Question High SSD Temp on HWMonitor

[daniele00]

Hello to everyone, i'm obsessed with the computer's temperatures, so i check them everytime i end a gaming session, my ssd temps were always between 35 and 43 Celsius degrees, great numbers, but yesterday before sleeping i noticed checking HWMonitor , that my ssd had a max temp of 84°C, never had something like that, but the other curious thing was that the current temp was 42°C, the normal range, the ssd are not so fast cooling themself, so if it went to 84 for real , i'd expected to see an higher temp than 42 as current value... The point is: Is it possible it was a fake reading by the software or by the sensor on the ssd? I'll check the situation in the following days.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What model SSD?
What are the rest of system specs? High power cpu? High power gpu?
How may fans installed?

Can you show a photo of your system with side panel removed?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Check system fans. Some of them may have died.

 

[Lafong]

I wouldn't draw any immediate conclusions.

You haven't provided details on drive brand, model, size, etc.

HWInfo will find one sensor point on some drives and 3 or more on others. The controller area may be the hottest and can differ substantially (25 degrees or more in my personal experience) from other locations.

You may be able to use the drive manufacturer's software (Intel Toolbox, Western Digital Dashboard, etc) to find out if the drive has ever throttled. Temps at which an NVMe will throttle varies; probably near 80.

You say you are obsessed. That may prevent a rational approach. I don't know how much it bothers you, but you could obviously go to extreme measures if necessary....more fans, more heatsinks, more air conditioning, medication, etc.

 

[daniele00]

It's a SSD NVME M2 Samsung 980 500gb.

My specs:
Ryzen 5 5600x
16gb ddrs 3200mhz (2x8) Kingston Fury Beast
Gigabyte b550 gaming x v2
Asus RTX 3060ti
psu sharkoon 650w
DeepCool Liquid Cooler 2 fans


My case has just one fan on the rear

 

[daniele00]

I wouldn't draw any immediate conclusions.

You haven't provided details on drive brand, model, size, etc.

HWInfo will find one sensor point on some drives and 3 or more on others. The controller area may be the hottest and can differ substantially (25 degrees or more in my personal experience) from other locations.

You may be able to use the drive manufacturer's software (Intel Toolbox, Western Digital Dashboard, etc) to find out if the drive has ever throttled. Temps at which an NVMe will throttle varies; probably near 80.

You say you are obsessed. That may prevent a rational approach. I don't know how much it bothers you, but you could obviously go to extreme measures if necessary....more fans, more heatsinks, more air conditioning, medication, etc.

The samsung magic tool shows if the ssd has ever throttled?

 

[Lafong]

The samsung magic tool shows if the ssd has ever throttled?

I don't know. I don't use Samsung.

BUT......I have seen reports that Magician can show a warning when drives are at 61 degrees, even though 61 is widely accepted as an OK temp. Not sure if that applies to all drives or all versions of Magician.

Samsung Magician's Hot SSDs Aren't Actually All That Hot

SSDs are reporting as overheating in Samsung Magician, is it real or is it make believe.

www.pugetsystems.com

 

[SkyNetRising]

DeepCool Liquid Cooler 2 fans
My case has just one fan on the rear

Can you show a photo??
Is DeepCool Liquid Cooler radiator installed in case front or case top?

 

[geofelt]

Temperature readings are at a moment in time.
Not an average.
It is based on a calculation of sensors.
The operating range for Samsung SSD devices is 70c.
You would normally never see that unless you were doing some sort of an extended sequential reading task. Think virus scan.
If the ssd got too hot, it should simply slow down a bit until the situation resolved.
You should have some airflow over the m.2.
Often the m.2 slot is directly under the graphics card where airflow may be limited.
If the motherboard does not get any airflow, your m.2 can indeed get hot.
One problem with aio coolers is that motherboards may not get the airflow you want.
A description of your case/aio, and fan arrangements would help.

Bottom line, though, is that I would chalk it up to a temporary blip.