SSD Heatsink

[GrizzGolf]

Just curious would you guys recommend a heatsink for the SSD for gaming?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For which SSD? Unless it's one capable of around 6000MB/s or more then I wouldn't worry about it. And many times for a Games drive its generally only going to heat up a bit when downloading the games to said ssd at very high speed due to writes. When the games are reading from said drive, they don't get hot

And what Motherboard? Since many Motherboard now come with heatainks for all your NVME ssds you may use. However when using the ones that come with Motherboard ensure which slot you want to put the SSD in first and ensure it works properly before applying any heatsink to your new ssd

[chebonaparte]

I have a 2 TB SSD it's been great now about a year, but recently it gets so hot my laptop turns off! It is made of special aluminium to cool but writing huge games gets very hot! It is in a side usb port so not much room for other peripherals around it either.

[Electric Cupcake]

Nvme modules get really hot, yes. But it supposedly improves performance.

As long as the sticky strip that comes with it is flat and even, there shouldn't be any problems. Unless you're using an external enclosure and try to do a large data transfer while it's in your lap.

IT BURRRRRNS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi2H6qRk-OY

[Ralf]

Not needed, Gen4 drives still run stone cold, so unless you rung a Gen5 drive they are a waste of money.

[BloodShed]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von chebonaparte 💜:

I have a 2 TB SSD it's been great now about a year, but recently it gets so hot my laptop turns off! It is made of special aluminium to cool but writing huge games gets very hot! It is in a side usb port so not much room for other peripherals around it either.

Sounds like it's time for a deep clean of that laptop.

[Troll]

I always buy SSDs with built in heatsink

[Tonepoet]

Do you need it? Probably not. Games are only just now starting to request S.S.Ds. in the system requirements at all, and they aren't being very picky about the spec. We are likely saying that you would prefer to optimize your settings so that you don't make hits to the S.S.D. anyway since that can cause a game to hitch.

However, I have to ask you, why not just use one anyway?

If you are building a new P.C. one might come with the motherboard. It'll just be a thin sheet of metal with a silicon pad but there is no reason not to install it if it is free.

Even if you have to buy one, $5.50 for an Artic M.2 Pro[www.amazon.com] just is not very costly.

I mean, even if your gaming P.C. only costs $500 otherwise, that is only little over 1% of the price of the system and it looks cleaner than the bare P.C.B. It's a one time expenditure that you can reuse on any future system with an m.2 drive and it really does not have to improve perf. much to be worth the cost.

It's just going to occupy void space in your case, so it is not like storing it is a problem, and if it ever helps, even just once in the distant future, we are possibly saying it was worth it.

I'd say it's better to have one and not need it than to need one and not have it.

[90054321564584560]

dont nvme slots on motherboard already have thermal paste

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Ursprünglich geschrieben von 90054321564584560:

dont nvme slots on motherboard already have thermal paste

some do, some dont
if the drive includes a heatsink it should have it, if not its fine without