Passive M.2 SSD heatsink features a dual ultra-thin vapor chamber — Cooler Master Kaze cools double-sided M.2 drives
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/passive-m-2-ssd-heatsink-features-a-dual-ultra-thin-vapor-chamber-cooler-master-kaze-cools-double-sided-m-2-drives
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Donut@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y
Do M.2 slot SSD's really get hot enough to warrant a cooling method? I build PCs from time to time, but I never heard anyone say "and don't forget the SSD cooler!"
9point6@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The high performance ones can end up throttling under heavy load
Donut@leminal.space · 0 pts · 1y
But do people really need the high performance ones? Or is that just marketing doing it's job convincing people that double the read/write speed will actually improve their system?
Or is this not really for gamers (most PCs in build) but for workstations? Open to learn
9point6@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
People doing stuff like video work benefit from the high speeds, people just doing gaming can probably avoid the top tier of storage
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
The speed difference is very noticeable. I went from a pretty nice drive to a P41 and after loading all of my junk on startup the difference is very noticeable.
Plus cheaper drives tend to struggle REALLY bad with writes past like 2 gigs. I’ve had drives that struggle and perform worse than a sata SSD.
slice@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
According to linus tech tips it is no necessary. But regarding quality standarts I wouldnt trust that source 100% percent. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQmI5A27Iv8
Donut@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y
Interesting vid regardless, thank you! It seems that cooling them too much isn't recommended. I can see the practical use case when copying huge files often, though
femtech@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, maybe if you have a server with a few of them and they are being heavily utilized.