Thanks! Did you see my fan mod on the newer videos ?

@@cppctek not yet, I’ll check it out.

Glad I could help. I will keep you in my prayers and thank you for your service. God speed and stay safe ! If you ever need any help hop in my discord or lmk how I can help !

@@cppctek thank you so much! I Appreciate the prayers and support 🙏🏼

Thanks so much !

Heck yeah. Check out my later vids to see what I’m doin now

Thanks so much ! I’ll have more mods soon

​@@cppctekdid you place thermal tape or double sided tape?

Right on

Check out my newer mod videos I’ve dived way deeper with even better solutions and mods. Thanks for the comments !

Heck yeah. It does for sure

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It actually fits perfectly

Gen 4 drives run hot. Run any temp monitoring software and alarm bells go off if you run the sn740 without a heatsink or making the gen 4 2230s. 2230s are monsters with less surface area to disperse heat.

​​@@cppctekhat makes a lot of sense, a 2TB 2230 4th gen is gonna be a hell of a lot hotter than a 2280 3rd gen or the stock 512gb 2230. I'll do some testing once I get my 740!

Heck yeah thanks a ton. Stay tuned I have a few more easy diy mods this week I am working on I’ll share

Much appreciated!

One question there is currently black thermal paper (or maybe not I'm a noob) over the middle of the back. I noticed yours either doesn't have it or you removed it. Should I remove it, or can I just cut a square out where the SSD is so the heat sink can sit?

Hey thanks. Just cut the pad down to the 25x25 size and it’s a match made in heaven. Sticky on both sides. Sticks between the heatsink and the nvme I am Going to make a follow up video to this as I have got tons of questions to follow up on. Thanks so much for the support!

lol hell yeah brother. Enjoy ! Thanks for the support

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Heck yeah thanks bro

All I run is the 90 degree adapter now

@@cppctek ahhhh, you're doing the 2280 mod?

Did it months ago. Never looked back. Check out all my full length videos.

@cppctek in the process as we speak haha. Lovin the content dude

@Jake-kw4ql thanks !

Hey thanks. Check out my newer videos. I’ve been running the 2280 adapter for a while with an ekwb heatsink. My handheld diy backplate videos should show it off well. Also I’m editing a video now that goes in depth on the right tips that can help

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Thermal paste may drop apu temps 2c at best. Not worth voiding the warranty over currently. However this heatsink mod for the nvme will significantly improve longevity of the nvme and sustained read and write temps under stress.

Dude the paste on the APU is great. It isn't even paste, it's a Honeywell phase-change pad. I've seen liquid metal having zero benefit. If you want your temps down, limit it to 20w. I've found incredibly small FPS gains going from 20w to 40w but temps went 70 to 95

The zip tie may put too much pressure under it. No need to do it if you used the same size. Check out it my new mods video for some tips All of MY ROG Ally Mods + How I clone my drives with one button! Feat. Yottamaster NVME Duplicator kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqqah9V538yafHU.html

The current placement is the one that makes the most sense to me and works the best imo vertically gives the best natural heat dissipation and flow

Honestly since it’s been so long I would snag something on Amazon now that prices have come down on nvme drives. Drop by the discord I’ll share links. KZfaq deletes them here

Heck yeah lmk how you like it. I’m 3d printing some accessories as we speak I’ll be sharing this week hopefully so stay subbed to see it. Thanks for the support.

Please watch the latest video for the faq and install guide.

I’m tempted but im not sure yet since i mostly use it plugged in or around the house. I probably will eventually once i see some thermals

Be sure you update to the latest bios and software in the my asus apps. Your temps will drop for sure. Also I game usually in the 70s on the apu temps and nvme temps 40s

@@cppctek I am fully updated and I still get 90c. I am running medium settings at 1080p.

@@cppctek would you recommend I tone down the settings more and run it at 720?

Nah run 1080 with fsr quality

@@cppctek I’ll double check my fsr isn’t set to something else. I appreciate the help. I went ahead and ordered the heatsink and padding.

I currently have the 2280 mod done and the ekwb heatsink and it fits perfect and works perfect.

Wait for the full reviews come out comparing the ally x to the ally og. Also have you ever seen benchmarks for the ally upgrade? I sure haven’t. It’s extremely sus to me why we haven’t got a flood of videos proving the success. That’s the biggest and easiest way to convince people to buy the ram mod and would increase sales soooooooooo much. Massssssive incentive for that… so I ask myself well… that’s obviously going to increase sales so why wouldn’t someone take 5 mins to benchmark a before and after shot?….. that’s like extremely sus. I’ve got my theories on the upgrade but I can’t prove it. What I can prove is that one of the guys who was also doing the ram upgrades was having major issues … several things occurred. 1: he had a bad batch of chips 2: having a bad batch of chips means he had to solder and desolder the ram several times till he found good chips. Boards sometimes got destroyed because of being heated up too much. Silicon has its limits….. then he ended up closing up shop! Guy couldn’t do it anymore at a loss. So that I can prove, the other thing I can prove is another guy who does gpu repair made a video warning people about really bad memory chips coming out of China as well…. I’ve seen enough to make me compelled to not suggest it anymore until I see real proof 1: the device performs better in both benchmarks and games that can take advantage of more ram: 2: no ones having any long term issues. Bga soldering always is slightly risky and it’s a fine fine art. So just tread carefully. I think you’d be better off selling your ally for 400$, putting 300$ cash on top and buying an ally x. I also know armory crate tries to update bios automatically and what happens if you click it by accident? So many unknowns and no one in my community has done it so I can’t validate or support anything without proof

@cppctek Everything you said has been on m my mind . Especially the bios updates . I seen people asking Ole slick or who ever he is to post videos with no outcome . I seen you ask a guy about doing it for you maybe . So I figured you where thinking about it also . Thanks for you time sir ! I'll be sure to join your subscription

@youngjustin82 thanks a ton. I can confirm I have an ally x btw and I currently have 2 og ally’s. I will be posting side by side comparisons in games like mw3 and forza and more that I’ve always needed more ram for. I’ll be demonstrating perfect use case scenarios to take full advantage of more ram

No as mentioned you use the thermal pad

I used a cheap Amazon electronics screwdriver repair kit for about 10$ on Amazon. Theres a ton of diff ones between 10-20$. Just a Phillips head but like an 0 or 00 size

Hey it’s an arrow max on Amazon ! Stop by and see my new mod videos and cod ban videos. You don’t wanna miss them if you haven’t see them

Yeah ditch the black flap for the ally it traps heat

@@cppctek i don't know if this normal am not an expert really but i followed a tutorial on how to install it and i freaked my life when i tried to turn it on it was not turning on i unplugged battery press for 30 sec finally I tried to open it plugged and it work, it is normal? I hope i didn't force the connector of the battery too much while it wasn't necessary, everything seems to work but am afraid i touched the thermal pad too much with my hands, but now non issues so far, i grinded a corner of my heatsink to make it fit better, i hope i did it well xd.. the installation is simple but am sacred i damaged something without knowing

Yes my big fingers hate them and I never use them. Check out my new mods videos though

This is a nvme hearsink. Check out the video and you will see. There’s no thermal solution for the sd card reader just upgrade the nvme and pretend the sd card don’t exist lol.

Are you looking at the apu temps or the nvme temps. Where are you seeing 95c and how are you measuring it.

No it won’t

Thanks. ! I have tons more mods you should check out if like this one. Also more coming.

Thank you very much! Check out part two I uploaded last night that will help you with the install much better

I don’t know but there’s a few options out there I think

I added the link on my latest video in the description if you wanna check it out. All of MY ROG Ally Mods + How I clone my drives with one button! Feat. Yottamaster NVME Duplicator kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqqah9V538yafHU.html

It’s unlikely but it might. Check my part two I uploaded last night it will help you a ton

Heat resistant pad?

The big black pad that cover it. We have to peal it out to do eve else.

It won’t last long for one. Too much prep and risk comes into play with Liquid Metal. It’s not a good candidate for it nor would it give any impact on performance

@@cppctek do you think about something else? I mean, maybe a good termal paste instead of the oem?

I just went live last night. I re pasted with kingpin kpx. The best of the best paste. Dropped 3c and have zero performance difference. Unlike intel CPUs and Nvidia gpus, amd apus don’t scale with lower temps the same. I’ve shown it and several others including pc world channel on KZfaq. 300k subs. It’s not worth it. Zero gain + huge risk. It’s not worth voiding warranty

Correct

@@cppctek holy cow that’s a neat trick. Hmmm I might give it a try thanks for helping the community can’t wait to see more

@@cppctekI do have this black plastic type of material that originally came with the ROG can I put the heat sink on top of that also or do I remove the whole black thing covering the mother board? I noticed in your video you don’t have that black plastic thing at all

@@vegaf2011right. i would like to know if i should remove that black plastic or if i should keep it there.

@reticulizeta7351 def remove. Go check out my updated mods video

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@@cppctek isn’t there on options to suspend or stop it while in game? Edit. Nvm seen your video lol

lol go see my other mods on newer vids 😁

The link must have sold out or had multiple options. I always check. Let me double check

Check my latest 2 videos on this hestsink mod

This is for people upgrading to faster more higher temp drives if you followed along. No ones trolling. I even made a follow up video where I spoke directly to various drive manufacturers. You right now = 🤡