Do I need heatsink for second M.2 ssd?

[hoggy32]

I just completed a PC build, check down below. The motherboard has 2 M.2 SSD slot, one where there is a heatsink already installed. So I installed the first M.2 SSD with the heatsink, however if I want to install a second M.2, do I have to purchase a heatsink for it or is it fine to install it without one?
 

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CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 89 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (kr2242.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr1696.00 @ Computersalg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (kr1482.00 @ Computersalg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1390.00 @ Proshop) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (kr6664.54 @ Amazon Sweden) 
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Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan  (kr129.00 @ Webhallen) 
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[Poinkachu]

Just now, hoggy32 said:

I just completed a PC build, check down below. The motherboard has 2 M.2 SSD slot, one where there is a heatsink already installed. So I installed the first M.2 SSD with the heatsink, however if I want to install a second M.2, do I have to purchase a heatsink for it or is it fine to install it without one?
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (kr4489.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 89 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (kr2242.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr1696.00 @ Computersalg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (kr1482.00 @ Computersalg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1390.00 @ Proshop) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (kr6664.54 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (kr1106.70 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-750 ATX 3.0 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1521.00 @ Computersalg) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan  (kr129.00 @ Webhallen) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan  (kr129.00 @ Webhallen) 
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If its gen 5 nvme, it probably better to use one.

[mariushm]

It will depend on the SSD you buy, but most likely with that motherboard you won't need a heatsink.

 

SSDs get hot when you read or write data at high speeds for long periods of time.

 

On that motherboard, the first M.2 connector is limited to pci-e 4.0 and has 4 lanes, so even if you get a high performance nvme pci-e 5.0 will run in pci-e 4.0 mode, so it won't heat up as much because the transfer speeds will be lower.

 

The second M.2 connector on that motherboard is limited at 2 pci-e lanes, and they're only pci-e 3.0 , so any SSD you connect to that second m.2 slot, it will be limited to around 1.8 GB/s ...

 

I would recommend buying a better motherboard, one that at least has option to have 4 pci-e lanes in both m.2 connectors

 

edit : sorry , the description on the motherboard website is weird ... there's TWO  pci-e 4.0 x4 m.2 slots with pci-e lanes from cpu, and the third m.2 connector with 2 pci-e 3.0 lanes from the chipset

 

nevertheless, unless it's a very high speed ssd, it's unlikely to get so hot as to throttle.

[hoggy32]

16 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

If its gen 5 nvme, it probably better to use one.

I'm thinking of a Samsung 990 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB, would you recommend a heatsink or not?
Also where can I get a heatsink that fits, anyone would do it?

[PDifolco]

20 minutes ago, hoggy32 said:

I just completed a PC build, check down below. The motherboard has 2 M.2 SSD slot, one where there is a heatsink already installed. So I installed the first M.2 SSD with the heatsink, however if I want to install a second M.2, do I have to purchase a heatsink for it or is it fine to install it without one?
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (kr4489.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 89 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (kr2242.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr1696.00 @ Computersalg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (kr1482.00 @ Computersalg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1390.00 @ Proshop) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (kr6664.54 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (kr1106.70 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-750 ATX 3.0 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1521.00 @ Computersalg) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan  (kr129.00 @ Webhallen) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan  (kr129.00 @ Webhallen) 
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Why did you get such a poor board and an expensive useless AIO?? Should have gotten a decent B650 board and a €100 or less cooler u

But well you can safely use a gen3 or a midrange gen4 SSD without heatsink 

[Doobeedoo]

Also odd GPU tier choice for such budget. I'd get a faster one. Check my sig for comparison.

[Poinkachu]

1 hour ago, hoggy32 said:

I'm thinking of a Samsung 990 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB, would you recommend a heatsink or not?
Also where can I get a heatsink that fits, anyone would do it?

Depends on the use case.

Casual use ? you don't need one.

Often used to transfer huge amount of data ? investing in heatsink is prob a good idea to avoid throttling.

 

Amazon.com is a good start point.

You will need to measure how much clearance you have.

Though you might just end up having to use a slim one since most likely the 2nd M.2 slot is behind GPU.

[hoggy32]

Y'all make me sad lmao I made a pc build help thread and yeah well, I guess it's my fault. Yeah the motherboard is shit

But if I only choose to get a another m.2 should I just put the 2tb in the main slot and the current 1tb to second (slower) slot?

 

I will only use the extra ssd as storage, not read/write from it so often. Just store backups/images etc

[Poinkachu]

6 minutes ago, hoggy32 said:

Y'all make me sad lmao I made a pc build help thread and yeah well, I guess it's my fault. Yeah the motherboard is shit

But if I only choose to get a another m.2 should I just put the 2tb in the main slot and the current 1tb to second (slower) slot?

 

I will only use the extra ssd as storage, not read/write from it so often. Just store backups/images etc

Simply put :

Put your main NVME in the slot that gives the most speed, which in your case (based on what I read above) is 1st / 2nd slot.

[will0hlep]

1 hour ago, hoggy32 said:

I just completed a PC build, check down below. The motherboard has 2 M.2 SSD slot, one where there is a heatsink already installed. So I installed the first M.2 SSD with the heatsink, however if I want to install a second M.2, do I have to purchase a heatsink for it or is it fine to install it without one?

Since everyone has gone off topic here I will weigh in with the answer to the orginal question.

 

SSDs (or atleast the ones you should buy) don't need a heatsink. Gen 5 drives may need heatsinks, but they are currently not worth buying. Also, many drives where a heatsink is recommended will be sold with a heatsink.

 

So the TLDR is, you probably don't need a heatsink for an SSD right now and if you ever do, you probably won't need to worry about it.

 

(The 990 Pro dosn't need one either)

 

Although, I would like to know who advised you on this build. Was the list built by someone on this forum?

[191x7]

Since my board doesn't come with heatsinks for m.2 drives, I got myself two of those Jeyi heatsinks.

 

 

My SSDs are cooler indeed (Kingston Renegade Fury 1TB and 2TB) and those were the versions that came without heatsinks.

My previous NVME drives (Adata SX 8200pro and SX 6000pro) worked fine without heatsinks.

I mainly got the heatsinks because of the looks, I like my parts theme in my system that no-one sees cause the Define R5 Blackout case is closed. XD

[hoggy32]

1 hour ago, will0hlep said:

Since everyone has gone off topic here I will weigh in with the answer to the orginal question.

 

SSDs (or atleast the ones you should buy) don't need a heatsink. Gen 5 drives may need heatsinks, but they are currently not worth buying. Also, many drives where a heatsink is recommended will be sold with a heatsink.

 

So the TLDR is, you probably don't need a heatsink for an SSD right now and if you ever do, you probably won't need to worry about it.

 

(The 990 Pro dosn't need one either)

 

Although, I would like to know who advised you on this build. Was the list built by someone on this forum?

Thanks everyone! Will just get the 990 pro and put it in without a heatsink.
 

Her'es the build thread

 

[will0hlep]

1 hour ago, hoggy32 said:

Thanks everyone! Will just get the 990 pro and put it in without a heatsink.
 

Her'es the build thread

 

Looking at your stated goals for the machine "CS, Fortnite. Browsing, coding (no VMs etc)" and where you are shopping, the build makes a bit more sense (still some strange decisions but nothing major).

 

However, I'd suggest a Crucial P5 Plus instead of a 990 Pro.

[will0hlep]

1 hour ago, hoggy32 said:

Also, advice for in the future, any builds you get on here really have an expiration date of a week at most because of how the market changes from day to day. You'll get a better results if you ask for a build and then buy it the day the list finalised.

[hoggy32]

3 hours ago, will0hlep said:

Also, advice for in the future, any builds you get on here really have an expiration date of a week at most because of how the market changes from day to day. You'll get a better results if you ask for a build and then buy it the day the list finalised.

Thanks, will check the M.2. I bought it like 3 days after the list finalised. I maybe worded the OP bad. 
Anyway, yeah the GPU might not be good or future proof for 1440p gaming, but I play on 1080p and I think the gpu is decent for what I play cs, fornite.. 

Thank again, but what motherboard would you've recommended for this build?
Also if there are any other changes to this build within the same price tag, what would you change? 

 

[will0hlep]

12 hours ago, hoggy32 said:

Thanks, will check the M.2. I bought it like 3 days after the list finalised. I maybe worded the OP bad. 
Anyway, yeah the GPU might not be good or future proof for 1440p gaming, but I play on 1080p and I think the gpu is decent for what I play cs, fornite.. 

Thank again, but what motherboard would you've recommended for this build?
Also if there are any other changes to this build within the same price tag, what would you change?

If I were designing it new, with a budget matching the build from above (kr20849.24), I'd be looking at the following parts:

 

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CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (kr449.00 @ Webhallen)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M PG Lightning Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (kr1536.00 @ Computersalg)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr1617.00 @ Proshop)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (kr6390.00 @ Amazon Sweden)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 ARGB 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (kr1600.00 @ Amazon Sweden)
Total: kr18777.00

 

As others have pointed out, a 7800X3D dosn't need an AIO and a comparable tower cooler can be had for a quarter of the price.

 

While the motherboard you've selected is fine, a B650M motherboard would be preferable.

 

As the 1 TB 990 Pro is expensive, I'd instead choose a 2 TB P5 Plus.

 

Also, the price of GPUs has gone down because of Nvidia's super launch, so I'd likely be looking at a 7800XT instead of the 6700XT that is currently included.

 

However, upgrading the GPU, means upgrading the PSU to an 850W model.