At R199 this aluminium M.2 2280 cover is inexpensive, but it still occupies space above the slot. No body dimensions are published. So South African buyers should measure the room above the intended slot rather than assuming the cover disappears into it.
A drive cover under R300 still has to share the same board as everything else you have already screwed down. The m2 heatsink argb cover from AsiaHorse is an aluminium shell for M.2 2280 drives, finished with an infinity ARGB panel and priced at R199. That price makes it an easy add-on, but cheap does not mean invisible: the cover still occupies vertical space above the slot, and the space above an M.2 slot is often the tightest real estate on the whole board.
At R199, the AsiaHorse M.2 2280 heatsink is inexpensive enough to treat as a small upgrade rather than a big decision, but no body dimensions are published for it, so you cannot calculate clearance from a spec sheet alone. If your top M.2 slot sits under a graphics card, measure the physical gap before you order rather than assuming a budget cover disappears into the space.
It is tempting to treat a R199 accessory as low-risk in every sense, and financially that is fair. Mechanically it is not. The cover clips over a bare drive and is held down with four screws, and whatever height it adds sits directly under a graphics card on most modern boards. Nothing about the price tells you that number. The only two ways to know are to have the part in hand, or to plan around a slot the card does not cover in the first place.
This is a screw-secured aluminium shell built for M.2 2280 drives, the most common desktop NVMe length. The lit face is an infinity ARGB panel wired through a standard 5V 3-pin lead with both a male and a female end, so it can sit inside an existing lighting chain rather than demanding its own header. Five LEDs draw a combined 0.15A at 5V, which is a small enough figure to add to almost any board's addressable budget without much thought.
Because no height, length or width figures are published for the cover itself, the safest approach is a direct comparison against your case. Note where your M.2 slots sit relative to the graphics card once it is fitted, and treat any slot the card visibly covers as a slot where clearance is unverified. If you already have the part, a two-minute dry fit with the card removed answers the question far better than reading a spec sheet that does not exist yet. Browse the current range of solid state drives if you are pairing a new drive with the cover, and check case accessories for anything else that touches the same M.2 area.
It is worth saying plainly: this is not a clip-on part. Four screws hold it to the drive assembly, so a screwdriver is part of the job every time the cover goes on or comes off, including for a future drive swap. That is a separate consideration from clearance, but the two compound each other on a slot that is already awkward to reach.
Prices are VAT-inclusive and can move, so treat R199 as the figure at the time of writing rather than a permanent number.
No. Our verified product data does not carry a height, length or width for this cover, so clearance has to be judged against the physical part.
The listing is currently hidden while trial stock is confirmed, with no set arrival date, so check the category page for current status rather than assuming immediate availability.
Price and fit clearance are unrelated. The aluminium body and four-screw mount are the same regardless of what the accessory costs.
A 1 Year Local Warranty comes with it as well, which keeps a genuine claim local instead of adding an overseas parcel into the mix.
Planning a tidy M.2 setup on a budget? Have a look through Evetech's solid state drive range and pick a slot with room to spare before you add any cover.
Prices are VAT-inclusive and can move, so treat R199 as the figure at the time of writing rather than a permanent number.
No. Our verified product data does not carry a height, length or width for this cover, so clearance has to be judged against the physical part.
The listing is currently hidden while trial stock is confirmed, with no set arrival date, so check the category page for current status rather than assuming immediate availability.
Price and fit clearance are unrelated. The aluminium body and four-screw mount are the same regardless of what the accessory costs.
A 1 Year Local Warranty comes with it as well, which keeps a genuine claim local instead of adding an overseas parcel into the mix.
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