SN850X heatsink vs motherboard included heatsink?

[Ngamer666]

SN850X heatsink vs motherboard included heatsink?

Which is better? I'm wondering if i should get this ssd with or without the heatsink, because the motherboard i will buy will have heatsink for all m.2 slots.

Thanks!!

 

[Dukesilver27-]

It's not going to matter as much you think, even without heatsink it would be fine. Unless you constantly write or replace the data on that SSD, the temps would not go high enough to actually need a heat sink.

If your GPU is right on top of the SSD, which mine was, in this case having some sort of heat shield or heat sink would be good, bc I did not want to cook my SSD with my GPU's exhausted air.

[Ngamer666]

44 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

It's not going to matter as much you think, even without heatsink it would be fine. Unless you constantly write or replace the data on that SSD, the temps would not go high enough to actually need a heat sink.

If your GPU is right on top of the SSD, which mine was, in this case having some sort of heat shield or heat sink would be good, bc I did not want to cook my SSD with my GPU's exhausted air.

Yeah but i need to make a choice here, and it feels wrong to just do one way without looking at how both performs, i mean there is so much tests online for computer components, i'm surprised no one compared this. I'm sure almost every new pc builder is wondering the same thing when they see motherboards having one and also one on the drive, a choice need to be made. I guess the one coming with the motherboard would be a bit better since it's bigger?

[Dukesilver27-]

3 minutes ago, Ngamer666 said:

Yeah but i need to make a choice here, and it feels wrong to just do one way without looking at how both performs, i mean there is so much tests online for computer components, i'm surprised no one compared this. I'm sure almost every new pc builder is wondering the same thing when they see motherboards having one and also one on the drive, a choice need to be made. I guess the one coming with the motherboard would be a bit better since it's bigger?

Because it hardly ever matter, I think Linus said that the stickers that came with cheap/budget SSDs usually act as a heat spreader, which judged to be enough to cool the SSDs by the manufacturers. 

If it actually matters, independent tech reviewers would actually mention that they matter, if they don't mention it, then it doesn't matter.

If you have choice, pick whichever looks better or easier for you to install. I fail to see how is this a hard choice, performance would not be different either way.

[MonkeyBomb]

I can't compare motherboard heatsink vs WD's, all I can say is I've had 0 issues using my motherboards heatsink with the 2TB Sn850x

[Ngamer666]

14 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

Because it hardly ever matter, I think Linus said that the stickers that came with cheap/budget SSDs usually act as a heat spreader, which judged to be enough to cool the SSDs by the manufacturers. 

If it actually matters, independent tech reviewers would actually mention that they matter, if they don't mention it, then it doesn't matter.

If you have choice, pick whichever looks better or easier for you to install. I fail to see how is this a hard choice, performance would not be different either way.

actualy i found some youtube tech reviewer explaining with sources that some parts of theses drives perform better when cool and other when moderately hot. 

 

[Ngamer666]

8 hours ago, MonkeyBomb said:

I can't compare motherboard heatsink vs WD's, all I can say is I've had 0 issues using my motherboards heatsink with the 2TB Sn850x

ok thanks for your input

[MonkeyBomb]

On 10/3/2022 at 4:54 PM, Ngamer666 said:

ok thanks for your input

I just wanted to update you, I paid attention last night while I was playing some COD.  During the 3 hours, the drive never went over 47C.

 

[Ngamer666]

3 hours ago, MonkeyBomb said:

I just wanted to update you, I paid attention last night while I was playing some COD.  During the 3 hours, the drive never went over 47C.

 

cool thank you!

[PaulFCB]

Drives even without the heatsinks only seem fine but Samsung has the memory controller temperature appearing as ‘Drive Temperature 2’ on hwinfo. That one goes hotter when using it and will cause throttling.

 

 That one heats up like crazy, especially on PCI Express 4.0 drives but also on my old 970 Evo. While other brands don’t have a sensor, the 510 Seagate Firecuda clearly throttled because despite the main temp looking fine on the drive.

 

 So heatsinks are required, the board heatsinks on my Z690 are perfectly fine, but what our for the thermal pads cause they should be placed well, else it’s for nothing.

[NaClKnight]

The SN570 in my mini ITX build has no heatsink on it at all and has never risen above 60C even during game installs/moving. A heatsink is not a strict requirement but more a "best practice" in most cases