Posted August 8, 2018 Spoiler I have my Samsung 960 evo on the second m.2 slot right above my graphics card, it doesn’t have a heat sync but I am wondering if I need a fan for it will it be damaged or damage my mother board if I don’t? Also my case has quite a bit of airflow it is a next s340 elite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 8, 2018 I have a Wd m.2 ssd with no fan thats roasting under a 980ti that regularly hits mid 70's and sometimes 80c I haven't had any issues with the ssd so far. so yours being above the gpu I don't think the heat will hurt it~ I have saw motherboards with fans for them, but I don't think they are needed Server Rig Specs~Motherboard: S5520hc Cpu's: two Xeon x5670's @3.3 ghz Ram: Kingston ddr3 24gigs @1333mhz Psu: Evga Gq1000 Coolers: 2 hyper 212evo Hdd: 2 1tb hdd's Case: Corsair 400cOs: windows 10 ProGaming Pc Specs~Motherboard: Asus rog maxumis viii gene Cpu: Skylake i7 6700k @ 4.2ghz Ram: Corsair dominator platinum 32gigs @ 2666mhz Psu: Corsair 1200i Cooler: Corsair 105i Hdd: 5tb wd black Case: Corsair 350d Os: Windows 10 home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 8, 2018 I haven't had any issues with mine that is also above my graphics card. As long as you have decent airflow through your case you should be fine. It doesn't seem like Samsung is all that worried about it after all they paste a big sticker right over all the modules on the card so it must not be that big of a deal with heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 8, 2018 As GamersNexus (iirc) talked about in a recent vid: actively cooling the flash memory chips of your SSD's can shorten their lifespan as they LIKE to operate at warm or hot temps when reading/writing. It's the controller chips that should be cooled but even then that's not needed for most cases as long as you have at least some air flowing over them. Spoiler Main Rig: Monsuta (Build log). Spoiler OS: Windows 10 Pro. CPU: Intel Core i7 5820K. Mobo: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition. RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum CMD32GX4M4A2400C14 64GB (8x8GB) DDR4. GPU: 2-way SLI EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ 6GB. Storage: Seagate Barracuda 4TB ST4000DM000 (long-term) & Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB SSD (OS/Data). Case: Thermaltake Core X71 Full Tower Case. PSU: Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850W Modular. Cooling: CoolerMaster Nepton 120XL Liquid CPU Cooler/2x EKWB TitanX Plexi (with Nickel backplates) + EK XRES 140 DDC 3.2 PWM Elite (inc. pump) + 2x EKWB 360 SE rads + 6x EK Vardar F4 120mm fans (recovered from dead Beast). Monitors: Acer XG270HU + 2x AOC AG271QG4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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