SSD temps?

[itsaiden]

So my NVME SSD gets to about 56c when im under load. I dont know why, because its not like im really even using it. But are these temps safe? Will i damage my SSD from these temps?

[cynexit]

Don't worry about it. NVMe SSDs tend to get hot, those temps are normal and nothing to worry about:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/samsung-960-evo-m-2-1tb-nvme-ssd-review,7.html

 

If you care about it enough there are heatsinks you could buy and install:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-black

[duffman91]

not at all its quite normal for them to reach overr 100c doing simple tasks. you should be happy with 56c. i dont own nvme storage but from what i can tell they seem to throttle in performance after 98c + or - depends what one you have.

 

 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, duffman91 said:

not at all its quite normal for them to reach overr 100c doing simple tasks you should be happy with 56c.

 

Just because it's normal doesn't mean it's good.

SSD temps should be below 40C ideally.

High temps accelerate degradation, which is why people who use NVME drives put heatsinks on them.

[duffman91]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Just because it's normal doesn't mean it's good.

SSD temps should be below 40C ideally.

High temps accelerate degradation, which is why people who use NVME drives put heatsinks on them.

id have to agree "SSD" temps yes but NVME dives are different they idle 50+ and will throttle 98+ so like i said that is a perfectly normal idle temp for NVME's try to avoid 100 better you do longer it will last.

[Electronics Wizardy]

22 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Just because it's normal doesn't mean it's good.

SSD temps should be below 40C ideally.

High temps accelerate degradation, which is why people who use NVME drives put heatsinks on them.

those heaksinks don't even help t mny times as the controller is what gets hot normally, and putting a big heatsink on it can spread the heat out and make the nand run hotter.

[Enderman]

20 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

those heaksinks don't even help t mny times as the controller is what gets hot normally, and putting a big heatsink on it can spread the heat out and make the nand run hotter.

Putting the heatsink on the SSD certainly does help.

The controller is on the SSD.

Go look at all the thermal pics of NVME drives.

The heatsink dissipates the heat, it doesn't make the nand run much hotter because it doesn't store energy and keep heating up, it dissipates it.

The nand doesn't get hotter because the nand gets mostly heated up by the controller, so when you have the controller running 10 or 20C cooler then the nand runs cooler too.

[Electronics Wizardy]

15 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Putting the heatsink on the SSD certainly does help.

The controller is on the SSD.

Go look at all the thermal pics of NVME drives.

The heatsink dissipates the heat, it doesn't make the nand run much hotter because it doesn't store energy and keep heating up, it dissipates it.

The nand doesn't get hotter because the nand gets mostly heated up by the controller, so when you have the controller running 10 or 20C cooler then the nand runs cooler too.

Well, according to this 

https://www.hwcooling.net/en/duel-of-ssd-coolers-alphacool-hdx-m2-vs-ekwb-ek-m2-en/3/

 

The heatsinks make the controller run much cooler.

 

The nand is a bit cooler or the same or slightly warmer(ek is 0-4c cooler depending on idle vs load, alphacool is about 2c warmer on nand)depending on cooler and worload. So these aren't a great solution for getting the nand much cooler

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you're worrying about life span, I've had an NVMe drive in probably one of the worst possible conditions (sandwiched under the motherboard) for over two years and its performance hasn't really budged. It'll sit at around 40C-50C. NVMe drives won't really heat up on their own unless you're giving it something to do constantly.

 

Could it be better? Sure. But I haven't seen a formal study done on life span and temperature so I can't really say how much better it would be.