Changing SSD drastically changes CPU temps?

TheSSVids · July 22, 2020

Hey everyone, I've been having problems with my Blade 15 2018 (1070MQ, 8750H, 16GB). I swapped out the stock (probably Samsung) M.2 256GB SSD for an Intel 660p 2TB SSD, around March 2019. A couple months ago, the PC started overheating a LOT. We're talking 50-80C idle with fans on max. The load temps were 100C according to OpenHardwareMonitor (though I found it weird that it never went a degree above 100). After Razer told me to return it, I swapped out the 2TB SSD for the stock 256GB one, but after checking to see if the problem still was there, the problem was gone. Reduced to atoms. The weird thing is that I also did a factory reset of the 2TB drive, but the problem persisted. Does anybody have any idea what I'm dealing with here? Because I have no clue.

Bombastinator · July 22, 2020

Is the new ssd a dramatically different shape than the old one? Sometimes big SSDs have big heat sinks on them while the new big heat sink fit it might be blocking airflow.

TheSSVids · July 24, 2020

On 7/22/2020 at 4:19 PM, Bombastinator said:

Is the new ssd a dramatically different shape than the old one? Sometimes big SSDs have big heat sinks on them while the new big heat sink fit it might be blocking airflow.

The form factor is the exact same, both are M.2 SSDs. The stock SSD had a thermal pad on it, which I removed and placed on the 2TB one, but when I put the stock one back in (and placed that same thermal pad on it), oddly enough the issue vanished.