Heat Sinks on NVME drives in Acer Laptops

KanagawaTomasu

What are the guidelines for using copper heatsinks in Acer Aspire laptops?

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272194#Comment_1272194

Yes, a Gen4 drive runs twice a fast as a Gen3 drive and consumes more power that creates more heat. The larger the SSD the more heat it generates. If you only need 1TB storage don't install a 4TB NVMe. I recommend the Samsung 980Pro as that is the most reliable NVMe on the market and runs great on both PCIe 4x4 and 3x4 M.2 slots, but at Gen3 speed on a PCIe 3x4 slot, same price as the older Samsung 970Evo Plus.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/704684/heat-sinks-on-nvme-drives-in-acer-laptops

For ultra-thin and Nitro laptops some heatsinks will not fit (too thick) and you should apply thermal wrapping instead for >1GB double sided SSDs or the heat dissipation stickers already provided by the vendors, Better Heat Conductivity: Copper has superior heat conductivity compared to aluminum but is more expensive. Laptops with full metallic cases like the Swift X don't need a heatsink for the NVMe SSD.

KanagawaTomasu

Puraw,

Thanks! That is more information than I had to start with.

Follow up questions:

Are certain brand name NVME drive more likely to overheat than others?

Does a Gen 3 x 4 drive get hotter than a Gen 4 x 4 drive? Or vise versa.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272194#Comment_1272194

Yes, a Gen4 drive runs twice a fast as a Gen3 drive and consumes more power that creates more heat. The larger the SSD the more heat it generates. If you only need 1TB storage don't install a 4TB NVMe. I recommend the Samsung 980Pro as that is the most reliable NVMe on the market and runs great on both PCIe 4x4 and 3x4 M.2 slots, but at Gen3 speed on a PCIe 3x4 slot, same price as the older Samsung 970Evo Plus.

KanagawaTomasu

Puraw,

I have 980 Pro drives in my Acer Predator. I like those, as well.

I was looking at using a copper layer or cooling tape on the Gen 3 drive (SK Hynix Gold P31, 500 GB) in my Acer Aspire 5.

But, as yet, it does not show signs of overheating.

Kanagawa Tomasu