Will a Rear m.2 Overheat in a Sandwich Case?

[rahulr1]

I've got a cheap 2TB Crucial P2 NVMe drive for storage and starting my build in the SSUPD Meshlicious. My GPU is a liquid cooled EVGA 3080 XC3 with an EK block and the EK passive backplate. I test fitted my parts and there's barely any clearance between the GPU backplate and the rear m.2, maybe 1-2 cm. Should I be concerned about the drive dying, and would a slim heatsink help? I've seen a few reviews for heatsinks showing increases in temperature. I've assumed these people have bad installations but maybe my GPU would cause the heatsink or conduct more heat than it dissipates and I'd have this problem.

 

What would you guys advise? Thanks

[Pickles von Brine]

Test it see what kind of temps you get. Must SSDs don't get hot unless they have a sustained load. 

 

[da na]

Should be fine, NAND likes running hot and that actually makes it last longer.

[rahulr1]

2 minutes ago, Pickles von Brine said:

Test it see what kind of temps you get. Must SSDs don't get hot unless they have a sustained load. 

 

I would definitely test before asking for advice but I'd have to build the whole loop just for testing and I'd have to drain it if it's unusable

[rahulr1]

2 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Should be fine, NAND likes running hot and that actually makes it last longer.

If I'm correct I think the average temperature is around 60-65C for load temps? You reckon my GPU won't dissipate enough heat to throttle it into the 70+ range? 

[da na]

6 minutes ago, rahulr1 said:

If I'm correct I think the average temperature is around 60-65C for load temps? You reckon my GPU won't dissipate enough heat to throttle it into the 70+ range? 

Nah, it'll be fine.