Monday, May 23rd 2016
Aqua Computer Unveils KryoM.2 PCIe Riser, Heatsink, and Block for M.2 SSDs
M.2 SSDs offer enormous fast transfer rates but the downside is they can also become quite hot. When the temperature reaches a critical point the M.2 SSD starts to throttle which results in a reduced performance. The German-based liquid cooling specialist Aqua Computer has addressed this issue with the high quality PCIe 3.0 4x card kryoM.2 which can be also equipped with a passive heat sink or water block.
The kryoM.2 uses a multilayer PCB with gold surface where the individual layers are connected to each other to optimize the thermal management. To ensure a good quality and reliability the connector for the M.2 SSD comes from Amphenol, the PCIe contacts are plated with hard gold and the circuit paths are impedance controlled.
The M.2 SSD is mounted with a thermal pad so that the adapter card alone can already offer a passive cooling. For the best cooling performance the adapter card can be also used with a passive heat sink made of black anodized aluminum or a water block made of copper. When using these heat sinks a second thermal pad also covers the front side of the M.2 SSD.
The water block offers common G1/4 threads into both directions. The connector terminal is the same as used for Aqua Computers kryographics blocks. This allows using kryoconnect adapter kits to connect several blocks directly with each other.
The kryoM.2 card and the heat sinks can be already ordered through Aqua Computers web-shop. The shipping will start by the end of May.
Available variants and prices (inc. VAT):
The kryoM.2 uses a multilayer PCB with gold surface where the individual layers are connected to each other to optimize the thermal management. To ensure a good quality and reliability the connector for the M.2 SSD comes from Amphenol, the PCIe contacts are plated with hard gold and the circuit paths are impedance controlled.
The water block offers common G1/4 threads into both directions. The connector terminal is the same as used for Aqua Computers kryographics blocks. This allows using kryoconnect adapter kits to connect several blocks directly with each other.
The kryoM.2 card and the heat sinks can be already ordered through Aqua Computers web-shop. The shipping will start by the end of May.
Available variants and prices (inc. VAT):
- kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter - 18.90 EUR
- kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter with passive heat sink - 29.90 EUR
- kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter with water block - 67.90 EUR
- Passive heat sink for kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter - 12.90 EUR
- Water block for kryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter - 49.90 EUR
36 Comments on Aqua Computer Unveils KryoM.2 PCIe Riser, Heatsink, and Block for M.2 SSDs
yes it would be useful if you really hit the M.2 hard.
Yes if you removed the sticker it might net you a 2c lower temp. (worth it, NO! just devalued the M.2 completely)
They shouldn't remove the sticker from the product launch because marketing!
By contrast, my 1TB mushkin reactor tops out at 40c during sustained transfers. It just wasnt a problem with 2.5 inch sata drives.Um...what? Yes, m.2 cards have been out for awhile, not sure what that has to do with cooling, and no, being single sided does not make cooling harder. If anything it makes it easier, since you only need to cool one side.
Not really sure what you were going for there.........
The back of the 950 doesn't have anything on it, so only one side should need to be cooled.
Once exposed it would also make it easier to apply heatsinks directly.
I have found drr3 ram with heat sinks and still have the sticker on the chips lol.
Though I guess that's why these are consumer drives... heh.
If it was a CPU cooler then it would be a big issue but this heatsink is using a thermal pad not TIM.