Hey guys, i'm using Crucial MX500 M.2 SSD at my Asrock B450M Pro4. The location for M.2 slot at the mobo is below of the GPU and i notice the temperature is a bit high. Here the temperature recorded using hard disk sentinel :



is it ok for the temperature to be in that range?

Normal temp. Nothing to worry about

Double post

With side cover off is there any difference in temp?

This post has been edited by jetblast: Aug 20 2020, 08:16 PM

u can try to get a heatsink for it..

I samseng 850EVO running for 70C for almost 4 years now.

oh wai...... Actually claimed warranty within 1st year. after that add a fan.

you mean the the pc case cover?

i try to find in shopee, mostly it is shipped from overseas

this one got 5 years warranty, should not be worry right?

Mine idles at around 34-36ish

Maybe you can add a heatsink to dissipate the heat better
https://www.lazada.com.my/products/m2-heats...BaCStL&search=1

also, additional fans to exhaust the heat from GPU helps too.

Try remove the PC case side cover and see the temps. Might be airflow problem in your case.

Normal, can attach aluminium cooler fins as well to it.

Idle 55c is ok. But I worried on the max temperature. Most manufacturer recommend max temp is 70 something. Try do something intensive like copy 100GB files to the SSD and see what is the highest temp jump.

Get a heatsink for better cooling, but since it's below GPU you must see how many mm clearance you have for the heatsink.

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Aug 21 2020, 09:42 AM

My Samsung 960 Pro 512GB can hit 70C with M.2 heatsink. Nothing to worry about.

Since M.2 SSD got overheating issue, why people still choose M.2 SSD over SATA SSD?

My SATA SSD runs very cool only 40C

Because they leave SATA based SSD in the dust.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2432?vs=2198

Like I said, nothing to worry about. They can throttle itself when hot.

ahmy Out of curiosity, why did you went with SATA instead of NVMe?
Your motherboard support NVMe

I think the throttle limit for these drives are 75 to 80C

You're good to go.

here's my temperature during web surfing:
m.2 sata ssd under graphics card: 42°c
2.5" sata ssd on rear side of mobo tray: 38°c
3.5" sata hdd (spinner) on hdd cage behind air intake: 33°c

m.2 ssd is designed to take the heat punishment.

maybe because of tight on budget and i see there is a good review on mx500 m.2

My Toshiba XG3 OEM NVME drive will go up to 73C and throttle, doesn't kill it. I now house it in a USB 3.1 case, plugging into USB 3.0 port, works cooler now.

Seem M.2 SSD's run pretty hot. My Samsung SSD only idles around 35+ celcius

Exactly. No benefit of m2 sata ssd over sata ssd

Runs at the same speeds

Just get normal SATA SSD. If wanna upgrade, straight go for nvme.