Team Group is making a "liquid" cooled m.2 drive

Skanky Sylveon · August 9, 2019

https://m.hexus.net/tech/reviews/storage/133292-team-group-cardea-liquid-m2-pcie-ssd-512gb/

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It won't have escaped your attention that the drive isn't designed to be part of a larger loop, meaning the liquid isn't transferred to, say, a radiator in order to dissipate heat. Instead, the small pool is intended to draw heat away from the aluminium pad, and then, in Team Group's own words, "the heat of the water cooling M.2 SSD module can be transferred with convection produced by the computer case fan." Begs the question, if there isn't much airflow, will the liquid become detrimental as it begins to warm?

I think that Linus has already tackled this concept here.

Seriously though, there are a few more flaws outside of the fact that the liquid can't cool anything without it circulating. NAND actually likes being warm, it degrades slower when warm. The only part that would benefit from cooling is the controller.

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There are a couple of other caveats, too. On closer inspection, our 512GB review sample reveals that the thermal pad lining the aluminium heatsink makes reasonable contact with the NAND memory chips but doesn't actually touch the controller or cache; there's a clearly visible gap, which doesn't bode well for heat transfer.

Which they are not doing. Honestly, I find companies who pull this crap rather insulting.

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Team Group reckons its patented cooling module can lower operating temperatures by up to 10 degrees

And cats can fly.

Also, don't think that you aren't paying a premium for this drive.

You can find 1TB m.2 drives for about 100 dollars on Amazon.

Also, Samsung's m.2 drives have a 5 year warranty for the same pricing.

I don't really have much else to say. You're paying a premium for a feature that's most likely falsely advertised, it looks kinda neat, and that bubble would make this m.2 drive double as a good level, but save your money and just get something else.

nick name · August 9, 2019

Those specs aren't terrible at those prices.

badreg · August 9, 2019

3 minutes ago, Skanky Sylveon said:

NAND actually likes being warm, it degrades slower when warm.

Source cheap NAND.
Keep it warm with stagnant water.
Advertise higher endurance rating.
Who cares about performance anyway?
???
Profit!

Spotty · August 9, 2019

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