Guru3D NVMe Thermal Test - the influence of a heatsink

#6027545 Posted on: 06/22/2022 09:29 PM

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A bit curious, would you recommend using stock M2 heatsink plate that comes with some mobos?

And another curious note, most if not nearly all SSDs have their label sticker on top side. To install the heatsink on top should/can we remove those label without voiding warranty?

The mobo heatsink looks to be just fine in the review.

Many SSD labels are made to transfer heat from the small hot chip and out to the rest of the drive, the label is a metal foil and not just paper, so let the label stay on the drive.
A SSD also only uses around 5 watts, so the heat is very limited.

#6027560 Posted on: 06/22/2022 10:38 PM

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The mobo heatsink looks to be just fine in the review.

Many SSD labels are made to transfer heat from the small hot chip and out to the rest of the drive, the label is a metal foil and not just paper, so let the label stay on the drive.
A SSD also only uses around 5 watts, so the heat is very limited.

Also the foil label warms the NAND memory chips with heat from the processor, Thats what its for, as well as cooling the processor a little.
If the NAND run too cool they wear out faster.
For this reason, dont put a water cooler on the NAND memory, only the processor.
And leave the foil in place as LARS recommended.

#6027820 Posted on: 06/23/2022 07:42 PM

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The mobo heatsink is a big chunk of metal. But the more common mobo heatsink would be something like this:

https://images.app.goo.gl/yjkudyBJWZ2tT4uu9

I wonder is this good enough.

PS. Thanks for confirming to leave the label on.

#6027837 Posted on: 06/23/2022 08:41 PM

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The mobo heatsink is a big chunk of metal. But the more common mobo heatsink would be something like this:

https://images.app.goo.gl/yjkudyBJWZ2tT4uu9

I wonder is this good enough.

PS. Thanks for confirming to leave the label on.

Look up what your temps are now.

I am using a naked samsung 970 1 tb for games only, even in a sandwich between the GPU and CPU cooler, it is still only at 50-55 C.
A fair bit of constant file transfer is needed for the chip to overheat.
Also some SSDs do not even have enough high speed buffer storage to heat up the chip, before the SSD needs to switch over to the slower storage modules.

#6028077 Posted on: 06/24/2022 01:27 PM

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Thats something that I considered for long time, the position of the M.2 on my motherboard being in the middle of the GPU and CPU and how the hot air of this components can influence the NVME. I added the NVME temprature to the System Tray but is usually hovering 35ºº in Windows, only on a heavy worload of transfering a file can go above 45º. I'm going to add the NVME temperature to the RTSS to check during gaming. My case have a very good airflow so that helps too.