00:00So your brand new NVMe drive benchmarks like a rocket for about 30 seconds, and then, it falls
00:05off a cliff. That's thermal throttling, and it's the single most annoying thing about modern M.2
00:11SSDs. The good news? A $5 chunk of metal usually fixes it completely. I've been digging through
00:19the deals to find the 5 best M.2 heatsinks you can actually buy right now, and honestly,
00:24the prices on these surprised me. Let's get into it. Starting off with the John's Bow M.2 heatsink,
00:31and this one's kind of the safe bet of the group. It's a solid aluminum block for 2,280 drives,
00:37and it comes with the silicone thermal pad already in the box, so you're not hunting around for one
00:42separately. What I like is how low-profile it is, it clears most GPU backplates and CPU coolers without
00:49a fight, which is where a lot of chunkier heatsinks get you into trouble. At $5.40,
00:55with nearly 4,800 sold and a 4.8 rating, it's basically the default recommendation.
01:01If you just want your drive to stop throttling and you don't want to think about it, grab this one.
01:06Next up, the Tishrik Aluminum Alley Heatsink, and this is the Budget King at $3.91.
01:12Under $4. What makes this one interesting is that you get a choice of thickness,
01:173mm or 6mm, so if you've got a tight clearance situation under a graphics card,
01:22you take the slim one, and if you've got room to breathe, you go thicker for better cooling.
01:27It's got a 4.9 rating across 4,600 sales, which for a $4 part is genuinely impressive.
01:34This is the one I'd buy if I were cooling two or three drives at once and didn't want to
01:38spend $20
01:39doing it. Now if you want to get a little more serious, the Jeyi Copper Heatsink is where things
01:45get fun. Copper conducts heat noticeably better than aluminum, it pulls the heat off the controller
01:50faster, which is exactly what you want during those long sustained writes when drives normally
01:55start choking. It's slim enough for laptops too, which is a big deal because laptop M.2 slots are
02:01usually the hottest, most cramped spots you'll find. 517, 4.9 stars, 4,500 sold.
02:09For basically the same money as an aluminum block, you're getting a better material.
02:14That's an easy call. Then there's the Jeyi Full Aluminum Radiator,
02:19and this is the one for people running heavy workloads. It's got a proper fin design with
02:25way more surface area than the flat blocks, so it dumps heat much more effectively once things get
02:29warm. And here's the useful bit, it's PS5 compatible. If you've been putting off adding
02:35storage to your console because you weren't sure about cooling, this solves it. 648, 4.9 rating,
02:42over 4,000 sold. Video editing, big game installs, console expansion, this is the one that handles
02:49the abuse. And finally, the Jeyi Heatsink with the built-in silent turbofan. Yes, an actual fan on
02:57your SSD. It sounds like overkill until you're running a Gen 4 or Gen 5 drive that's hitting 70 degrees
03:04just sitting there. Active airflow makes a real difference on those, and Jeyi made this fan
03:09genuinely quiet, you're not going to hear it over your case fans. It's 1114, so it's the priciest
03:15here, but it's still cheaper than replacing a drive that cooked itself. If you've got a high-end
03:21NVMe in a cramped, poorly ventilated case, this is your answer. Alright, that's the 5. I've dropped links
03:29to every one of them down in the description, and I checked, the deals are live right now.
03:33If this saved you from a throttling headache, hit that like button and subscribe for more
03:37parts that cost almost nothing and fix almost everything.
03:41Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
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