- Dec 11, 2018
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I have a Inland Platinum 4TB M.2 card with dual sided memory and controller chip on outside. I mounted it on the rear slot of my Asus ROG Maximus Formula XII MB on new build because it shares bandwidth with 3rd PCI-E x4 slot which I will not use. I was concerned there was no heatsink so I removed the sticker with a hairdryer and put it on the bottom side, (voiding warranty I now read!). I attached a thin ICEPC 2mm copper heatsink to exposed side with thermal paste and thin bands as seen in picture. It will probably be up against back plate of case to pull off more heat. It is covering controller chip. I am concerned that cooling one side only may be harmful as was posted in Amazon forum: "If it's a dual side you'll only be keeping one side cool. You'll end up burning out the other side if the system thinks it can go faster because one side's being cool. More likely you wouldn't be getting it that hot unless you do constant data transfer."
There is only room for one side cooling.
SO..is it true or will cooling spread thru card to other side?
I realize now that the MBs have their stock heatsinks touching only the label side where the controller chip is, so they allow one side cooling only as the norm meaning it should be ok I think.
There is only room for one side cooling.
SO..is it true or will cooling spread thru card to other side?
I realize now that the MBs have their stock heatsinks touching only the label side where the controller chip is, so they allow one side cooling only as the norm meaning it should be ok I think.
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