Looking for M.2 to PCIe 3.0 4X Adapter with Effective Cooling (SM951)

[onawav]

I'm in the process of shopping for PC parts for a new X99-based PC build. Looking to go pretty high-end as I only build ever few years and need my rigs to stay relevant for years to come.

I'm interested in picking up one of the new Samsung SM951 M.2 drives that promise to have such amazing speed. I'm thinking 256GB to hold my OS and key applications.

My concern is that these drives seem likely to get VERY hot in sustained writing situations and I want an effective way to cool it.

While all the X99 boards I'm looking at have native M.2 4x support, it also seems the native motherboard implementations are likely to get smoking hot.

For this reason, I'm interested in using a M.2 to PCIe 3.0 4x adapter... but it needs an effective heatsink to help manage the M.2 drive's controller-centric heat.

Any suggestions on an adapter with a truly functioning heatsink?

 

[The Original Ralph]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RTSFLBY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00RTSFLBY&linkCode=as2&tag=servecom-20&linkId=D6ZI4OL62O3GA6CT

and a review where they used that very adaptor http://www.servethehome.com/ngff-m2-pcie-x4-adapter-heatsink/

PS- just read the review myself - that heatsink doesn't even contact the SSD board -


ANOTHER one but looks like reviews indicating the same sort of gap between the heatsink and the ssd board

Asus is releasing one, and i swear i saw one mfgr'd by samsung but can't for the life of me find it again

it just occurred to me though, the SM951 like the XP941, has a paper sticker on the side where any heat sink would be contacting it - and removing those stickers usually voids the warranty.

there was a review that indicated fairly high temps, iirc 110c but also indicated that was within mfgr's limits for the boards

maybe a small fan or two like those ram fans might be in order

 

[onawav]

I saw the same review about the heat sink gap--useless! Odd they'd make that given the thickness of the M.2 sticks seems pretty standard.

Also good point on the stickers. I wouldn't really want to remove and void warranty.

The best option might be as you suggested--just use it without a heatsink and place a fan within the case to move air across the controller chip on the M.2.

I'm going with the Define R5 Blackout for the build so I'm not really concerned how the interior of the case looks anyway...