be quiet! MC1 Pro M.2 SSD Cooler (Black)

I purchased this cooler for a new 4 TB internal SSD for a Dell XPS 15 laptop. I had a pretty good idea it would be a tight fit so I had an alternate use ready in my desktop machine. As for fitting in my laptop, I was correct. My new 4TB Firecuda with the cooler wasn't even close to fitting. So, on to the desktop where I added the cooler to a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB drive. With the system at idle, the SSD was already running at a respectable 42 degrees C. I installed the cooler at let the system run for about 1 hour at idle. The reported temperature was now 36 degrees C. This was far from a well controlled test, but I believe the significance of the difference in temperature of 14-17% indicaes the cooler is definitely working and helping keep the SSD cooler for slightly better performance, and more importantly, longer life.

This was a cinch to install and fit nicely in my nr200 build. Hoping it will extend the life of the Firecuda drive as I like to build for longevity.

I installed this on the underside m.2 slot on an ASUS Strix X570-I motherboard. This SSD is my gaming drive. After testing with a 3 hour gaming session, I can confirm this cooler keeps the SSD cooler by around 10C. Bare drive before install the temps were averaging anywhere from 68C - 74C. After install of cooler, temps dropped to 54C at idle, 58C under sustained gaming loads. Topside SSD with stock Asus motherboard heatsink runs on average 2C hotter than underside with be quiet! MC1 Pro cooler. That's impressive considering the built in Asus heatsink has a tiny fan cooling the heatpipes and gets additional ambient cooling from the oversized CPU fans. Well worth it. I'll be buying these for any future builds! Only concern would be clearance issues as this makes the SSD quite taller once installed. TL:DR Seeing, on average, 10C drop between bare drive and installed cooler. Well worth it.