Is it possible to remove the M.2 heatsink that comes with the motherboard?

[panzer.tc]

I am doing a free build, and the chosen motherboard I want to use Gigabyte X570 Aurus Elite (rev 1.0). I am trying to install an 1TB M.2 stick into the #1 position. It won't let me, because the provided heatsink conflicts with the M.2 stick's heatsink.

Need to be able to remove and not use the provided heatsink. In the game, I can move it aside in order to install the M.2 stick, but it won't let me remove it altogether.

A slight oversight.

[thescaryone]

All of the heatsinkless m.2's are much slower, too. I wind up putting the ADATA XPG and the Viper in everything. Those two are also different sizes, and fit in different slots on motherboards.

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Originally posted by panzer.tc:

I am doing a free build, and the chosen motherboard I want to use Gigabyte X570 Aurus Elite (rev 1.0). I am trying to install an 1TB M.2 stick into the #1 position. It won't let me, because the provided heatsink conflicts with the M.2 stick's heatsink.

Need to be able to remove and not use the provided heatsink. In the game, I can move it aside in order to install the M.2 stick, but it won't let me remove it altogether.

A slight oversight.

This is not an oversight. In the game you need to use M.2 drives that do not come with a heatsink for that motherboard and then it will work normally. That's how the game is coded to work.

[spelljammer]

As a matter of fact the game does not allow you to remove any heatsink neither from the M.2 drives nor from the motherboards. So you need to select the drive according to the motherboard used.
For a compatibility list you can look into this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2394839433
By the way, the different dirve speeds matter only for system bootup time. 3DMark scores are not influenced by drive speed.

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Originally posted by spelljammer:

By the way, the different dirve speeds matter only for system bootup time. 3DMark scores are not influenced by drive speed.

Drive speeds in-game also effect how quickly we install or uninstall apps and programs from the USB stick too.

[panzer.tc]

That's funny every motherboard I've worked with that came with M.2 slot heatsinks, those heatsinks could be removed and not used - which I have always done.
I am not as concerned with the 3DMark scores as this game is, I would just rather have the best M.2 stick I can afford.
In game this precludes me from using any of the faster M.2 sticks - as I said, an oversight.

[spelljammer]

Originally posted by panzer.tc:

That's funny every motherboard I've worked with that came with M.2 slot heatsinks, those heatsinks could be removed and not used - which I have always done.
... as I said, an oversight.

The next sentences are clearly speculation on my side but you might try to consider these points:
- The developers need to submit the 3D models of motherboard and M.2 SSDs to the diffetent manufacturers for licensing.
- After a 3D model gets licensed it may not be changed or only through a new licensation process.
- M.2 SSDs with pre-attached heatsinks are relatively new products. The first models available in history came mostly without heatsinks. Therefor the majority of the existing mainboards might have been licensed way before the M.2 SSDs with heatsinks might have become a thing. So no removal of the motherboards' heatspreaders allowed.
- The developers obviously maintain a (hidden) compatibilty list for fitting M.2 SSDs. Unfortunately this data is nowhere displayed in game. But to maintain this list means that they have to put in extra work hours for every new board/SSD combination. They would not have to do this work if they made either one of the heatsinks removable.

Consequently this whole mess must be a deliberate design decision by the developers.

[Roast Beef]

i just keep using my ol good mortoni 120 cheapo in everything, except my own pc, a few test pcs, and stubborn clients who insist on ssd.