NVMe heatsink that fits under the gpu?

[Ralf]

I'm looking for heatsink for my Samsung 970 drive, I replaced the mobo heatsink with a be quiet mc1 to lower temps, but no joy. It still sits around 122 when idle and goes to 160 when copying large files to it. Room temp is around 80, but in summer it can get close to 100.

[Omega]

This is in fahrenheit right?

70c is still cold for an SSD. And these PCI-e 3.0 SSDs really do not need heatsinks, they do not produce a lot of heat.

[Carlsberg]

Those temps are within normal range for an nvme drive.

Don't take this the wrong way, but if your going to monitor temps etc then do a little research and find out why you want to and what your looking for.

[_I_]

the gpu fans blowing on it will be good enough

[Revelene]

Originally posted by Ralf:

It still sits around 122 when idle and goes to 160

Originally posted by Omega:

This is in fahrenheit right?

I would hope so, else this guy is gaming on a stove top.

[Ralf]

Originally posted by Omega:

This is in fahrenheit right?

70c is still cold for an SSD. And these PCI-e 3.0 SSDs really do not need heatsinks, they do not produce a lot of heat.

Yeas, fahreinheit. Samsung lists 0 - 70 ℃ operating temperature, with MC1 it goes to 70-73℃, without it it reaches 90-100℃

[r.linder]

Micro Center sells low profile M.2 heatsinks for $10~15 USD, not really going to find anything better than the MC1 other than improving airflow to the SSD, my SSDs have never run that hot so I would suspect poor airflow before anything else

[plat]

Like OP's, my heat sink on m.2 slot sits right below the graphics processor.

Amazon has some ranging from 5-20 USD for most, give or take. I like the be quiet! one for 17 USD but most are cheaper (have to factor in tax and shipping on top) if shopping there.

Without a heat sink, the idle temp is 5+ deg higher, for starters.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=nvme+heatsink&crid=1KH4YJQFDEE5D&sprefix=nvme+heatsink%2Caps%2C97&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

[pasa]

The mobo provided sink is supposed to work fine -- and it does for others. If you have the listed temps I'd first look at the airflow in the case. Or maybe an air gap between the stick and the sink.

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by Ralf:

Room temp is around 80, but in summer it can get close to 100.

So it's actually 80 right now in your room? That might have something to do with it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Ralf:

Originally posted by Omega:

This is in fahrenheit right?

70c is still cold for an SSD. And these PCI-e 3.0 SSDs really do not need heatsinks, they do not produce a lot of heat.

Yeas, fahreinheit. Samsung lists 0 - 70 ℃ operating temperature, with MC1 it goes to 70-73℃, without it it reaches 90-100℃

SSDs do not get that hot. They can actually stop responding or become defective if they go above approx 80*C ~ In most cases they will thermal throttle and/or just go off-line in order to cool down.

The most you might see a Samsung 970 series get is maybe 55*C and that's under extremely long write periods where the load is above 80-90% the entire write period and with no airflow. M2 slot below a GPU will get plenty of airflow from the GPU itself.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

NVMe should not even need a heatsink...

[Ralf]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

SSDs do not get that hot. They can actually stop responding or become defective if they go above approx 80*C ~ In most cases they will thermal throttle and/or just go off-line in order to cool down.

The most you might see a Samsung 970 series get is maybe 55*C and that's under extremely long write periods where the load is above 80-90% the entire write period and with no airflow. M2 slot below a GPU will get plenty of airflow from the GPU itself.

Please explain why it runs at 50C idle and 88 when Steam installs a game without heatsink. https://i.imgur.com/euAf9NM.jpeg My 990 Pro did the same, unless a 120mm fan was directed to it at 50%. then it ran around 64C when Steam did it's thing

Originally posted by Omega:

70c is still cold for an SSD

So 70C is cold but 81C damages it?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I would say 88*C is just in-correct. The drive would thermal throttle or "up and disappear" due to over-heating if that temp was real. It's sensor is probably a little off is all.

They do say it is normal for 70-80*C but that around 75-80*C is more on the extreme side for these Samsung SSDs. And yes of course Steam can push that because you are having something do a lengthy period of heavy sustained drive writes. Reads are not stressing to the drive, writes are.

So it's pretty safe to say, you see an SSD hit 88*C and not have a problem, means the app or the sensor is simply wrong.

Is the firmware on your SSD the most recent? You can check using Samsung Magician app.

I use Samsung 980 and 990 and write to them all day long, sometimes at 100% usage and they never go above 70*C

[r.linder]

I've had several NVMe drives and never saw them get anywhere near that hot while just installing games on Steam, worse I've seen was 60 degrees without an actual heatsink.

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My samsung 980 pro pci-e 4.0 sits behind my gpu but my asus rog crosshair viii hero came with it's own low profile heat sink and mine sits at 51c when only viewing the web and steam during gaming it goes around 68 to 70c.