Is it normal for a NVME SSD to be running hot while mostly idle?
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amsga
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1 hour ago, amsga said:Now I'm wondering if I should go find a proper heatsink or find a better thermal pad if the ASUS cover was meant to be a heat sink.
Overthinking it. Years ago I ran a 970 Evo on the backside of an ITX motherboard with zero airflow, it was fine. If it was a high performance Gen4 drive things might be different.
Don't look at the temps and just use the PC.
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