I did a small project of taking an Aquacomputer kryoM.2 EVO PCB and attaching the kryoM.2 waterblock.  I thought this is a cool and non-invasive mod.  The M.2 now has the extra benefit of a heatsink on top to act as a back plate.  I will be using thermal paste on the top part since the M.2 I have has chips on both sides.  This work 100% because the kryoM.2 and EVO have the same mounting holes.     

 

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Almost like they were designed to go together 😉

Yep!  This will keep any M.2 Super Cool. 

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Krzysztof47

quadlatte
Almost like they were designed to go together 😉

Yep!  This will keep any M.2 Super Cool. 

i have the kyro mini and the ek m.2 cooler and they both do a fine job, my samsung 960 stays right around 31~34c. water cooling them though is a bit overkill imo, you do want some heat for the nand to last a long time, 

Cool, kryo mini?  Is that the original one Aquacomputer first released?  Nice temps.  Its overkill, but having cool components is not a bad thing in my book.  

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Krzysztof47

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Krzysztof47

quadlatte
Almost like they were designed to go together 😉

Yep!  This will keep any M.2 Super Cool. 

i have the kyro mini and the ek m.2 cooler and they both do a fine job, my samsung 960 stays right around 31~34c. water cooling them though is a bit overkill imo, you do want some heat for the nand to last a long time, 

Cool, kryo mini?  Is that the original one Aquacomputer first released?  Nice temps.  Its overkill, but having cool components is not a bad thing in my book.  

yep the mini was basically just a finned heatsink with some thermal pads and clips to hold it to the drive, only works with single sided m.2 drives. i switched both of mine in this rig to the EK nickel ones, they look way better but since i mounted my cpu vertical i cant see them, but they do keep both the 960 evo and intel 600p cool since the backplate puts off some heat from my 1080 FTW2

Cool, I am a fan of the PCIe M.2 heat sinks personally, but those work too. Never heard of heat being beneficial to electrical components last time I checked, heat is the enemy, keeping components cool as possible will increase there lifespan from what I have heard, heck I could be wrong?

NvidiaFiend
That's a dope mod there boss. I would not have thought of that. I'm a fan of keeping my parts as cool as possible too.

Thanks!!! Yeah, keeping components cool is the way to go

that does look pretty cool.