Server Grade Ultra Thin Blue Heatsink 32mm x 22mm x 3mm

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I've been outfitting Samsung 950 Pro M.2 solid-state drives as follows:
One 32x22x3mm heatsink (SKU SGHS-32B) on the VNAND chips (at the "screw" end of the SSD) and one 38x30x6mm heatsink (SKU GS-UT-38306) on the control chips (near the "connector" end of the SSD, where most of the heat is), both affixed directly to the chips (peeled off the Samsung sticker) using 0.25mm thermal tape (SKU 8810).
No more thermal throttling! Even with a huge, hot video card heatsink blocking the airflow, the drives complete stress-test benchmarks at full speed, where they used to slow down after only a few seconds.

2016-09-03