Actually, when I saw these, I was also surprised. They are simply thermal pads, but very thick ones. The built-in SSD doesn't have something like this (presumably because it's just a small SSD with not very high speeds, which means it generates less heat). However, if you buy your own SSD, which would be at least 500GB to 4TB or similar, you will definitely need such thick thermal pads, because these larger SSDs and the new SSDs sometimes produce extreme heat. Hope this answers your question.
@@d_9696 I haven't seen similar thermal pads anywhere. They were at least 6mm thick, I believe. There's some heatsink at this height, but I wouldn't recommend it since the space for the built-in SSDs is very tight, and installing such a heatsink could scratch the board. Therefore, I'd recommend a simple SSD thermal pad from ARCTIC or Thermal Grizzly (this is a bit more expensive). Or just use any well-reviewed thermal pad. You can't go wrong with that - it will fit fine. My temperatures for the built-in SSD (without any thermal pad) were almost always below 40°C. There are different thicknesses available to buy, up to 3mm. However, most are between 0.5 and 2mm, like this one: a.co/d/hdA33OE.
Hi @TMVVisualMedia , great to hear you got yours too! I’ll be installing 6 Seagate IronWolf Pro 8TB HDDs. I chose these because they are on the compatibility list. Actually, you can use other HDDs that aren’t on the compatibility list, but I wanted to be sure. A video about this will be coming soon! Here is the list if you are interested: nas.ugreen.com/de/pages/compatibility
2:06 I was so confused by what these were. Also, why does the builtin SSD not have one?
Actually, when I saw these, I was also surprised. They are simply thermal pads, but very thick ones. The built-in SSD doesn't have something like this (presumably because it's just a small SSD with not very high speeds, which means it generates less heat). However, if you buy your own SSD, which would be at least 500GB to 4TB or similar, you will definitely need such thick thermal pads, because these larger SSDs and the new SSDs sometimes produce extreme heat. Hope this answers your question.
@@3Techreviewer That's what I did actually. Do you have any suggestion for where I might find similar heat pads I can use for the built-in SSD?
@@d_9696 I haven't seen similar thermal pads anywhere. They were at least 6mm thick, I believe. There's some heatsink at this height, but I wouldn't recommend it since the space for the built-in SSDs is very tight, and installing such a heatsink could scratch the board. Therefore, I'd recommend a simple SSD thermal pad from ARCTIC or Thermal Grizzly (this is a bit more expensive). Or just use any well-reviewed thermal pad. You can't go wrong with that - it will fit fine. My temperatures for the built-in SSD (without any thermal pad) were almost always below 40°C.
There are different thicknesses available to buy, up to 3mm. However, most are between 0.5 and 2mm, like this one: a.co/d/hdA33OE.
Just got mine yesterday! What HDDs are you getting?
Hi @TMVVisualMedia , great to hear you got yours too! I’ll be installing 6 Seagate IronWolf Pro 8TB HDDs. I chose these because they are on the compatibility list. Actually, you can use other HDDs that aren’t on the compatibility list, but I wanted to be sure. A video about this will be coming soon! Here is the list if you are interested: nas.ugreen.com/de/pages/compatibility