Introduction

Team Group is a well-known Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with a long history of catering to the needs of enthusiasts and gamers from all over the globe. Their lineup includes DRAM memory and solid-state drives, and Team Group also offer various memory cards and USB thumb drives.

As Gen 5 SSDs push the boundaries of speed and performance, one pressing concern arises: heat. These drives are capable of delivering extreme read and write speeds, but the heat they generate can quickly throttle performance and shorten lifespan. The Team Group T-FORCE Dark AirFlow I SSD Cooler aims to solve this problem by providing efficient cooling for your M.2 NVMe SSDs.

Unlike traditional M.2 heatsinks that use a solid metal slab, the Team Group T-FORCE Dark AirFlow I is designed with two heatpipes connected to a stack of aluminium fins, enhancing heat transfer and dissipation. It also includes an active fan that connects to the motherboard’s fan headers, allowing for RPM control, so it doesn’t run super-loud like some SATA-powered fan solutions we’ve seen in the past. This enables users to adjust the cooling performance for optimal balance between temperature

The AirFlow I is sold for around $25, which is a bit on the higher end of SSD cooling solutions, but considering that you’ll probably pair it with a $200+ SSD, it’s not a huge amount.