M.2 Nvme Ssd Heatsink Laptop
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When Alienware 17 R5 purchased from Dell, the drives have thermal shields. Additional drives purchased from Dell do not include thermal shields and customers/users have to purchase these separately from third party suppliers. The upper surface can be copper or painted black. The M.2 2280 SSD Thermal Shield, Thermal Pad, and Screw is DP/N 0JV98R, 3N3W3, etc.
the heatsink should be a thin copper strip. copper is very good at getting rid of heat but it needs an airflow to do that. some people are telling me that if there is no airflow then the heatsink can become quite hot because it's not getting rid of the heat fast enough and in the end i will have a hot heatsink on top of a warm nvme ssd and that's bad
you told me that there is heatsinks which have part numbers 0JV98R and 3N3W3. i spoke with dell support and i asked them about the heatsinks. first the guy i spoke with recommended 3N3W3. i told him i am worried if there is enough space. he changed his mind and recommended JV98R and said it fits perfectly for me. thus that could mean that they are different. do you know the difference between them?
I have an Alienware 17 R5 laptop. I will be putting Samsung 980 pro nvme ssd in it and I want to put a heatsink on the nvme ssd. There are 2 heatsinks and the product numbers are 0jv98r and 3n3w3. Dell support told me to buy 0jv98r.
Ok thanks. I also need to buy thermal pad stickers. I have two choices for thermal pad stickers:-
1) Arctic thermal pad sticker which has a thermal conductivity of 6 m w/k
2) Grizzly minus 8 thermal pad sticker which has a thermal conductivity of 8 m w/k
8 m w/k will transfer heat faster to the heatsink than 6 m w/k but I was told that you need an ideal environment which has excellent airflow to take advantage of the faster heat transfer and the heatsink will get rid of the heat fast because of the excellent airflow. My environment is not ideal because of the weak airflow to the nvme ssd area so the heatsink will get rid of the heat slower for me so there is no need for the heat to quickly reach the heatsink so it's ok if I use the arctic thermal pad sticker. Is what I said correct? I am worried that if I use the Grizzly thermal pad sticker then the heat will quickly escape from the nvme ssd but I may end up with a hotter heatsink because the heat will slowly leave the heatsink due to the weak airflow.
The Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD Samsung Semiconductor Global has nickel coating to help manage the controller's heat level and a heat spreader label to deliver effective thermal control of the NAND chip. Samsung's Dynamic Thermal Guard technology maintains the 980 PRO's temperature at optimal levels. Samsung Magician software monitors drive health.
The old Alienware 17 R5 laptop's NVMe bays are not designed to accommodate the modern Samsung 980 PRO with Samsung Heatsink. To get maximum air flow, install Samsung 980 PRO without Samsung or Dell heatsink.
i am very confused. in -R5-make-sure-I-am-getting-the-correct-heatsink/m-p/8362232 you told me that there are heatsinks for my laptop and dell support confirmed that the heatsink with part number 0jv98r will fit for me. now you are changing your mind and you are telling me not to put a heatsink because my laptop wasn't designed to have a heatsink on the nvme ssd
i am aware that the nvme ssd area has weak airflow in my laptop. also i know that the nvme ssd will get more airflow if i don't put a heatsink. however, nothing bad should happen if i put a thermal pad sticker and a heatsink on the nvme ssd. if i use thermal pad stickers with high conductivity then the nvme ssd will stay cool and the heatsink will become a bit hot. that's ok. the heatsink should still get some airflow so it will cool down eventually. the important thing is that i dont end up with a very hot heatsink which cant hold any more heat
you told me that you have the same laptop as me and also you are using samsung nvme ssd without a heatsink. are you also using 980 pro? if yes then what are your nvme ssd temps? i need to know the idle temp, the temp when playing games and the temp when doing a stressful task like macrium reflect backup\restore
If 17 R5 OS (C:) boot drive is now the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD, please ensure it is created with the more secure, reliable, modern GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition format (not MBR) so that BIOS boot list option UEFI is enabled. Converting your Hard Drive from MBR to GPT Dell US. How to Convert MBR to GPT Using CMD without Data Loss? (diskpart.com).
thanks @crimsom for your reply. so then you confirm that i can use the heatsink which is designed for my laptop and it's ok if i use a thermal pad sticker which has higher thermal conductivity instead of using a thermal pad sticker which has lower thermal conductivity?
one more thing. i forgot to mention that i am putting my alienware laptop on a kootek cooling pad and i turned on the center ring. you said the problem with my laptop is the weak airflow in the nvme ssd area and there will be less airflow because of the heatsink. the coolpad will push extra air into the coolpad but the problem is that the air is going in through the mesh grill of the bottom cover and it's going into the compartment which is right next to the nvme ssd area. will the extra air from the coolpad reach the heatsink? will it help if i get a coolpad with a bigger and more powerful center ring?
I purchased HP Pavilion Gaming - 15-dk0261tx 2 years ago. Initially, It contained only HDD of SATA type. Now, I am in need of SSD. This laptop also has a M.2 Slot for SSD. I decided to use Crucial p5 plus which is Gen4 PCIe component. Many suggested that heatsinks are required for gen4 SSDs. Is that really required? If so, can I fit into my laptop? I need to run software such as Unity, Android Studio and some modern games. So please suggest if heatsinks are required while running these software.
Thanks in Advance
Really required? It so happens that opinions differ. Regardless, I for one do prefer to add (copper) heatsinks -even in laptops, but whether or not you can actually add an M.2 NVMe SSD heatsink depends entirely on the available headroom -the available space just over the M.2 NVMe SSD before it touches your back panel. You'll have to try to measure this.
I bought a new SSD, but I don't want to just install only the SSD. I'll like to install it together with a heatsink for the SSD. Is this possible for my laptop? Is there enough space in my laptop to install the SSD with a heatsink?
Gen3 NVMe/Sata SSDs don't usually get hot enough, even under heavy loads, to require a heatsink as such. They come with a heat exchanger in the form of copper strips built into the sticker, which is usually enough.
Gen4 (PCIe 4.0) NVMe get very hot, especially when loaded down. So you will need a heatsink, but it will only run at Gen 3 speeds anyway in your laptop, so it might not get that hot but they come with a built in heatsink also.
How much ram is installed in the laptop? If the SSD is running hot it may be because there's not enough ram and the SSD has to work harder. The laptop supports up to 64GB of ram. See the specifications in the link above.
As to thermal paste, ifixit discourages recommendations as they can be too subjective and may be misconstrued as spam by the ifixit spam filter. It also creates problems in questions/answers with people linking spam websites with various products. Doing your own online research is probably best.
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