![]() ![]() ![]() The adapter didn't have a longer screw, so I had to use the original one, which was barely long enough.ģ. ![]() The 10 mm tall heat sink I used was a) too tall, so it was pushing int the back panel and b) it had a bottom panel that made the drive too thick and damaged my 1st adapter when I tried to screw it (torn the connector).Ģ. I had multiple issues with the NVMe upgrade, though:ġ. But I had plans to upgrade i5 with i7 anyways (really love those 8 logical cores), as well as 1 TB HDD with quite fast 16 TB HDD (250MB/s read/write which is half an SSD speed), and 500 GB NVMe with 2 TB and PCIe3.0x4 speed.ĬPU upgrade was actually the simplest thing of all, just plug and play (and boy i7 is hot ~41 ☌ nominal temp, but I can live with it). When I took my iMac apart, I figured that the drive has been upgraded by the previous owner, for it had WD_BLACK SN750 500GB and a short adapter. Issues after fresh OS install: NONE, NVMe Temp remains in 30–38 ☌ range at all times. Speed test: 3000 MB/s read, 2700 MB/s write Heatsink: Heat Sink Copper for 2280 M2 SSD The short adapter obviously did not provide PCI3.0x4. The heatsink was too tall ad pushed the drive into the back panel. Issues after fresh OS install: It worked for a few days, then started crashing with minutes after boot and not finding the start disk on start. ![]() Speed test: 1500 MB/s read, 1500 MB/s write HDD upgrade: 1TB SATA HDD -> Seagate 16TB HDD Exos X16 Here's my upgrade story, feel free to add to the post:ĬPU upgrade: 3.5Ghz i5-7600 -> 4.2GHz i7-7700īlade upgrade: Samsung 970 EVO Plus Series - 2Tb ![]()
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