Is 60 degrees too hot for a m2 nvme pci-e 4.0?

[A Computer Guy]

not cutting the plastic i mean haha but cut the heatsink to fit the ssd

I wouldn't bother with that.

 

[damric]

Just use the adata heat sink. That board seems like an abomination. No stock heatsink for the main m.2, and a big ass one for the secondary. Friggin ASUS engineering.

 

[matpc]

I wouldn't bother with that.

should i leave as it is maybe?

Just use the adata heat sink. That board seems like an abomination. No stock heatsink for the main m.2, and a big ass one for the secondary. Friggin ASUS engineering.

yeah that got me as well

not worth using the lower one since it is 3.0

 

[A Computer Guy]

should i leave as it is maybe?

Sure try it out as-is for awhile. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

If you really want something different this exists for only $9... looks like it will fit. ( I've never tried it but it looks functional )

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Man it's Brazil 40c ambient lol.

65c is fine. The drive is rated up to 85c. Should really be no worries here honestly.

Leave it as is @matpc , it won't matter what heat sink is on it. Just a little air flow should be just fine.

 

[matpc]

i´ve been using it right now ( at night there is a slight temperature decrease) and it peaked 57 ( with 52 averages)

 

[A Computer Guy]

i´ve been using it right now ( at night there is a slight temperature decrease) and it peaked 57 ( with 52 averages)

That's fine. My battlemech is getting hungry got to go. Good luck.

 

[eidairaman1]

Do you ever do research on your own, such as using your webbrowser with a search engine or get on hardware pages like thermaltake, zalman, thermalright, scythe etc or even on youtube?

 

[matpc]

hey guys i thought maybe 2 case fans below the gpu could help?

DRX70 Mesh ATX PC Case - darkFlash

ATX / 396*230*462mm

www.darkflash.com

this is my case

i won´t be returning / swapping the ssd anyway but i thought it would be a good idea to improve airflow overall?

 

[arbiter]

i havn't looked temp of what mine gets under gaming but idle my 980 pro 1tb NVME sits at 38c. 50c seems little high for idle.

 

[AsRock]

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this little square i did not install it below the ssd

i don´t know if it is worth rmaing though , doubt another one will perform much lower temp wise

That's for helping not to bend it, what people are on about is the side that makes contact with the heatsink should have a large thermal pad which for the most part covers most of the SSD.

All so placed wrong can actually end up bending it too if not placed correctly.

 

[stahlhart]

I try not to let any of mine exceed 45C. On the RPL build I mounted an 80mm be quiet! Pure Wings vertically to blow across the lower heat sink and Hyper m.2 card and assist with dissipation because the circulation in their vicinity wasn't sufficient.

 

[9087125]

Going back to my benchmark notes, at 30C ambient, when copying 400GB of large tiff images between nvme: The Samsung 4TB PCIe4 peaked at about 66C during the end of the write, while the Crucial 4TB PCIe5 peaked at about 74-76C. This is with the stock motherboard heatsinks and the case fans at the low minimum. That same crucial drive under constant benchmarking with crystaldisk taps out at 82-84C. In gaming or most typical use they never get over 60C, the writes are where much more heat is generated. This is with a powerful gpu and air cooled cpu.

The only real worth those big heatsinks have is if they can get into the case fan crossbreeze, if they cant they don't offer much. Since most of my CPU heat is exhausted out the back 120mm fan, and the big GPU heat is largely exhausted out the rear bottom120mm, the SSDs are not affected much by their heat, especially when gaming as the case fans are at alot higher rpm.

 

[matpc]

Going back to my benchmark notes, at 30C ambient, when copying 400GB of large tiff images between nvme: The Samsung 4TB PCIe4 peaked at about 66C during the end of the write, while the Crucial 4TB PCIe5 peaked at about 74-76C. This is with the stock motherboard heatsinks and the case fans at the low minimum. That same crucial drive under constant benchmarking with crystaldisk taps out at 82-84C. In gaming or most typical use they never get over 60C, the writes are where much more heat is generated. This is with a powerful gpu and air cooled cpu.

The only real worth those big heatsinks have is if they can get into the case fan crossbreeze, if they cant they don't offer much. Since most of my CPU heat is exhausted out the back 120mm fan, and the big GPU heat is largely exhausted out the rear bottom120mm, the SSDs are not affected much by their heat, especially when gaming as the case fans are at alot higher rpm.

i guess the crystal disk benchmark is the really extreme situation

when gaming it averages 60 degrees

i´ve been talking in the other thread but i think it is worth to ''mount'' a case fan on the gpu bracket aiming directly to the ssd

better than use 2 fans bottom and 2 fans exhaust maybe?

 

[lexluthermiester]

peaked at about 74-76C.

Yup, this is where you need to get some cooling setup.

 

[matpc]

hey guys i just benchmarked with 9 loops with 64gb and it peaked 72 degrees

wondering if it is dangerously high?

this is a better picture of my case , i ordered 2 more fans only , how can i install it to help ssd temps?

 

[lexluthermiester]

72 degrees

wondering if it is dangerously high?

No. 72C is just fine. No worries. Saw a picture of that system and then remembered we were talking about SSD temps. While that is higher than you'd want it to be long term, it's not going to hurt the drive. It will thermal throttle itself around the 80C range so you're still in a safe range.

i ordered 2 more fans only , how can i install it to help ssd temps?

High speed fans than the ones pictured? If so, those should help.

 

[matpc]

No. 72C is just fine. No worries. Saw a picture of that system and then remembered we were talking about SSD temps. While that is higher than you'd want it to be long term, it's not going to hurt the drive. It will thermal throttle itself around the 80C range so you're still in a safe range.


High speed fans than the ones pictured? If so, those should help.

i think it won´t ever reach 80

it got me worried since the manufacturer says the max temp is 70

of course it is a extreme benchmarked and it peaked at 72

normal use it stays at 60 degrees

do you think it is worth to start with the fans at bottom intake or top exhaust?

while the fans above the gpu are the best option , it is by far the ugliest solution lmao

thanks

No. 72C is just fine. No worries. Saw a picture of that system and then remembered we were talking about SSD temps. While that is higher than you'd want it to be long term, it's not going to hurt the drive. It will thermal throttle itself around the 80C range so you're still in a safe range.


High speed fans than the ones pictured? If so, those should help.

they are the same model but around 60 cfm

 

[lexluthermiester]

do you think it is worth to start with the fans at bottom intake or top exhaust?

I would mount the fastest fans on the front blowing air direct toward the SSD. This will benefit the GPU as well. Then mount fans in the back & top.

 

[matpc]

i think i´m tempted to just leave at it is

considering 80 is the temperature

it reached 72 at the most extreme conditions

it is because i thought 70 was the ceiling instead of 80

i think i´m tempted to just leave at it is

considering 80 is the temperature

it reached 72 at the most extreme conditions

it is because i thought 70 was the ceiling instead of 80

do you think i´m going to run into problems if i leave ?

 

[lexluthermiester]

72C is hotter than I would be ok with. For example, my SSD idles at 53C and gets to 56C under full load,. Granted, I have a sizable heat plate over it attached to the motherboard, which is itself cooled by the front case fans.

However, IF it generally stays in the 60C range and peaks at 72C, the drive isn't going to fry itself. More/faster fan will help, a better heatsink on the drive would likely help too.

 

[matpc]

72C is hotter than I would be ok with. For example, my SSD idles at 53C and gets to 56C under full load,. Granted, I have a sizable heat plate over it attached to the motherboard, which is itself cooled by the front case fans.

However, IF it generally stays in the 60C range and peaks at 72C, the drive isn't going to fry itself. More/faster fan will help, a better heatsink on the drive would likely help too.

under full load what software / benchmark do you use ?

it idles at about 45 and when gaming it goes to 55-60 averages

it can only reach 72 when using crystal disk mark ( 9 loops at 64g )

 

[Macro Device]

Better get yourself an air conditioner and set it to ~22C and you'll be more than totally fine. No need to ravage on your PC insides when the main issue is ridiculously high ambient temperature and your SSD still operates at OK temperatures under these conditions.

 

[matpc]

ADATA Legend 960 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

The ADATA Legend 960 is the first Silicon Motion SM2264-based M.2 NVMe SSD that we're testing. In their package, ADATA includes a heatsink, which can easily be installed to reduce the drive's temperatures. Synthetic performance results are also very good, matching competing high-end drives.

www.techpowerup.com

it seems that the drive is just like this at benchmarks

this is not my model but a very close one

70 degrees operating temperature as well

 

[AleXXX666]

Hello

i have a adata legend 800 and it idles at around 50-52 degrees and peaks at 60 degrees when gaming

i´ve installed the heatsink but not the pad that goes below it ( doubt it makes a difference )

it is installed above the gpu

is it too hot ?

thanks

if it's constant like 24/7, then it's "hot". if it is sometimes, then nothing to worry about.