[SOLVED] Motherboard m.2 heatsink, the one that comes with the ssd or both.

[Melvin_6]

Hey I have a ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero and I wan't to get the XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite PCIe Gen4x4. Should I use this with the heatsink that comes with the ssd, or the motherboard heatsink? I need to remove the default heatsink to add the motherboard one? The thing is that the motherboard heatsink looks nicer, but I'll rather not go into the trouble of removing the default heatsink. What is usually recomended? Thanks

 

[kanewolf]

Hey I have a ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero and I wan't to get the XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite PCIe Gen4x4. Should I use this with the heatsink that comes with the ssd, or the motherboard heatsink? I need to remove the default heatsink to add the motherboard one? The thing is that the motherboard heatsink looks nicer, but I'll rather not go into the trouble of removing the default heatsink. What is usually recomended? Thanks

I would use the one on the SSD. It has been optimally designed for that specific SSD. Any motherboard heatsink is just a generic heatsink.

 

[lvt]

All heat-sinks do the same thing.

But the one with larger surface will do a better job.

 

[kanewolf]

All heat-sinks do the same thing.

But the one with larger surface will do a better job.

That assumes they have the same contact. A heatsink sold with the SSD will have thermal pads (or tape) applied to the appropriate areas. A generic heatsink may not have as good contact with hot spots.