Question Is The SSD Heatsink Thermal Pad Enough?

[AtomikDjakareh_32G]

Unfortunately I lost the 2 tiny screws that hold my motherboard's NVMe heatsink in place.
I plan on getting a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD which doesn't come with a heatsink.

Will the glue from the thermal pad of the mobo's heat sink be enough to hold it onto the SSD?

 

[Inthrutheoutdoor]

Heatsinks rely on consistent, even contact with the ssd's chips in order to be effective at removing the heat... so although the glue from the pad(s) may hold the sink in place, it will NOT be sufficient to ensure the proper amount of pressure to make sufficient contact...

Therefore, you should really either find those screws or get some somewhere asap