Inateck M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter for NVME SSDs

[trs96]

If you have an older motherboard without an onboard M.2 slot or simply don't have enough M.2 slots, here's a new find for those that want to upgrade their system drive to NVME. This looks really well built with a large heatsink to keep the drive cool. Price is incredible seeing that most adapters don't include any heatsink in this price range. Now that NVME SSD prices have come down very close to what Sata SSDs cost this makes more sense, especially when the adapter/heatsink is only 12 USD. Will also work with M.2 Sata based SSDs if you still have one of those to use.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZTCRMTM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

 

[craighazan]

Good find trs96, got one for the 7040 MT WIP. My king spec NVMe reached 68 C the other day, I can now keep it cooler.

 

[trs96]

My king spec NVMe reached 68 C the other day

The longevity of any NVME drive depends on how cool you can keep it. They transfer data at really high speeds so they can heat up much more than older Sata based SSDs.

 

[craighazan]

The NVMe adapter arrived today and I immediately fitted it to my Dell 7040MT. I fitted my HP EX920 with Catalina installed, great little kit for the price and the running temperature is 5 C cooler than before.

 

[trs96]

I like how they placed a metal strip below the drive, a thermal pad to stick on the top and then the metal heatsink over that. Haven't seen a better NVMe cooling strategy than that. And it's selling for $11.99 ? Screwdriver included.

 

[craighazan]

I did notice thought that using the long pad between the heat sink and NVMe drive will bend it, you can see it slightly in the image above. Maybe put the long one underneath the drive and the short one on top, like an NVMe sandwich!. I’ll try that later, doesn’t seem to effect the drive though.

 

[trs96]

I did notice thought that using the long pad between the heat sink and NVMe drive will bend it

Maybe don't screw down the heatsink so tightly ?

 

[craighazan]

I think the NVMe sandwiched between both the short and long heat transfer pads between the heat sink and metal strip below the drive is the correct way to install it, I screwed the heat sink securely and now the NVMe drive is flat. Idle temps are consistently 25 C, in the graph below, the two spikes are Amorphous Disk Mark and Blackmagic Disk Speed test, the highest is 36 C and the lowest 23 C.

 

[trs96]

Amorphous Disk Mark and Blackmagic Disk Speed test, the highest is 36 C and the lowest 23 C.

Those are really low temps for an NVMe drive. On my HP NVMe I usually see about double those temps. Not using any heatsink with it currently. What were your normal temps before using this new Inateck adapter ?

 

[craighazan]

Those are really low temps for an NVMe drive. On my HP NVMe I usually see about double those temps. Not using any heatsink with it currently. What were your normal temps before using this new Inateck adapter ?

It's interesting that you ask sir, after reading your response I decided to spend the next hour finding out what the difference is with and without the adapter. Well I think it's quite obvious from the graph below that this is a very good investment. The left of the graph recorded the temps with the HP EX 920 plugged into the M.2 slot with no heat sink, I ran AmorphousDiskMark then Blackmagic Speed Disk Test!. ADM topped out at 40, BM topped out at 60 C, idling temp was 28 C. I then fitted the NVMe into the adapter sandwiched between the heat transfer pads and plugged it into the X4 slot, ADM topped 30 and BM topped 35, idling at 22 - 23 C.