Is COOLING Your SSD A MISTAKE?

Can putting a heatsink on your SSD shorten its lifespan?

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[notksalt]

"ssd drive" ah, yes, solid state drive drive

[micro]

I’m just shocked that Intel still responds to Linus’ after he keeps trashing them for their anti-consumer behavior 😂

[caliqm]

"But is this really something the average person needs to worry about?"
Jayztwocents: "Surprisingly..."

[AlNexus]

"You wanna keep it cool as possible"
*puts 1000W LED strip*

[silvy]

"Even as a Canadian I doubt that most of you are operating your computers in the middle of a blizzard"
Me who ran my laptop in -20f degree weather: *Exits the back quietly*

[willbarron]

I was under the impression that SSD heatsinks were more about keeping the controller from throttling than keeping the flash cool 🤔

[Smoreozie]

Before: 100mb hdd


*freezes*
after: 4TB m.2 ssd

[kenGPT]

2:48 Unless you're Kingston's HyperX RGB SSD that overheats itself with the RGB on.

[imboredcantusee]

You guys have taught me so much thank you very much I’m building a pc in a month :) U Guys Are Awesome!!!

[pudseybear]

"YouTube getting real comfortable with these double ads" comments coming soon...

[innoillust]

You know how time feels really faster nowadays?
Linus's Beard keeps me on track with time...
But now i feel betrayed

[uss_]

03:29
Calling it right now. NVMe will have a molex connector for supplemental power. And it will be announced 2020 cause that’s how 2020 rolls

[Tall_Order]

So basically just install the SSD and forget it. Got it. Been doing that.

[HellSpawnRulerOfHell]

So, I should be leaving my Backup SSDs in the fridge. 🙃

[bren.r]

1:29 “I doubt you guys are operating your computers in the middle of a blizzard”

Let me tell you about my 64-core Threadripper pro overclocked to 7.4 GHz

[samtherat]

Now I want a LTT video where they essentially freeze a SSD using the the waterblock and Linus's chiller and see if it degrades.

[ABaumstumpf]

There are 2 things you need to compromise:
write-cycles and data-lifetime.
Higher temperature decrease the wear caused by writing but decrease the time the data can be stored securely without degrading.
So if you use your drive manly for pushing a lot of files through (really a lot) then keeping it at 65-85°C can significantly increase its lifetime.
If you want to just store a lot of data (and some read-operations as well) then keeping it at a lower temperature can make the data last way longer.

For enterprise-SSDs it is generally more important to hold up to very high write-loads but the data retention is not that important - because of that their endurance is rated at 55°C 24/7 workloads and only need to hold the data for 3 months at storage-temp of 40°C, where as consumer-SSDs are rated for 40°C and 8h/day and need to last 1 year at 30°C.
For businesses if they buy SSDs they usually do not buy them for longterm storage but they expect to keep writing to them every single hour for years.

[krishsatpati]

Heated the SSD in an oven




*Now my PC has 1 terabyte of RAM*

[QuZr]

As funny as it sounds, my setup actually REQUIRES M.2 waterblock. I've got an early revision Samsung 960 Pro, and it throttles likes HELL even under a mild load, with regular heatsink on, easily exceeding 90C (194F). I've got the same WB you showed in the video and now - 50C max under a heavy load!

[elbisp]

4:00 - "Don't have grief"
Me: excited to hear about Linus's preferred necromancer.
Linus: here's a VPN!