Thermalright HR-09 2280 SSD heatsink, Double-Sided Heat Sink, with Thermal Silicone Pad for M.2 SSD PC and Computer

Makes a real change from the over-priced lumps of aluminium that have been just about the only thing available for a very long time.This is a great value, quality heatsink.It arrives very well packed, in a nice double skinned card box. Inside are quality foam inserts that should mean the heat sink is in perfect condition. There’s also an instruction leaflet, which I didn’t read, I watched the video instead.The first thing that strikes you is that it’s really heavy and great quality.The only fitting limitation is that you probably can’t use one of these if you have a heat-sink on the CPU and you want to use the socket close to the CPU. I never use that socket, for that very reason, so it’s not an issue for me.Oh, also, some motherboards place sockets under the graphics card so that is another no-no place for these heat-sinks. I use Asus motherboards, and they often seem to have some sockets a good distance from the GPU. In most modern motherboards it doesn’t matter which you use.You need a PH00 screwdriver to undo the screws. You may also need the same screwdriver to undo the screws for the SSD, so you maybe already have one.Assembly is very easy, as long as you follow the video. It all comes apart and goes back together very easily. The heat pads are great and unlike many other products, they aren’t difficult to fit.Note that the only chip that really needs to press against the heat-pad is the one closest to the copper connection strip, so most of the time it doesn’t matter if the heights of the chips are different. As long as that one chip presses against the heat-pad, you are good. You can also buy new heat-pads if you somehow manage to damage one.Feels very solid when assembled.Running temperatures are better than any other heat-sink I have used, but in all honesty, I haven’t used that many.This is a great product at a very reasonable price.

This is a great cooler. However measure the space above your SSD as in some micro ATX motherboards the space around the SSD can be limited depending on the installed CPU cooler.This worked great on my 1TB Kingston drive and keeps in nice a cool. It also looks cool if yo ask me.

I was sceptical that this would work, but at the price I thought it was worth a try. Used on a Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 2280 that was starting to get into the low to mid 50C's when working moderately, sandwiched deep down between my CPU heatsink and fan and my Graphics card. Now runs a good 10C to 12C cooler than without it. Easy to fit to the SSD. Hopefully will extend the life of my SSD. Well worth it for me.

TEST PC SPECSAMD RYZEN 5 5500 - 52GB RAM 3200mhz 3 x 16GB 1 x 4GBAMD RYZEN RX 6500 XT - IONZ KZ20 PC CASET500 500GB SSD PCI-E GEN4 - B550M DS3H M-ATXTemps will not be exact and different mattering on climat and temp of the roomThese tests where done over the time of 1 month and should not be viewed as professional testingGames testedElden Ring - Warframe - Fallout 4 - Skyrim SE-AE - Starbound(Over 100 mods installed during testing) - Empyrion,GS - Space Engineers - Lethal Company - Tekken 8VR ChatGame testing duration per game 2 hoursNotes1-Max temps quickly dropped once loading was finished with fans installed back to sub 70'C2-Top temps only achieved due extensive and un-needed ammount of read and write for extensive durations for system file tests or mass exploration within (starbound, empyrion, elden ring)3-Bugs Crashes and updates running in the background may have altered the testing and increased temps without my noticing4-Case is set up for positive pressure idle and negative pressure for extensive use with dust filters applied on all fans and any gaps in the case being covered up or filled in with silicone or rubber seals to prevent dust from enteringKey to reading temps from graphIdle temp- Only the core sytem files are activeTest Temps (00'C to 00'C) First temp number is how high it was on average during gaming Second temp number is maximum temp achieved during gamingTESTS1 - Games folder on SSD A - No fans2 - System Files on SSD B - Built in Case fans only3 - System and Games On SSD C - +3 fans 1 intake 2 exhaustIDLE TEMP OF SSD1 - 34'C 2 - 54'C 3 - 55'CSSD IDLE Vs ACTIVE1 - A - 45'C to 68'C 1 - B - 46'C to 51'C 1 - C - 39'C to 47'C2 - A - 61'C to 73'C 2 - B - 61'C to 68'C 2 - C - 57'C to 68'C3 - A - 68'C to 79'C 3 - B - 65'C to 70'C 3 - B - 60'C to 70'CAs far as passive cooling for SSD's goes this heat sink is capable of keeping your SSD at a pretty good temp if your only concern is recriational use on the computerI suggest getting this heat sink If you plan on playing games no matter if your SSD has system files on it or notSome games can write a load of data to the drive on a near constant bases causing your SSD to heat up and raising the temps inside your motherboard as well as caseThis heat sink will help spread the heat out in to the case so the fans can cycle that heat out better and keep your other components running cooler and in return fasterThese tests how ever are done on a Case that has been altered and modified for streamlined air flow and may have impacted the temps a lot more than intendedAll in all 8/10 ProductCovers any need a gamer or casual pc user may have but dont recomend using both system and applications on the same SSD if you plan on just using this heat sink with less than 2 fans on your caseThe only way you could improve this Heatsink is by modding it with a micro fan for even better airflow how ever this would be entirely overkill and cost more than simply installing more case fans

Although it is quite large, this thing turns out to be a beast of a passive cooler.Mounting it onto my SSD was fairly straightforward, like another has said, care needs to be taken on alignment of the SSD's mounting screw as I almost obstructed it which would have made access for my screwdriver impossible. Thankfully, there's enough room to back off the cooler a little bit, so it was no longer a problem.Hard drive temperatures reduced dramatically. Even running my SSD through a thorough defrag cycle (perhaps unneccesary, but for testing purposes was fine) I barely saw temps beyond 41'C as the cooler now sits in some of the airflow from my CPU cooler. No more thermal throttling at all, which is a jackpot as far as I'm concerned. Fantastic piece of mind that's well worth the price.