[SOLVED] Does my M.2 drive need a heatsink?

[Fusion1005]

I want to get a 500gb M.2 drive for my PC, but my motherboard I'm planning to get, the B450 Tomahawk Max, doesn't have a heatsink for it. Would it be fine without a heatsink?

 

[kerberos_20]

that depends on your usage
if its for gaming, it will hardly heat up
if u gonna use it for video editing, u may need one
anyway it will work without heatsing
u can monitor temperatures with hwinfo64 and see if it throttles (~70С)

 

[Fusion1005]

that depends on your usage
if its for gaming, it will hardly heat up
if u gonna use it for video editing, u may need one
anyway it will work without heatsing
u can monitor temperatures with hwinfo64 and see if it throttles (~70С)

K I just plan on using it to download Windows 10 onto it and some apps like Discord and Chrome while my games are put on my hdd so I don't think it'll be necessary.

 

[Maxxify]

Probably unnecessary.

 

[dorsai]

I want to get a 500gb M.2 drive for my PC, but my motherboard I'm planning to get, the B450 Tomahawk Max, doesn't have a heatsink for it. Would it be fine without a heatsink?

If you're buying a SATA drive then no...if you're planning on an NVME drive then you should look into a heatsink as the performance can degrade especially in hot summer weather.

 

[Fusion1005]

If you're buying a SATA drive then no...if you're planning on an NVME drive then you should look into a heatsink as the performance can degrade especially in hot summer weather.

I am buying an nvme drive.

But idk how hot summer weather will affect it that much since I'm not gonna be outdoors.

 

[dorsai]

I am buying an nvme drive.

But idk how hot summer weather will affect it that much since I'm not gonna be outdoors.

Up to you...it's your data at risk.
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