This Is Actually Dangerous Arctic Budget M2 Pro PCIe NVME SSD Cooler

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This is actually quite dangerous! Arctic Budget M2 Pro PCIe NVME SSD cooler
Today we are looking at the NEW @ARCTIChannel Arctic M2 Pro m.2 drive cooling heatsink.
It was cheap on Amazon, so thought i would buy two, one to review and one to giveaway to a "lucky" viewer.
After this experience i will be arranging an Amazon return as soon as i can and would suggest that anyone lured in by the cheap price, think twice and watch this video before parting with any money.

It is a shame as for the money it actually performs really well and very close to Gen5 cooler.
Being so small it will also be useful in a PS5 or PS5 Slim.

I hope that Arctic, watch this and can learn from it and maybe there will be a revised version that has a shorter length, and easier to ply open. I think that Arctic's attention to detail and close tolerances have actually worked against them in this instance.

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[ARCTIChannel]

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We are truly sorry to hear about your experience with the M2 Pro Cooler. Please know that we take all customer feedback very seriously and have shared your comments with our engineering team for further review and improvement. We also want to highlight that our user manual includes a recommendation to wear gloves for safety purposes while using the product. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we appreciate your input as it helps us to enhance the quality of our products and services. If you have any further concerns or suggestions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our customer support team.

[charlesballard]

I spent 23 years as a courier. I pulled my back a few times lifting heavy loads, one time doing it so bad I had to go home on the Friday it happened, and then I didn't go in to work on Monday. But I never bled as a courier. Now the few months I spent in late '98 building computers is a different story. Poking around in computer cases banging my knuckles on sharp edges and STABBY motherboards and add in cards caused me to BLEED!!! I feel for ya, Mike. Take care.

[matthewday]

I've already made the blood sacrifice to the gods of PC building

[duikmans]

Over-designed and over-engineered. Screws would indeed have done the trick.

[gasracing]

This press together design becomes a tomb for ssds. One you put a ssd in, getting it back out is... interesting.

[VaracolacidVesci]

It is a bad design, but there is people whom should not be allowed to use any tool. Even a screwdriver can tell how bad is someone at using tools.

[Groovy-Train]

Damn, this takes me back to my PC building days when you'd randomly slice your fingers open on a case or motherboard I/O shield. The amount of blood that can come from a small slice in a finger is astonishing!

[tlv]

Its bizarre they wouldn't go for a basic screws in the side design like so many others do

[DwnWthVwls]

I feel like a lot of the difficulty in installing it is caused by the black rings on the screws. Most motherboards don't use those, just regular screws.

[CoreyPL]

I bought 3 of these and faced some similar issues as you, mainly the radiator pressing m.2 slot and sliding the disk out when you level it to screw it down. But I've found an easy way of opening them. Instead of using screwdriver (tried that and failed) I used a box cutter with thin blade. I slipped the blade of the box cutter along whole side of the radiator, where top and bottom meets. It slid right in and with just a simple press of the knife bottom part separated without any damage to the drive or radiator.
I agree that whole radiator should be 1-2mm shorter as to not collide with m.2 slots and toolless latches. I'm glad my mobo uses normal screws :)

[batvenio]

The problem is that you motherboard screw slot is with this weird plastic ring and cant fit easily.I installed mine instantly without any problem.

[Kahlimer]

I think they are thought for back of motherboard SSD or slot who are actually void of any cooler not meant to replace the original front one, so as long it gets close enough performance than the front cooler it fine by me.

[defectiveclone]

I have the Be Quit nvme heat sink.. its easy and doesn't cut me

[mikesunboxing]

Let me know your thoughts on this? Do you expect better from Arctic? Am I asking to much for a £5 M.2 cooler?

[jaketruman]

Save yourself the headache!
I just bought this cooler for my drive and I installed it with ease with one trick. The problem is if you snap the heat sink halves together before centering it perfectly to allow for the drive to be installed, then you will have to take it apart which is very hard. The trick is to center the nvme drive on the bottom half of the cooler first and then test fit it into the motherboard. This way, you can easily center the drive in the bottom half. It took me about 5 minutes of nudging the drive around but i was eventually able to install the stand off screw which told me that everything was perfectly aligned. I took the drive out one more time and snapped the top half on and reinstalled the drive with ease. It looks great and I'm assuming my drive will be cooler now.

[XENONEOMORPH]

its only the main chip that will get warm the others are memory as normal for data, you can go to about 70c before they start slowing down, i do have one but it just the same temps as if i freely have one without the cover, depends on your fans inside the case i guess.

[MistyKathrine]

I almost made the mistake of buying one of these things, thanks for your video. I'm going to look for a different heatsink.

[AAkCN]

helpful. seems like a good weapon. ehm heatsink I mean. Might actually give it a shot. You showed how to install successful and performance and design looks good. THanks for your effort and the good advice! :)

[TheProntoOne]

Thanks for posting this, looks like i dodged a box cutter of a cooler.

[Altair]

The trick is to line the end of the heatsink up with the the step in the SSD at the end of the PCB where the contacts are. If you do that then it leaves plenty of room at the other end for the hold down screw/clip. I've used these a lot building systems based on the Asus prime boards, these heatsinks look perfect and match the alloy heatsinks on the board perfectly. They actually also perform better than the single heatsink supplied by Asus for the primary M.2 slot when used with a Samsung 990pro!