The TeamGroup T-Force Z540 4TB SSD And The Enormous Dark AirFlow I Drive Cooler
A Massive Cooler For Those That Want It, And A PCIe 5.0 SSD Too
You don’t necessarily need to strap the Dark AirFlow I cooler onto TeamGroup’s 4TB T-Force Z540 NVMe SSD, but you can if you so desire. The T-Force Z540 is a 4TB drive using the Phison PS5026-E26-52 controller, a 4GB cache of LPDDR4-4266MHz RAM and Micron’s 232-Layer TLC NAND. The advertised sequentila speed of the drive is 11700 MB/s read, 9500 MB/s write and The Guru of 3D’s testing saw even faster performance in Crystal DiskMark. In most tests there was only two or three drives able to outperform the T-Force Z540 so the drive is well worth the investment.
The Dark AirFlow I cooler measures 75mm x 24.7mm x 62.3mm (L, W, H) so you are not going to need some clearance around the your M.2 port to be able to make use of it. PCIe 5.0 drives do run hot, in this case the T-Force Z540 under a motherboard heatspreader hit 82C with a hotspot that was over 90C, which will definitely result in thermal throttling. With the Dark AirFlow I attached the drive never ran hotter than 51C, even after a 30 minute torture test, so it makes for a good pairing with any drive using the Phison E26 controller.
We tested the TeamGroup T-Force Z540 (4TB model), this PCIe gen 5.0 NVMe SSD offers blistering speeds. You can (and should) tuck it away underneath your motherboard heatsink, however we'll also pair it with the Dark AirFlow I combo Heatsink, which offers tremendous good cooling, making sure your new NVMe SSD runs optimally cooled.
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Has anyone made a dual tower m.2 SSD heatsink yet?
Or if possible they should consider extending the length of the heatsink Since many motherboard have have a good amount of clearance behind the m.2 slot, they could potentially add an additional cooling tower to essentially sit side by side, with one extending behind the m.2 slot for additional cooling
Another option is a motherboard maker could offer a custom laptop cooler style heatsink where heatpipes from from a coldplate that forms the m.2 cover, and then runs to a laptop style finstack where heatsinks similar to those used on gaming laptops can be used for the SSD.