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The ElecGear EL-P5SP heatsink is one of the more advanced PS5 NVMe coolers because it uses a heat pipe and dual-block design, so it sits differently compared with the simpler one-piece PS5 SSD coolers. It will work fine in the PS5 Slim, but you are right that installation and future cleaning becomes a little more involved.
Here is how to use it safely:
One, installation is the same basic process as any PS5 SSD upgrade.
Remove the side cover, unscrew the M.2 slot plate, install the SSD, attach the thermal pads on both sides as instructed, then mount the heatsink and tighten the screws. The heat pipe must sit flat across the SSD controller area. The included post replaces the Sony standoff so the heatsink clears the slot correctly.
Two, cleaning the PS5 Slim later is still possible.
When you want to clean the fan in a few months, you do not need to remove the heatsink. Take off the faceplate, access the fan area, and vacuum or blow out dust normally. The SSD heatsink stays in place. You only remove it if you are swapping drives.
Three, performance is good, but not dramatically better than the best single-block heatsinks.
Compared with typical PS5-compatible coolers like Sabrent, BeQuiet or the Amazon Basics Gen4 cooler, the ElecGear drops temperatures by roughly five to twelve degrees depending on the game. The biggest improvements show up in long sessions on heavy I/O games such as cyberpunk, GTA 5 mods, and likely GTA 6 where streaming loads are higher.
Here is how to use it safely:
One, installation is the same basic process as any PS5 SSD upgrade.
Remove the side cover, unscrew the M.2 slot plate, install the SSD, attach the thermal pads on both sides as instructed, then mount the heatsink and tighten the screws. The heat pipe must sit flat across the SSD controller area. The included post replaces the Sony standoff so the heatsink clears the slot correctly.
Two, cleaning the PS5 Slim later is still possible.
When you want to clean the fan in a few months, you do not need to remove the heatsink. Take off the faceplate, access the fan area, and vacuum or blow out dust normally. The SSD heatsink stays in place. You only remove it if you are swapping drives.
Three, performance is good, but not dramatically better than the best single-block heatsinks.
Compared with typical PS5-compatible coolers like Sabrent, BeQuiet or the Amazon Basics Gen4 cooler, the ElecGear drops temperatures by roughly five to twelve degrees depending on the game. The biggest improvements show up in long sessions on heavy I/O games such as cyberpunk, GTA 5 mods, and likely GTA 6 where streaming loads are higher.