Comment on How fast SSDs slow to a crawl: thermal throttling (2021)Comments−Asmod4n4yJay has done a test regarding ssd overheating: https://youtu.be/dDTH93dgulEVerdict: once you have any kind of passive cooler on one it won’t overheat. But he has only tested it with one fast PCIe 4 x 4 drive.−Asooka4yOr ensuring airflow directly on the thin heatspreader already present. For my personal PC I just have a small fan inside the case perched on the backplate of the GPU blowing air directly at the NVMe slot. Very ghetto, but very effective :D
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Jay has done a test regarding ssd overheating: https://youtu.be/dDTH93dgulE
Verdict: once you have any kind of passive cooler on one it won’t overheat. But he has only tested it with one fast PCIe 4 x 4 drive.
Or ensuring airflow directly on the thin heatspreader already present. For my personal PC I just have a small fan inside the case perched on the backplate of the GPU blowing air directly at the NVMe slot. Very ghetto, but very effective :D