Razer Blade 15 - Advanced Model NVMe upgrade and cooling | Razer Insider

Razer Blade 15 - Advanced Model NVMe upgrade and cooling

  • 17 January 2020
  • 10 replies
  • 145 views
I
Hi all,

I've just upgraded the NVMe in my Razer Blade and it is emitting a fair amount of heat when gaming.

Just wondered if anyone has upgraded their NVMe's and what cooling, if any, they are using.

Item installed : 2TB WD BLACK™️ SN750 NVMe™️ SSD without the heatsink.

I bought the one without the heatsink as it was £170 cheaper than the one with from Amazon Spain.

I've tried to apply thermal pads to it but they still seem to keep it quite warm.
This topic has been closed for comments

10 Replies

I
Did you put a pad on both sides?
Also the pad needs to touch the case
Enhancing Blade 15 owners with regular YouTube uploads https://www.youtube.com/iDATUS | https://www.iDATUS.tech Includes Razer phone 2, Razer Lian Li O11 PC, Razer Gear!
M
I'm looking to buy a Blade 15 Adv also after seeing my brothers. He keeps his cool by manually turning up the fans in Synapse when he uses it heavily. Works well and no more issues with heat.
I
mmai35
I'm looking to buy a Blade 15 Adv also after seeing my brothers. He keeps his cool by manually turning up the fans in Synapse when he uses it heavily. Works well and no more issues with heat.

Check out my youtube videos on throttling and you shouldn't have to wack the fans up.
Enhancing Blade 15 owners with regular YouTube uploads https://www.youtube.com/iDATUS | https://www.iDATUS.tech Includes Razer phone 2, Razer Lian Li O11 PC, Razer Gear!
I
iDATUS
Did you put a pad on both sides?
Also the pad needs to touch the case


I've not put a pad under the NVMe.

I managed to get it all sorted this weekend by installing a Aqua Computer Kryo M. 2 Micro Passive Heat Sink.

Instead of the packaged thermal pal included with the Kryo, I used a Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8.

I did have to remove the thermal pad from the case bottom to allow it to fit.

Now runs like an absolute charm and temps are super cool. VERY HAPPY!
I
Sweet!
Enhancing Blade 15 owners with regular YouTube uploads https://www.youtube.com/iDATUS | https://www.iDATUS.tech Includes Razer phone 2, Razer Lian Li O11 PC, Razer Gear!
D
iMisterJay
I managed to get it all sorted this weekend by installing a Aqua Computer Kryo M. 2 Micro Passive Heat Sink.

So this heat sink fits the razer ? Looking at cooling solutions some of these are rather large and space is a premium in these thin laptops.
I
It does but it is snug. I'm VERY pleased with how it is now though.

I looked everywhere for a heatsink that would fit and provide good cooling, in the end I managed find a YouTube video that offered up a group test of various heatsinks and could see how they looked and cooled.

Once I decided on the heatsink I wanted to use I then went looking for the best thermal pads and after reading endless reviews found that the Thermal Grizzly ones were one of the best.

The Kyro is only 7mm think and 1mm for the Thermal Grizzly pad.
D
iMisterJay
I managed find a YouTube video that offered up a group test of various heatsinks and could see how they looked and cooled.

Thanks for the link, I agree the Kryo looks to be the best but I'm also liking the alphacool the difference seemed to be only a few degrees in the well-ventliated slot in the video.

In doing my own research, there were others I really like as well, but most of those (as in the video as well) used rubber bands and to be honest, I'm not sure how well rubber will hold up with the amount of heat the Razer produces. I'd prefer metal clips which both the Kryo and Alphacool use
I
No worries at all for the link.

I did see that a large number of heatsinks use the band as a fixture, struck me as bit weird too. The drives give of a serious amount of heat and I would be worried if I had rubber next to that heat inside my machine.
M-S-G
Versteh ich das richtig, das die M2 SSD zu heiss wird? Und du hast keinen Kühlkörper drauf, oder?
Was hat die M2 den für Lese und Schreib Geschwindigkeiten? Meine kann je 2500 Mbit?s lesen und schreiben. Hier hatte ich bisher noch keine höheren Werte, als mit der Originalen.
Vielleicht hat deine aber auch höhere Raten, daher könnte die CPU hier mehr Power auf die Leitungen geben was eine erhöhte Temperatur zur Folge hätte.

Do I understand correctly that the M2 SSD is getting too hot? And you don't have a heatsink on it, do you?
What does the M2 have for reading and writing speeds? Mine can read and write 2500 Mbps each. I haven't had any higher values here than with the originals.
Maybe yours has higher rates, so the CPU could give more power to the lines here, which would result in an increased temperature.
CookiesCookie settings