>paying twice the cost for 10% real world improvement speed
good goy
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
More like zero real world
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Nvme are only useful for professionals who move several terabytes a day. There is virtually 0 benefit in using a name over a sata for any pleb.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>be me >back up steam game so I can play its beta version >transfer 60gb from one gen4 drive to another >its done in 30s
on sata I'd have been waiting 10 minutes and while transfers in the background arent a power hog, its still fucking amazing to not wait for things. Speed makes it feel more like its all one big drive
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Say that to my shitty sata ssd that chokes whenever i install something
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
gen 3 are a massive improvement over SATA SSDs, gen 4 is a relatively small improvement over gen 3. The main benefit besides the massive speed increase is that you don't have to deal with sata connectors
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
when SSDs can finally saturate pcie5 x4 then sure Ill buy one, until then theyre a meme
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
but how will I see all my RGB lights if I install that?
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>marginal performance improvements over SATA SSDs >eat up two SATA ports per card, slots that could otherwise be used for more drives >now need comically large heatsinks because they get hotter than any other storage medium
What a scam.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
That's only gen5 and they are indeed pretty stupid
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Are you aware that sequential performance is just a marketing gimmick, right??
No it will not hurt anything. Some of the highest end PCIe 4 SSDs might throttle without it but that’s only a problem if you really stress them. It will not matter for your cheap consumer SSD that you use almost exclusively for video game storage.
Yeah I dont render video or anything like that, just kinda browse LULZ and play videogames. I will put the heatsink back on, but I havent had any issues so far thankfully.
>heatsink with no fan >lol literally useless
this wins brainlet of the day award.
metal contact to the heat source will draw away the heat far quicker than air.
>Big metal plate to increase surface area >Big
Kind of small IMO. If I had to bet money it has zero effect on cooling.
These things exist mainly for fashion reasons. You know like making parts look like anime dragons or whatever.
I surprised people actually engaged with this thread rather than calling you a fag. Not gonna help either, but next time ask people are responsive there. We're not your personal IT
I've read that you shouldn't run your NAND to hot or to cold, I could be remembering garbage but ~40-55c on it keeps it happy.
a lot of the controllers I've seen will throttle ~80c so if you're hitting that limit it doesn't hurt to spread the heat over the flash as well.
I've read that you shouldn't run your NAND to hot or to cold, I could be remembering garbage but ~40-55c on it keeps it happy.
a lot of the controllers I've seen will throttle ~80c so if you're hitting that limit it doesn't hurt to spread the heat over the flash as well.
people on /adv/ are retarded and never reply.
Well yeah, it's a trashbin to direct retards to when they ask for tech support on the technology board.
its a heatsink.
you might need it
will it hurt anything if its not on there?
yes, removing is a fire hazard
Ah okay, fair enough, I havent had it on for like a year, but I guess I should slap that bad boy back on.
Bullshit. On most m.2 SSDs it won't matter at all.
>most
There is one thing that can determine if it is needed in a specific one or not: Research
>want people to stop posting about tech support
>replies to existing posts anyway instead of hiding and reporting a tech support thread
Based retard
I don't give a fuck about tech support threads. I am just here to have fun without the fun part.
>IM NOT MAD
>keeps replying
lol
Boop
Tech support should be allowed here. It's an order of magnitude more relevant to the board topic than 99% of the threads made anymore.
Fuck off retard
gen4 is house fire. 60C+ under light load
>gen 4
Get on with the times old man.
>paying twice the cost for 10% real world improvement speed
good goy
More like zero real world
Nvme are only useful for professionals who move several terabytes a day. There is virtually 0 benefit in using a name over a sata for any pleb.
>be me
>back up steam game so I can play its beta version
>transfer 60gb from one gen4 drive to another
>its done in 30s
on sata I'd have been waiting 10 minutes and while transfers in the background arent a power hog, its still fucking amazing to not wait for things. Speed makes it feel more like its all one big drive
Say that to my shitty sata ssd that chokes whenever i install something
gen 3 are a massive improvement over SATA SSDs, gen 4 is a relatively small improvement over gen 3. The main benefit besides the massive speed increase is that you don't have to deal with sata connectors
when SSDs can finally saturate pcie5 x4 then sure Ill buy one, until then theyre a meme
but how will I see all my RGB lights if I install that?
>marginal performance improvements over SATA SSDs
>eat up two SATA ports per card, slots that could otherwise be used for more drives
>now need comically large heatsinks because they get hotter than any other storage medium
What a scam.
That's only gen5 and they are indeed pretty stupid
Are you aware that sequential performance is just a marketing gimmick, right??
No it will not hurt anything. Some of the highest end PCIe 4 SSDs might throttle without it but that’s only a problem if you really stress them. It will not matter for your cheap consumer SSD that you use almost exclusively for video game storage.
Yeah I dont render video or anything like that, just kinda browse LULZ and play videogames. I will put the heatsink back on, but I havent had any issues so far thankfully.
It will be extremely painful.
forU
no its meant for really stupidly fast nvme drives which literally nobody here will ever use as it even 2500/3500 drives do not heat up
>heatsink with no fan
lol literally useless, probably retains more heat then it dissipates
OP, its called planned obsolescence, they want to make sure your m.2 dies early and often so you keep upgrading
My NVMe drive runs cooler using the heatsink that came with the mobo than it does with the heatsink the drive itself came with.
>heatsink with no fan
>lol literally useless
this wins brainlet of the day award.
metal contact to the heat source will draw away the heat far quicker than air.
It's a passive heatsink you retard.
>Big metal plate to increase surface area
>Case fans go spinny
>Air takes away heat from heatsinks
>Big metal plate to increase surface area
>Big
Kind of small IMO. If I had to bet money it has zero effect on cooling.
These things exist mainly for fashion reasons. You know like making parts look like anime dragons or whatever.
They probably don't do a whole lot to be fair, there's not even thermal pads on them, but it will still help a litle bit
It's a form of heat dissipation that came with your motherboard, why would you not use it
Hey OP here, what is this thing?
sata power
a sata power cable
Not OP, what the heck is this thing?
a power cable for retarded countries
look at the back of the pc.
I surprised people actually engaged with this thread rather than calling you a fag. Not gonna help either, but next time ask people are responsive there. We're not your personal IT
just use it, it'll keep the NAND warm and the controller cool. zero downsides.
OP here, why do women hate me?
no you don't need that. most of these covers/coolers only trap the heat
Why in gods name would you *not* use the heatsink?
It just makes it run cooler and prevents it from losing performance
it's funny because 8 years ago i was told a M.2 should not use a heatsink, it's good for performance when it runs hot. now i have to unlearn that?
Do you also know some good recipes for making crystals?
good one, though i didnt get that info from a meme image but a tech article
>a tech article
The most authoritative of sources
god damn it, someone back me up here. i can't be the only one hearing that heat is (was) good for M.2
I've read that you shouldn't run your NAND to hot or to cold, I could be remembering garbage but ~40-55c on it keeps it happy.
a lot of the controllers I've seen will throttle ~80c so if you're hitting that limit it doesn't hurt to spread the heat over the flash as well.
It was true sort of 8 years ago. Now these things will hit 100°c in a few seconds without a heatsink, and stay plent warm with one
thank you for making me feel better
>he can't tell the difference between a quantum buffer and a photonic modulator
My work PC and my second "PC" (NAS + AI workstation) run 24/7. A heatsink for an SSD costs 15€ and lasts a lifetime, easy decision.
Aren't ssds intentionally designed to run hot in order to improve their data retention?
The SSDs need to be heated
No you don't
Like you don't need a heatsink on your proc.
it's a heatsink that keeps temps lower. just use it cus it'll help with temps
I'm still using SATA SSDs everywhere
Nvme is gonna sit right above ur GPU, u will need a heatsink if u're not fully liquid cooling