Question 1

If you are putting this M.2 in a HP laptop; would you want to get one with or without the heatshield?

Accepted Answer

Most probably without the heatsink , not sure what model you have , if they already have a heatsink built into it cradle , but i don't think the heat sink with ships with this will fit . you might want to take some measurements with a caliper

Question 2

Will this work on motherboards with drive heatsink or should I get the one without a heatsink?

Accepted Answer

I would recommend getting one without a heatsink attached if your motherboard comes with one. It was a bit of a hassle to mount this one with the same screw that came with the motherboard for me. I bought two of these, and one of them was slightly misaligned with the bottom heatsink so I had to file down the metal a bit to get the screw to align properly. This heatsink is also quite securely glued to the drive, so I didn't feel comfortable peeling it off and using the heatsink that came with my motherboard.

Question 3

Could anyone recommend an external case for this SSD? thanks.

Accepted Answer

What are you asking here? This is an internal SSD with a heatsink on, designed to use internally.

Question 4

Does this fit and work in a 15 inch 2015 Macbook Pro?  With or without the heatsink?

Accepted Answer

No. This MacBook Pro uses a proprietary storage drive connector not compatible with M.2 drives.

Brand	SAMSUNG
Series	980 PRO
Model	MZ-V8P1T0CW
Device Type	Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Used For	Consumer

Form Factor	M.2 2280
Capacity	1TB
Memory Components	V6(12xL) V-NAND 3bit MLC
Interface	PCIe Gen4. X4, NVMe 1.3c
Protocol	NVMe 1.3
Controller	Elpis
Cache	1GB LPDDR4 DRAM
Encryption	AES 256-bit (SED), TCG V2.0, Encrypted Drive (IEEE1667)

Max Sequential Read	Up to 7000 MBps
Max Sequential Write	Up to 5100 MBps
4KB Random Read	Up to 1,000,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write	Up to 1,000,000 IOPS
Terabytes Written (TBW)	600TB
HeatSink	with HeatSink

Height	8.60mm
Width	24.00mm
Depth	80.00mm
Weight	30.50g

SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD with Heatsink 1TB, PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280, Speeds Up-to 7,000MB/s, Best for High End Computing, Workstations and Compatible with Playstation5 (MZ-V8P1T0CW)

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