Does my m.2 need a fan?

[Ligmabllz]

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I have my Samsung 960 evo on the second m.2 slot right above my graphics card, it doesn’t have a heat sync but I am wondering if I need a fan for it will it be damaged or damage my mother board if I don’t? Also my case has quite a bit of airflow it is a next s340 elite 

[Fluffy Zyox]

I have a Wd m.2 ssd with no fan thats roasting under a 980ti that regularly hits mid 70's and sometimes 80c I haven't had any issues with the ssd so far. so yours being above the gpu I don't think the heat will hurt it~

I have saw motherboards with fans for them, but I don't think they are needed 

[ComputerGuy]

I haven't had any issues with mine that is also above my graphics card. As long as you have decent airflow through your case you should be fine. It doesn't seem like Samsung is all that worried about it after all they paste a big sticker right over all the modules on the card so it must not be that big of a deal with heat. 

[Technous285]

As GamersNexus (iirc) talked about in a recent vid: actively cooling the flash memory chips of your SSD's can shorten their lifespan as they LIKE to operate at warm or hot temps when reading/writing. It's the controller chips that should be cooled but even then that's not needed for most cases as long as you have at least some air flowing over them.