Hot SSD

[FairZack]

 

Just bought this transcend 830s m.2 ssd a few days ago and this happens almost every time on high usage. is this normal or should i get it returned?

[blackviking03]

That's a bit TOO HOT for an SSD.

Was the box damaged when you got it or something like that?

[zeusthemoose]

4 minutes ago, FairZack said:

is this normal or should i get it returned?

That seems normal to me. Most are rated for a max of 70 though so you might want to get a heat sink for it.

[Uptivuptiz]

M.2 SSDs with no heatsink on will reach this temperature. What'll happen is that performance will start to drop so I'd recommend you throw a heatsink on that.

[FairZack]

18 hours ago, blackviking03 said:

That's a bit TOO HOT for an SSD.

Was the box damaged when you got it or something like that?

it was sealed when i received the package, so i don't think it was damaged... at least from what i can see physically. My last SSD (WD Green) didn't behave this way, even though it was installed in the same slot, on the same machine. It stays around 60-70 C on max usage.

[FairZack]

18 hours ago, Uptivuptiz said:

M.2 SSDs with no heatsink on will reach this temperature. What'll happen is that performance will start to drop so I'd recommend you throw a heatsink on that.

Welp.. its in a laptop, but i'll see what i can do. Will more airflow works even without heatsink?

[Uptivuptiz]

8 minutes ago, FairZack said:

Welp.. its in a laptop, but i'll see what i can do. Will more airflow works even without heatsink?

What laptop are we talking about?

[FairZack]

2 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

What laptop are we talking about?

Acer A315-41

[Uptivuptiz]

3 minutes ago, FairZack said:

Acer A315-41

Ah, now it makes sense. I don't think there's a way to get airflow on the SSD and if it was it wouldn't really help that much. I guess the only choice in this case is just to live with it.

[FairZack]

On 7/1/2020 at 2:18 PM, Uptivuptiz said:

Ah, now it makes sense. I don't think there's a way to get airflow on the SSD and if it was it wouldn't really help that much. I guess the only choice in this case is just to live with it.

 

Well at least using a cooling fan underneath somewhat works (tested with Crystaldiskmark)... thx for the info btw