The SSD Thread V6, Solid State Drive, Continued.
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 Sep 3 2020, 06:29 PM
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Alamak, I ordered B550M Steel Legend board which has a M.2 heatsink cover that's connected to the chipset.
The PCIE gen 4 SSD i bought, Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 already has integrated copper heatsink. There is no way I can fit the SSD thanks to the motherboard's cover. Is it safe to unscrew the Aorus copper heatsink and use the integrated motherboard one instead? |
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Sep 5 2020, 11:39 PM
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QUOTE(FatalExe @ Sep 3 2020, 06:29 PM) Alamak, I ordered B550M Steel Legend board which has a M.2 heatsink cover that's connected to the chipset. Anyone can advice?The PCIE gen 4 SSD i bought, Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 already has integrated copper heatsink. There is no way I can fit the SSD thanks to the motherboard's cover. Is it safe to unscrew the Aorus copper heatsink and use the integrated motherboard one instead?  |
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Sep 6 2020, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE(Cold|Drawn @ Sep 5 2020, 11:48 PM) Usually the SSD comes disassembled, you'll need to peel the plastic off the thermal pad of the heatsink and assemble the SSD onto it yourself. It's pre-assembled already in the box. So I would have to remove the screws and remove the Aorus heatsink.If you intend to use the heatsink from your mobo, then just keep the Aorus heatsink instead? skip to 0:36 I'm still waiting on my PC case and thermal paste to arrive so I haven't done it yet. |
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Sep 6 2020, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(Cold|Drawn @ Sep 6 2020, 12:18 PM) Ah okay, perhaps you can see from the video how he assembles the SSD and reverse engineer it? OK, thanks. I'll give it a try in the next few days when I assemble the new PC haha. Gonna remove my old components and put it into the new oneIt should be safe, normally just the SSD resting on the thermal pad. |
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Sep 9 2020, 07:39 PM
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QUOTE(Cold|Drawn @ Sep 6 2020, 12:18 PM) Ah okay, perhaps you can see from the video how he assembles the SSD and reverse engineer it? I assembled the new PC, everything works fine. Removed Aorus heatsink and used mobo heatsink without issues. Windows is so fast on this even compared to my previous SATA 3 SSD!It should be safe, normally just the SSD resting on the thermal pad. |
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