SilverStone Technology M.2 SSD Thermal Pad Universally Compatible with Samsung NVME, Crucial, Transcend, ADATA, and Many Others TP01-M2

I have a Samsung 960 EVO mounted on my ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4/D3 motherboard. When I built my system I used the processor GPU and the 960 EVO received good airflow and stayed cool. Adding a graphics card covers the M.2 SSD slot with just a bit of space over it resulting in poor airflow and an overheating SSD. I placed the wider strip of thermal material on the motherboard and fitted the SSD back on the slot. It did not make contact with the thermal material. I added the thinner strip on top and still no contact. I added the two pieces of material I cut off to make the thermal material the correct length. Still no contact so I folded the entire stack over in half and it was just right. Before adding the Thermal Pads I would go about 2/3 of the way through ATTO Bench and then thermal and slow down with the HDD 2 monitor showing 100C. After adding the pad the benchmark completed and the temperature was 96C, still hot yet not throttling and my system stopped stuttering during day to day use.

I installed this SilverStone m2-SSD thermal pads with a GnomeTech m2-SSD heatsink, at the same time I installed these I changed out the 1x EVGA 120mm fan (mounted in front of a EVGA cloosed-loop watercooler) for for 2x Corsair SP120 fans in a push-pull config. This is all mounted in an extremely compact mITX case (SilverStone SG13B) with an overclocked 7700k i7 and a 1080ti SC2. My z270 EVGA Stinger motherboard has its single m2-SSD slot on the under/back side of the board where is almost no airflow (I have a small "diverter" panel I cut from some plastic to try and direct some of the air coming off the radiator under the board but the air does not have a clean path to exit).Before installing the thermal-pad/heatsink/sp-fans my Samsung 960Pro 512GB m2-SSD would idle at 40c, have a few programs open in the background with a video playing and 10 tabs open in chrome the SSD was barely being utilized but the temp would quickly creep up to 45-50c. A more more demanding read loading a game or encoding a video would spike to 60c and running a benchmark would peak the SSD at 72c where it appeared to throttle the speed. I was expecting to see high temps from all of the components of my system due to the mITX case and single intake fan, I was not worried about it as much as I just wanted to try to keep temps down so I could run the system as quietly as possible so I set out to try and improve things.As I mentioned I installed 2x fans (replacing a single fan) at the same time I install the SilverStone thermal-pad and GnomeTech heatsink along with a panel to try and divert some of the air from the radiator under the motherboard so I feel the results are about as "best case" as you can get other than having a fan blow directly across the SSD. With everything installed I closed the case and booted the system: I first noticed it took a few minutes longer after booting for the system to get up to the same 40c idle temp, I then launched my normal applications and websites and noticed again there was a delay before the temps started to increase and that increase was slowed noticeably. This trend continued when doing more read/write intensive activities, temps would slowly creep up into the same 55-60c range, even when using the SSD 100% with a benchmark it takes 30+ seconds longer for the drive to peak at 72c - when you can read/wire at 3500/2100 mbps that small amount of time at full speed is a lot more data! The drive also cools/returns to idle temps slightly quicker than before but it is not as dramatic of a change as the delay in temps increasing.My best guess is that the extra airflow from the new fans/ducting is having a minimal impact (drive still cools slowly) but the added mass of the thermal pad and heatsink is able to pull some of the heat/energy out of the SSD giving me more time before the drive will throttle. I was never hitting 72c in my normal usage so it hasn't solved any kind of problem as the system was running perfectly fine but I am happy that these parts, at least collectively, have made a noticeable change in the system. If someone has a computer where the m2 slot is in a more open location and they could have air moving directly over it I believe these parts could make a very real difference in the systems performance, possibly even preventing the SSD from getting hot enough to throttle.*All temps obtained from CPUID HWMonitor applicationTL:DR - These parts did not decrease my maximum temps but they were able to pull some heat away from my SSD to slow the increase and provide more time before the SSD would slow/throttle to control its temperature.

I have a Samsung NVMe M.2 M Key SSD - 1TB (2280) paired to my Dell Optiplex 5070 MFF. I purchased this silicone Thermal Pad and was skeptical as to whether it'd be thick enough to produce sufficient insulation / heat dissipation. I'm very satisfied with my purchase and my computer runs hyper quick w/ little heat output. I rarely ever hear the fan run.the installation was a snap with the included instructions. My only input is that the user make sure they have clean hands or wears gloves as the silicone surface is prone to contracting dust and debris. Keep a can of compressed air nearby if needed.I have no rating for Tech Support since i have not utilized this at this time.5 stars!

Used on Razer Blade 15. Wrist rest tends to get warm (not hot) but I wanted to see if this can help. Totally worked. Not warm anymore!Easy to install. And very straightforward.Note: I only covered top of ssd. I didn’t want to risk removing anything.

It dosen't say in the description, but you might want to know exactly how effeicient this Heat Pad is, right?Its 4 W/mk.So lower/ middle good heat conductivity.Still better than the one included with my Icy Box M2HS M.2 heatsink.

Installed NVMe was @28C at idle, 48C during sustained writes.Installed the thinner thermal pad ( NVMe had components on both sides, requires thinner pad...nice they include both thin and thick pads for those with single side component NVMe drives ) .Idle temp dropped to 20C, sustained write temp dropped to 38C...a nice 8-10C drop on the low and high end.I had no issues @48C, this was just a new build I wanted everything running at the lowest temp possible.

Waste of time, effort, and money. I have an ASUS motherboard with 2 M.2 sockets on it. First problem is there were 2 additional non-removable posts, but no holes punched in to the strip to accommodate them. Lacking a hole punch, I did my best to cut the holes for the extra posts. Then I discovered the height of the M.2 connector was too high off the board. Even both provided thermal pads weren't enough to make contact, not even close. They claim the distance can't be more than 4mm, but that's pretty impossible to measure in advance. 2 complete sets might be enough, but I seriously doubt 4 layers would be very thermally conductive. Also, there were surface mounted components in that motherboard area that might have been damaged if the pads applied too much pressure. In the end there was no salvaging it and I had to give up and toss it all. I'm not about to order more product from this company given not providing even close to thick enough pads.