SSD heat spreader pad or motherboard heatsink

Imapancake22 · April 8

Getting a Samsung 990 pro and I have a ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E.

The ssd comes with a little pad on the top and I'm assuming it's to spread out the heat but my board comes with it's own SSD thing and it looks pretty good. Should I remove the pad and use the one my board came with? Should I not use the one my board came with at all? Or should I leave the pad on and use the one my board came with? This is my first nvrme SSD.

SpookyCitrus · April 8

Nvme SSDs are designed to work without a heat spreader, so either one is going to work. Typically you will need to remove the preinstalled one in order to use the motherboards built in. Usually the built in MB ones are better. Personally, I order Nvmes without the heat spreader or if the heat spreader version is cheaper I remove it and use the motherboard's if it has one.

Usually you order the with or without versions based on if your motherboard has one or not. In this instance where your board has one already, you'd want to get an Nvme that doesn't already have a heat spreader. Regardless, even if it didn't come with one or the motherboard didn't have one you'd still be fine.