ssd cooling question

[Romans122]

does a ssd need a cooler ?

[Slottr]

99/100 times: No

[Alex Atkin UK]

If its NVME you will generally get more consistent performance with a heatsink, otherwise case airflow should do the trick.

[Romans122]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

99/100 times: No

what about long hours gaming ?

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 minute ago, Romans122 said:

what about long hours gaming ?

They only heat up under heavy load, gaming wont be.  They also cool down really quickly.

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, Romans122 said:

what about long hours gaming ?

You'll be fine.

 

If somehow you get a drive up to it's inoperable temperature, it will throttle 

[Romans122]

4 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

If its NVME you will generally get more consistent performance with a heatsink, otherwise case airflow should do the trick.

yes its a nvme, am going to get the Sabrent Rocket 

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 minute ago, Romans122 said:

yes its a nvme, I gunna get the Sabrent Rocket 

If your motherboard doesn't come with a heatsink on the M.2 slot then get the version of the SSD with a heatsink on it, then never worry about it again.

But honestly gaming is not going to stress it, only really large file transfers are likely to cause throttling.

[JoostinOnline]

Just now, Alex Atkin UK said:

If your motherboard doesn't come with a heatsink on the M.2 slot then get the version of the SSD with a heatsink on it, then never worry about it again.

Or just don't worry about something that only serves a cosmetic purpose.

[Romans122]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

If your motherboard doesn't come with a heatsink on the M.2 slot then get the version of the SSD with a heatsink on it, then never worry about it again.

But honestly gaming is not going to stress it, only really large file transfers are likely to cause throttling.

do you know if the msi b450 mortar max comes with a heat sink ?

[Romans122]

2 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Or just don't worry about something that only serves a cosmetic purpose.

so I don't need one ?

[Romans122]

8 minutes ago, Slottr said:

You'll be fine.

 

If somehow you get a drive up to it's inoperable temperature, it will throttle 

also quick question, what do you think of this case for air flow PH 350x

[Alex Atkin UK]

4 minutes ago, Romans122 said:

so I don't need one ?

Do you need one for gaming?  No.

 

But they are definitely NOT merely cosmetic, if you are pushing their top speed and its a good SSD (SLC or MLC) then they DO thermal throttle.  Its just not something you are ever going to experience gaming.

Considering the price with and without is usually minimal or even none-existent, it doesn't hurt to have one.  Obviously you need to know if your motherboard already comes with one or else you wont be able to fit an SSD that has one pre-applied.

[Romans122]

2 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Do you need one for gaming?  No.

 

But they are definitely NOT merely cosmetic, if you are pushing their top speed and its a good SSD (SLC or MLC) then they DO thermal throttle.  Its just not something you are ever going to experience gaming.

Considering the price with and without is usually minimal or even none-existent, it doesn't hurt to have one.  Obviously you need to know if your motherboard already comes with one or else you wont be able to fit an SSD that has one pre-applied.

could you please check this motherboard msi b450 mortar max, as I am still new to pc building and would appreciate the help.

[JoostinOnline]

40 minutes ago, Romans122 said:

so I don't need one ?

With the exception of some fringe usecases, like people who buy high end SSD's for scratch disks or servers, no. A lot of the time, heatsinks aren't even actually functional. They're like the metal backplates on GPU's, that actually just make things hotter.

[JoostinOnline]

42 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

But they are definitely NOT merely cosmetic, if you are pushing their top speed and its a good SSD (SLC or MLC) then they DO thermal throttle.  Its just not something you are ever going to experience gaming.

No SSD's are SLC anymore, and there are almost no 2-bit MLC ones. And yes, many heat spreaders are cosmetic. They're on their because they don't cost much and looking cool makes stuff sell more. Why do you think DRAM has those worthless heatspreaders?

[Alex Atkin UK]

7 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

No SSD's are SLC anymore, and there are almost no 2-bit MLC ones. And yes, many heat spreaders are cosmetic. They're on their because they don't cost much and looking cool makes stuff sell more. Why do you think DRAM has those worthless heatspreaders?

But again, it doesn't hurt.  With electronics cooler is almost always better for life span.  Although NAND does retain data better if written to hot.