Laptop SSDs Get hot?

[K i a r a]

Hey, 

 

 

 I just installed a New NVME ssd into my laptop - Due to it being much cheaper then if i were to get it pre installed by Lenovo - The install went fine, and had no issues.

 

But after using the laptop for about an hour now the SSD seems to be quite hot...

 

I have had this heat issue before the SSD install It gets hot right to the left of the Arrow keys, But I cant tell if it is the Battery or the HD location while the rest of the laptop is warm, This location is quite abit hotter.

 

I dont really have anything on the laptop to.. I have Windows on the SSD + Microsoft office.

And pretty much nothing on the HD.

 

Hard Drive on the top.

SSD on the bottom.

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, K i a r a said:

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NVME SSD's can get warm if they're under load for an extended period of time, that's warm but some can get up to 75C at load. If you have the room you can squeeze in a low profile heatsink but since it's inside of a laptop it may not help much. 

[Sakkura]

If you do put a heatsink on it, remember to only put it on the controller. The actual NAND benefits from higher temperatures (within reason).

[K i a r a]

14 minutes ago, W-L said:

NVME SSD's can get warm if they're under load for an extended period of time, that's warm but some can get up to 75C at load. If you have the room you can squeeze in a low profile heatsink but since it's inside of a laptop it may not help much. 

 

10 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

If you do put a heatsink on it, remember to only put it on the controller. The actual NAND benefits from higher temperatures (within reason).

I dont plan on doing that tbh .-. 

Idk I was told this SSD has like a heatsink thingy on it.. And was told this was a good choice to buy.

 

Should I try and return it?

I think they only do exchanges. 

[Syntaxvgm]

eh I don think that's really bad. No airflow, 67, I've seen worse. 

[W-L]

11 minutes ago, K i a r a said:

 

I dont plan on doing that tbh .-. 

Idk I was told this SSD has like a heatsink thingy on it.. And was told this was a good choice to buy.

 

Should I try and return it?

I think they only do exchanges. 

It has a very minimum heatsink plate on it which does help, and I wouldn't say there is any worry. 

[K i a r a]

6 minutes ago, W-L said:

It has a very minimum heatsink plate on it which does help, and I wouldn't say there is any worry. 

So what do you think I should do?

 

That location, Like I said, I dont know what is casuing it, If it is the Battery, or the 7200 HD - I kinda dont think it is the hard drive, Due to the fact that the temps say they are in the low 30s.

 

But it is quite annoying because I thought the SSD would make this heat go away, But It has not.. Due to it not being the Hard Drive... But its right where your right palm would rest getting quite warm.

 

[W-L]

12 minutes ago, K i a r a said:

So what do you think I should do?

That location, Like I said, I dont know what is casuing it, If it is the Battery, or the 7200 HD - I kinda dont think it is the hard drive, Due to the fact that the temps say they are in the low 30s.

But it is quite annoying because I thought the SSD would make this heat go away, But It has not.. Due to it not being the Hard Drive... But its right where your right palm would rest getting quite warm.

For the drive itself it's not an issue, but in terms of heating up the laptop there isn't much you can do unless you want to get something like a sata based M.2 SSD. If there is little to no airflow through there then anything that gets installed will warm up under load it just depends to what degree.