ineo M.2 2280 PCIe 5 SSD Rocket Heatsink Built with PWM Cooling Fan [M9]

Using a gen 5 SSD. Max temps dropped from 84 C to 76 C with a single run from DiskMark compared to my motherboard's heatsink. Read/write speeds stayed the same. Temps now never get above 80 C no matter how many successive times I run DiskMark. Had to bend it into a 90 degree angle, but it still works. Other heat sinks wouldn't fit or be much smaller so this design was a perfect fit for my case. Fan noise isn't noticeable at 80%, but you can hear a high pitch whine at 100%. I adjusted my case fan curve up to drown out the annoying high pitch noise when this hits 100%. I used 1.5 mm thermal pads I bought separately instead of the thin included ones. It was a much tighter fit, but I was able to get it to work.

Having this thing is just a flex and it's not something you really need. It was in impulse buy like picking up a candy bar at the checkout line... Then again, I'm speaking as someone with higher end MB that included heat spreaders. The pros are, it cools the M.2 card. The cons are, it takes up space that might be needed for other expansion cards if your M.2 header is in or around your PCIe slots.The barrel part of the heatsink is movable from side to side (or rather up and down), but the black part of the heat sink that contacts the SSD does stick up slightly and did prevent me from using the PCIe slot directly above it. However, the card I was trying to use has its own heatsink that got in the way. Something such as a USB expansion card that doesn't have anything stick up near the connecting pins should work.The fan is quiet, and I don't hear it over the other stuff running in the tower. This is with all the case fans set to silent. I did notice a slight vibration from it when I touched it while it was running. This would indicate the fan is not balanced properly. If it ever stopped working, you probably would never know unless you checked it. If it did stop, I doubt the temps would rise even 1 degree.My average temperature on the M.2 card (a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB) typically stays around 32 C. The MB's included heat spreaders would keep it around 34 C. So..... not a lot to be gained.Conclusion - buy this if you think it would look awesome in your system. But much like the candy bar, it's probably just sweet empty calories.

I switched these into a build that had some space limitations and found that they work within about 1-2C as well as larger M2 active coolers. I am happy with the results, as I push the M2 very hard and have not experienced any performance or thermal issues. Note that it fits easily, but the heat pads need to be cut to fit the smaller heatsink.

This cooler does a great job of cooling my m.2 nvme drive, and the ability to rotate the heat pipe/fan assembly really helps with clearance issues. However, the fan seems to be really unbalanced and makes a lot of noise when it first starts spooling up. That said: after it gets to operating speed it's completely quiet

This thing was perfect for my setup. My CPU cooler is maybe an inch above my motherboard's CPU m.2 slot and blocks bigger heatsinks. The motherboard came with a fairly large chunk of aluminum for a heatsink. I was able to carefully bend the heat pipe to fit this in and was pleasantly surprised to see temperatures drop vs. the stock heatsink.

Fan can't even be heard. Reduced NVME temp 10 degrees. Easy to install and heavy duty construction.

So this definitely works if you want to lower M.2 thermals even more than just a regular, passive heatsink. Compared to a passive heatsink, I was able to get about 5 to 7Cs lower. However, that was when the fan was at high RPM, and that's the issue I have with this thing.At high RPM, there's a noticeable whine coming from the fan. I won't hear it if I decrease the rpms by almost half, or a little more than half, but then the thermals are about as good as a passive heatsink (only slightly better), which defeats the purpose and isn't worth twice the cost.My PC is pretty nearby me (within 2 feet), so I can definitely notice the fan whine at high RPM. If yours is further away, and fan noise doesn't bother you, then this definitely will give you results. Personally, I had to return mine as it just didn't fit my needs with this particular issue.

I had high hopes for this, Kinda a neat concept. however the fan likes to cut out and sometimes just quits all together. So gotta keep an eye on it. it did bring the temp on my M2 hard drive down pretty good compared to the stock I had. Would I recommend it, ehh it's probably not any better then some of the cheaper none powered heat-sinks.