
Samsung 970 EVO Plus
1000 GB, M.2 2280

Samsung 970 EVO Plus
1000 GB, M.2 2280
My 970 EVO Plus got between 50 and 55°C hot during operation. So I mounted a Cooler ICY BOX IB-M2HS-701 on it and now the M.2 gets 45-47°C warm. But what I notice is that the chips on the M.2 are not all the same height. The memory chips are the highest, the controller is medium high and there is something very low in between. Thus, the ICY BOX cooler does not have an optimal contact surface despite the thermopad. Furthermore, I don't know whether I should remove the adhesive on the M.2 before mounting the thermopad on it. Will it make a difference in terms of temperature? Or is there a better solution than the ICY BOX, for example with a heat sink where the contact surface has different heights?