Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 9 June 2024 23:13:46 BST Dale wrote: > >> P. S. I ordered a two piece cooler for the m.2 stick. It's way >> overkill but it is so cute and costs about the same as much smaller >> versions. It has little heat pipes and fins. O_O >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/226160453032 > This looks like an overkill for a PCIe 4.0 M.2, but if your graphics card > will > be chucking a lot of heat on it temperatures will stay on the cool side. I'd > be interested to see what temperatures you get with this heatsink installed!
It is certainly overkill. The closest one that I liked that was two piece cost about $11 or $12 or so. Then I ran up on that for $14. I'm not info flashy stuff or anything usually. I'm more about function. In this case tho, I just thought it was so cute. If that m.2 stick ever blows up, I don't think heat will be the cause. The m.2 cooler will sorta match the CPU cooler tho. I did order some thermal pads. I have tons for TO-220, TO-3p and plain TO-3 transistors. The TO-3p would work, except for the screw hole in some, but I wanted some that are solid and thicker. Based on size, I think they made for m.2. When this build is done, I'm going to try and take pics and post somewhere. I'll link them in a thread somewhere. I'll also post some tests, temps and such. There's no replacement for real results as compared to theoretical results. I'm sure this machine will be faster than the current rig. Testing will show just how much. I suspect my CPU will run really cool. I got a fairly large CPU cooler. At least the size of my current rig. My current CPU has never been above 125F. The NAS box rarely gets above 102F. It isn't in a case tho. It sits on top of a piece of plywood. I did screw it down and rigged a way to lock the hard drive down. Just to make sure it doesn't run off. ROFL Several packages still in State USPS hub. They haven't moved, yet. Dale :-) :-)
