GLOTRENDS M.2 Heatsink Kits with Thermal Pad for 2280 M.2 SSD, Fit for Desktop PC/PS5/PS5 Slim Installation, 22x70x3mm Aluminum Body(2 Packs)

Very good quality. Easy to setup and use. No issues

Bought this for a second SSD that fits under my GPU fans and it fits in the gap well. Comes with a gel pad and clips to hold it all together and lowers the temp by a few degrees. Looks great and is fantastic value.

Ok, bought this for a Gen 4x16 NVMe drive that was hitting 92c in a laptop under load, it works, idle temps went from 45c down to 28c and load temps dropped to 71c from the 92c... Very easy to install and relatively good value. Now for the downside, you are going to struggle to fit this into a laptop because of the height. It just about fits into a ThinkPad T490 / T14 Gen 1 & 2 / P14s Gen 1 & 2 bottom case but when I say "just" I mean it, getting that bottom case back on is a struggle and you can feel the bulge where the heatsink is. I have decided not to use the heatsink in the laptop because over time this is going to put strain on the case and probably the motherboard. Instead I am going to install a Gen 3 drive in the laptop as they don't get as hot. So to some up my review, the product itself works, is good quality and does what it says on the tin, it is secure enough in a laptop but your laptop will have to have a thick case. I thought It would be no problem in the ThinkPads I mentioned above but every mm counts here lol. It is cheap enough though to just buy it and try it. I can use the heatsink in the future for other refurbs or in other devices so all good.

I bought the GLOTRENDS M.2 heatsink for a Crucial P3 Plus 1TB SSD, since using a heatsink is recommended when installing an NVMe drive in a PS5 due to the limited airflow in the expansion bay. As far as I can tell, it works exactly as it should. There have been no shutdowns, no slowdowns, and no signs of thermal issues since installing it. The heatsink fits neatly over the SSD and sits perfectly inside the PS5’s slot without any clearance problems and comes with all necessary fixings. Overall, it’s a simple, reliable solution that gives peace of mind when adding an SSD to the PS5.

I have used five of these heat sinks on multiple NVMe drives now, most recently a couple of Gen 4 drives - the Samsung 980 Pro and the WD SN850 - which runs hot, but all of them have been kept cool, and I’ve never seen any of them rise to above the low 50s, even under load. In terms of basic heat sink fundamentals they seem to tick the boxes as far as I can tell. They make good contact through the supplied thermal pad, their traditional finned design provides a large surface area, and their material seems to be thermally conductive enough to do it’s job well. Like any heat sink, in order to work effectively there must be airflow across it to carry the heat away. This shouldn’t be an issue in a modern well ventilated case, and anyone concerned about the performance of their drives and the effectiveness of their thermals should already have a good handle on this. Price wise, these are incredibly cheap for what they are. They’re well made, look nice, work well, and come with all the accessories you need for a successful installation. The cleaning wipes are a nice touch, as is the choice of two mounting options. I haven’t yet used the metal clips as I prefer to use the silicone bands to hold the heat sink onto the drive. Overall I couldn’t ask for more of a heat sink. I know there are more elaborate “beautiful” designs, and some that wrap around the rear, which may be necessary in some circumstances but I haven’t personally required that as of yet. My main concern is the temperature of the controller and these manage that perfectly.

Works fine with the elastic bands but the metal clips were no good as the chip on my ssd didn't extend the full length of the circuit board so when using the clips the board would bend.

Nice and efficient

I have now bought 8 of these low profile (3mm) nvme ssd coolers and they all work exactly as expected! Inside the QNAP, I can run 5 WD SN700s under 10gbe large file transfers or whilst editing multiple streams of 4K footage and the drives stay below thermal threshold. They will idle around 30-40c and max out in the mid 60c. Installation was very easy, though the metal clip feels a little rough on the back side of the SSDs. If your drive has chips on both sides of the SSD, I recommend only using the included rubber bands - in fact, that’s what I have used in all of my builds that require a low profile cooler. I have also made a portable home lab using a dual NVME drive adapter and a raspberry pi 5. Same story as above, the drives dropped 15c whilst idle going from 45-47c down to 30-33c and they no longer thermally throttle when under load and max out around 65c whereas my SN700 would hit between 75-80c before. There are obviously other coolers that can offer more performance for even hotter drives that can hit transfer speeds over 7gbps, but for my requirements and for what I feel the intended use case of these low profile coolers are, they have been perfect!