So, after looking at my nvme drive (corsair mp500) i was thinking man this thing is a little thinner than a ram stick by the time i add thermal pads it should be very close to the thickness as a stick of ram. I noticed i had an old stick of ram which was collecting dust so i decided to barrow the heatsink off of it. Total time for install for me was about 30min. Tools dremel with cutting wheel, file tool, thermal pads, alcohol, and some q tips!
 
my nvme drive.

 
1. removed heatink by pulling the 2 chrome clamps off, then removed and cleaned the inside of the heatsink with alcohol and q tips.
 
2. I took the nvme and put the heatsink against it to get a good dimensions to ensure everything was covered right! Then i marked it on the heatsink and i cut along the ridge line at the bottom then cut to straight line across the heat sink! As shown in this pic i cut along the white lines with a dremel (cutting wheel).

 
3. After i finished cutting i then used a file to smooth the edges etc. and re-cleaned to apply thermal pads.
4. Apply thermal pads and cut them a little less than flush all the way around!
5. Remove stickers etc from nvme drive and clean with alcohol etc. (As a caution be sure its working well may or will void warranty!)
6. Now last step install ram heatsink and re-insert the 2 chrome clamps and reinstall. Very easy mod! My temps went from 54c to 46c by doing this and in my situation it didnt cost me anything but a little bit of time here is some pics!
 
Finished product!

 
Before

 
Finished job!

 

Looks good but is there a benefit? Have you monitored lower temperatures?

EVGATech_MDecker
Looks good but is there a benefit? Have you monitored lower temperatures?

Dont know if u saw it but in the last step i mentioned how i was normally at 54c without the mod and after this its now 46c!

skarface

EVGATech_MDecker
Looks good but is there a benefit? Have you monitored lower temperatures?

Dont know if u saw it but in the last step i mentioned how i was normally at 54c without the mod and after this its now 46c!

wow thats still pretty warm, i have a samsung 960 which are known for running hot and it sits under my gpu and normal temp is 29~32c while sustained load has never gone over 46c. if that is a single sided m.2 card then you can get the aquacomputer kryos m.2 micro, i have that on my intel m.2 and it stays at 27~30c no matter the load.

quadlatte

skarface

EVGATech_MDecker
Looks good but is there a benefit? Have you monitored lower temperatures?

Dont know if u saw it but in the last step i mentioned how i was normally at 54c without the mod and after this its now 46c!

wow thats still pretty warm, i have a samsung 960 which are known for running hot and it sits under my gpu and normal temp is 29~32c while sustained load has never gone over 46c. if that is a single sided m.2 card then you can get the aquacomputer kryos m.2 micro, i have that on my intel m.2 and it stays at 27~30c no matter the load.

Agreed on warmth but hey it was running 54c ill take -8c on passive air cooling all day long tho! Also i found out that the corsair tool readings may not be very accurate! Either way it was still a performance gain of 8c! The corsair mp500 imo isnt very good but u get what u pay for! I paid 84 dollars for an nvme drive that has no official driver or tool that works with it from corsair. Had i done my research before i bought it i would have picked the Samsung. I merely picked it cause of price. This is my ignorance so now im stuck with it. If i could go back i would have paid more and got the samsung. In the end it work great as an os boot drive.

notfordman
That's a nice mod scarface. But, poor REDLINE..ahhhh. lol I love Mushkin RAM! I would take that result also. 

I know lol!! I loved those redline mushkins too those are old ddr3 240 pin from my i7 1366 socket days! She went bad with the current settings i had and the mobo was having a hissy fit. She was throwing red flags all over the place on memtest too. I figured now i could at least put the heatsink to some use! That ram lasted me 6 yrs with some insane settings! I had them underclocked from 2000k 999-24 to 1600 666-14 stable 24/7 stable! Took me like 2 weeks getting the oc on the cpu and ram stable on prime 95 with voltages etc!

Great mod.