M.2 Drive Heat?

[Yatys 93]

Quick question

 

how hot do PCI M.2 drives get, thinking about getting a hyper X predator M.2 instead of a standard 2.5 drive, to go with the X99 sabertooth, wondering if I could use the drive with the bay cover over the top of the drive as I plan to do some painting on the thermal armour, or would this cause thermal issues for the drive, google isn't helping me with this

 

Thanks

[Mira Yurizaki]

Paint does have a minor effect instead of bare metal, but it's small enough to not pull your hair over.

[Yatys 93]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Paint does have a minor effect instead of bare metal, but it's small enough to not pull your hair over.

sorry, I meant painting the plastic cover on the motherboard, Sabertooth X99 has a "thermal armour" covering most of the front of the motherboard : https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X99/ including the M.2 slot, it also comes with slot covers for all the board slots including RAM, PCI and even the SATA ports, want to use the cover over the M.2 drive, however this would reduce airflow to that drive.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Oh. I'd say it shouldn't have a problem. My M.2 drive is sandwiched between the motherboard and case. And if the SMART data off it is correct, it seems to be sitting at a toasty 60C and I'm not experiencing any issues.

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Oh. I'd say it shouldn't have a problem. My M.2 drive is sandwiched between the motherboard and case. And if the SMART data off it is correct, it seems to be sitting at a toasty 60C and I'm not experiencing any issues.

I actually completely forgot a lot of boards do that...

 

I'm dumb lol Thanks!