ASRock To Bring The Chill To Toasty PCIe Gen 5 SSD Temps With A Cooler That Blows

PCIe 5.0 SSDs are about to be out, and they're super-fast, with peak transfer rates up over 12 GB/second. Anything moving data around that quickly is going to use some significant power to do it, and as you are likely already aware if you read this site regularly, PCIe 5.0 SSDs get pretty warm. There's a variety of companies selling SSD coolers already, but ASRock is throwing its hat into the ring with the Blazing M.2 Fan-Heatsink.


As effective as it looks, most motherboards like to place their M.2 sockets in and around the spaces between the PCIe slots. With this thing installed on an M.2 drive between your PCIe slots, you might have a hard time cramming a card into the nearby slots—especially considering how big current high-end graphics cards are.

ASRock hasn't said when the Blazing M.2 Fan-Heatsink will be available, but TechPowerUp reports that it should be around $30 when it hits store shelves.

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