#5629260

tunejunky

2019-01-18 18:10

sooo sexeh! this is drool worthy. my mobo only has one heatsinked M.2, but 3 slots. i bought after market heatsinks for those two. i'd rather have had these...and mine are still new but too old to return for these 😱 😱 😡;)

#5629276

clamatac

2019-01-18 19:07

the heatsink is included? in amazon photos seems not

#5629277

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2019-01-18 19:16

clamatac:

the heatsink is included?

As mentioned, it's an optional SKU. You can purchase the standard version and apply it to your mobo cooling (or none at all). Or opt the SKU with an included heatsink from EK (slightly more expensive).

#5629310

rl66

2019-01-18 21:57

At least a manufacturer that have left the choise to have it with or without the heatsink... I have pass 30 min to remove the one that was on the NVMe SSD i have bought for my next HTPC (yes this time i have succeed to get the B450 and the Athlon 200GE 🙂 ).

#5629332

Kaarme

2019-01-19 00:02

In the past I thought I'd get a heatsink for it once I get an NVMe SSD. However, now that I do have a Samsung 970 EVO, I have no intention of getting a heatsink, not after reading some stuff about the NAND actually benefitting from higher temperatures. The controller naturally would benefit from a heatsink, like any microprocessor, but it's likely not worth it.

#5629350

rl66

2019-01-19 01:44

Kaarme:

In the past I thought I'd get a heatsink for it once I get an NVMe SSD. However, now that I do have a Samsung 970 EVO, I have no intention of getting a heatsink, not after reading some stuff about the NAND actually benefitting from higher temperatures. The controller naturally would benefit from a heatsink, like any microprocessor, but it's likely not worth it.

There is argument on both side about NAND's heat... So i won't say anything about it. As in my case it was that the cooler was integrated with chipset one and so i had to remove the one provided with the SSD more and more manufacturer do this kind of thing.

#5629356

The Goose

2019-01-19 02:26

So tempted but imhappy with my Samsung 970 pro 1tb, although i hope the heatsink gets a release on its own....looks better than the first nvme hs EK released.

#5629779

Reddoguk

2019-01-21 05:52

They sell on OC for 11 pound each or very similar EK ones at least.

#5630159

claydough

2019-01-22 06:55

that EK cooling block is perty dam sexy!