Does Your M.2 NVMe SSD Need a Heatsink

Does Your M.2 NVMe SSD Need a Heatsink
So you got a super fast SSD and its running super hot when gaming or rendering videos and you want to cool down your M.2 NVMe SSD with a heatsink, I will show you before and after benchmark results to see the difference in SSD temperatures.

ELUTENG M.2 SSD NVME Heatsink 2 Pack Fits for PS5 Computer PC Aluminum Cooler Double-Sided M2 2280 SSD Heatsink M2 NGFF NVME Heatsink with 4 Thermal Silicone Pad for M.2 PCIE NVME SSD or M.2 SATA SSD, with Thermal Silicone pad for PC / PS5 M.2 PCIE NVMe SSD or M.2 SATA SSD

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[rikki-tikki-tavi]

I've watched 2 of your videos and I must say you explain things very well, with excellent video of the subject matter. You have a new subscriber. Thank you.

[leandroarbr]

A common problem with these M.2 SSD is the position of the slot on the MB, it's generally under or very near the GPU, so along with the normal heating coming from the M.2 normal usage, it gets even hotter because it's getting more heat from your GPU, specially if you're running some graphically demanding game or software, i already lost a XPG M2 because of this.

[SinisterSkyler]

really good video, very friendly to those harder of learning - thank you!

[rockeyoliver]

Thank you for your video here! Very educational!

[Glennmc]

I have the WD sn750 in my laptop and even with the heatsink and the thermal pad that comes with it the drive still gets hella hot. Could you recommend a better heatsink that might work better to cool it down.

[romannavratilid]

The bottom part of the cooler, wont it be too high to prevent me inserting the SSD to its M2 slot...? Did all (majority) of manufactures counted on the possibility that people will be using heatsinks (that have and "under" part)...? Dont i have to be worried that this kind of heatsink (that has an "underpart" on the "underside" of the SSD) will make the ssd too "high" from the motherboard to prevent me inserting the SSD into its M2 slot...?

[pixellord]

Hey, does this custom heatsink performs better than the one that came with motherboard?

[alimerchant]

hey bud, nice video. quick question: if your higher-end motherboard as well as M.2 NVME SSD both come with a heatsink, which one would you use? can we assume the drive comes with the best heatsink solution vs. the motherboard which maybe generic, to cater to more drives but is maybe more avg even though its part of a high end motherboard? hope that makes sense, appreciate any inputs or insights.

[crazyaces]

until I read somewhere about these getting hot I HAD NO IDEA! ugh.. always something right?
Well, I guess I'll find out since I just bought one to go with a new GIGABYTE B560 AORUS PRO AX.. I think it has a "heat sink" on it. All new to me. Thanks for video!

[davehenderson]

My M.2 SSD at idle is about 34c and playing games about 45c, but when i transfer data on the drive it can go up to 60c. I don't use a heat sink.

[davidflea]

I have that exact same yateng heatsink and I have noticed 0 difference in temperatures. I saw people saying that the thermal pads were too thick and to use thermal paste. I gave it a go and tried it with thermal paste instead but again the exact same temps.

Btw it gets to about 57c during gaming and 66 during benchmarking, 41 idle. I really wanted this to work and for the fuck of it I'm going to try doing adding back the pads on top of the paste but I don't think it'll matter but I'm still doing it.

[DARKSNVV]

hahaha man I have that same board and I never new that the bottom plate was the heatsink for the nvme. I thought that It didnt come with one. Imma go on ahead and fix that shortly and install another nvme. Thanks for the video!

[richardmilner]

What benchmark software are you using?

[lesmotley]

Why not just set up a small fan to blow directly at the drive?

[michalsmutny]

are you sure that you use the heatsing right way, i saw that thermal pad must be directly only on controller

[Sunsetwithlotion]

my motherboard didnt come with one so i added a m.1 and a heatsink from micro center, and its allways falling off to the point where it hit my gpu and my monitors went black

[brianwalker]

Great video . Is this heatsink any good for laptops or would it be to thick to fit? IF to thick do you have any suggestions for a laptop heatsink? I realize those questions are very vague considering differences in laptop designs but even the most basic of suggestions will be of help thank you for your time.

[originalvp]

@Britec09 can you do a video on m.2 external drives. I have a sabrant rocket drive (the black and gold one) in a sabrant enclosure but my write speeds are really low and I don't understand why...in a real world transfer my speeds drop down in the kbs and at max I get 200mbps and I should be getting over 600....any advice?

[walter_lesaulnier]

A good trick if your PC has a PCIE 3.0 NVMe connector, is to put a PCIe 4.0 NVMe in it. Those drives are designed to run at the faster speeds so when you run them at the slower PCIe 3.0 speed, they don't overheat nearly as much, if at all. And the PCIe 4.0 drives have dropped so much in price that they are close to the same price as the 3.0 versions.