if you have one of these drives in an enclosure that gets warmer than you'd like, it's a decent solution.