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-Easy way.
+The Easy way.
-The easisest way to upgrade your space, is to find a compatible 2242 NVME and replace the drive in your Go. The WD SN740 that was stock in my Go could hit 90c. It was also capable of about 4500-5000MB/s reads. In that speed class, there are not many choices. I dont know what they all are. The Visiontek 2TB works but gets extremely hot when under heavy load. If you are coming from 512GB there are 1TB 2242 offerings like the SN
+The easisest way to upgrade your space, is to find a compatible 2242 NVME and replace the drive in your Go. The WD SN740 that was stock in my Go could hit 90c. It was also capable of about 4500-5000MB/s reads. In that speed class, there are not many choices. I dont know what they all are. The Visiontek 2TB works but gets extremely hot when under heavy load. If you are coming from 512GB there are 1TB 2242 offerings like the SN740 series. There is also a 2TB version of the SN740 family. Lenovo lists it as FRU 5SS0V26483.
+Some Landmines
+Drives are the next most popular ones. Some early adopters have hit some land mines. Lets go over the diferent types of adapters.
+IMG
+Passice PCB Extenders.
+The can be 3d printed or a PCB with a couple of screw points. Lets cover a few things.
+d printed. Should not be PLA or any other low temp deforkming plastic.
+Screw & thumbscrew extenders. DANGER
+IMG
+The screw boss on these should be well insulated or they will short to the surface mount component directly under them. Even if well insulated initally, being a portable device, movement, vibration, and shaking may increase risk. We have had people come into the discord with NVME issues related to this type of adapter. Please consider an alternative.
+IMG
+B+M NGFF to M NVME Adapters. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BLHH2PBB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These work fairly well. They will lower your connection to PCIe 3 x 4. So if you have a PCIe 4 drive it will be limited to bout 3100MB/s assuming it can get that high or higher in PCIe 4 x 4 mode. These are safe to use, and seem to function well. One of the mods in the discord uses this in their daily use Go.
+IMG
+PCIe 4 extender. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CN6R6KGR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These are fairly new for the Go. They work similar to the above one but maintain the PCIe 4 x 4 so no drop in bandwidth. This is the one I recommend. 100% of my vote here. If you want to go 2230 this is what I call the winner. They come long enough to be used in a 2280 location but can be broken off easily to different lengths.
+IMG
+Drives
+IMG
+Multiple differnt options abound with some of these.
+ADT-Link PCIe 4 R44MF 3CM. This is the only one of these 3 that can be made to fit in the Go with a 3d printed case. I ran the 5CM without a back for a week and had quite a bit of problem with RF, BT drops etc. Also in order for these to not be under strain you may need to modify the battery bracket or else you will need to make 2 90deg bends that I fear will lead to broken connections on the adapter. The other issue with these is the large capcitor that leads this to 8mm thickness. I dont really reccomend these for the Go, they are more sutied to desktop applications.
+IMG
+The 90 deg adapter. This was created specifially for the Go. There are a couple ways to use this but there is a caveat. They have not retention device. So you must find a way to mount the device so it cant move and work its way free.
+IMG
+Deg with 3d printed back plate. This is my daily driver. With this combination I run a WD Black SN850X 4TB drive with a 1.5mm heatsink. The drive is kept stationary in the back of the device with a little bit of ailien tape. If you cant get a back or print one, this is what I would recommend, the thermals are great. Drive might hit 80c during Crystal Benchmark, but game play is usually avg of 55c.
+IMG
+Deg with stock back. Some people have reported sucess with this method. Using a single sided 2280 NVME under the back cover, usually requiring the removal of the battery bracket. Heat could be an issue here and you will have to work that out.
+Heat
+Heat kills NVME drives. Maybe not immediately, but it shortens their life. Here is an ugly truth. The Go may suck at removing heat from the NVME, but there is a lot of hysteria out there too. Plain and simple truth is, a lot of people are looking at the stats with the wrong mindset and the wrong stats. So some points.
+*When looking at drive temps, only look at the 1 primary drive temp. In Hwinfo64 for example this is the first temp is what you should pay attention to. The Temp limits in the specs from the drive manufacturer reference this temp which is usually an average of the temperature sensors on the device. There are components like the ASIC that can run hotter without damage. So stick to the averaged temp.
+*When lookign at drive temps, do it while gaming. Gaming is where 90% of your drive life will be spent. Benchmarks, large file copies, installs are all the minorty of your drives life. Dont guage the drives thermal performance based solely on these things.
+*Installing a heatsink with minial airflow means you are going to be at the mercy of convection, for convection to work best you need as much surface area as you can manage. That was why I did my original 70mm heatsink on the VisonTek and it helped, was not perfect. Ran the best with the kickstand and hinges out of the stock back because even a tiny bit more airflow on the low end helped.
+*Heat is best conducted by conductive materals, but you dont want some coppe heatsink shorting something out. Use good non conductive thermal compounds. For nvme I like Thermal Grizzly. If you need to protect anything else, Kapton Tape.
+Avoid the garbage little sticker things for sale online. See this video https://youtu.be/OlyTHG4TgIg?si=m21a1GsGzGETj_u9