Maximum NVMe PCIe card thickness

[ukcharlee]

Hi, want to upgrade the SSD in my Pavilion 14-ce05xx. Interested in fitting Samsung 970 EVO Plus but concerned about SSD slowing down due to overheating, so thinking about adding a heatsink to the SSD. Anyone know the maximum thickness of SSD+Heatsink combo that I could fit into this laptop?

Thanks!

[Huffer]

That is not a spec that is published in the Manual. Here is where the M.2 is in relation to hard drive and memory:

M.2 slot to the right of the red circle

I have installed an M.2 into this model laptop using a heatsink provided by the M.2 manufacturer with the drive: Adata. Clearance was not even close to a problem. 

[ukcharlee]

Thanks for the reply - I have looked through all the documents available online and couldn't find that data hence the question. I looked at the Adata drive - it looks impressive - probably better value than the Samsung - thanks for the pointer. Generally the cooler you can keep these things the better, not just for performance but for lifetime, so I wanted to fit the best heatsink I could find as there is not likely to be much natural airflow over the SSD. I found these:

which are available in 2, 3 and 4mm heights. I liked the bidirectional nature of the slots meaning that it should get the best of what airflow is available, it has a larger surface area than either a flat plate (like the Adata) or the usual one directional fins you get on the other heatsinks I have seen, and being copper it has better thermal conductivity than the aluminum heatsinks. I might also try making a channel to direct some of the airflow to/from the fan towards the SSD.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

I have put M.2 SSDs in a lot of laptops and have not had heat problems but I do like that heatsink. I would think the thinnest one, 2mm would work fine and there is no way that is going to cause a space issue.