The dissipation of SSDs, especially those in the M.2 NVMe form factor, is a concept that we are going to have to pay a lot of attention to from now on. It is inevitable that the materials overheat with use, especially if we want high-speed SSDs, which implies a higher thermal factor to dissipate to avoid overheating. This is why we are seeing heatsinks made of all kinds of materials to help dissipate heat and prevent the SSD from suffering more than it already does as standard.
Chinese manufacturer Jiushark has taken note of this trend, and has thus developed and announced an active NVMe SSD heatsink. We say active sink because, until now, all SSD dissipation has been passive via aluminum heatsinks and other materials to form a surface that takes advantage of the CPU vent to cool the SSD.
Such a big fan to reduce the temperature of an SSD
The Chinese company JIUSHARK has announced a heatsink with an active fan for an M.2 SSD. This is the .2-THREE heatsink, which is equipped with a 60mm fan.
The heatsink is equipped with 27 aluminum fins and a direct contact heat pipe for efficient heat transfer from the SSD. By using a fan with a thickness of 10mm and a diameter of 60mm, the temperature of the SSD can be reduced by 50°C or more. It is expected to provide adequate cooling performance even for upcoming PCI-Express 5.0 SSDs, such as its use in artificial intelligence or demanding data transfer tasks that test the thermal capacity of the SSD.
The fan rotation speed is 3.000 rpm 10%, the air volume is 14 CFM, the static pressure is 1,33 mmH2O, and the decibel level is 25,4 dBA. The corresponding form factor is M.2 2280, and the dimensions of the primary body are 41,5 mm wide, 35,5 mm deep, 82 mm high and 113 g in weight.
With all this, JIUSHARK introduces an active heatsink for SSDs, a concept that it seems that we are going to see being explored for the most enthusiastic systems, or that also can remain as a mere curiosity. But in the event that the results are positive and the efficiency and duration of SSDs are improved, we can expect it to become a standard.
Source: Guru3D
