hypothetical ssd question

[Ruben Cleenewerck]

if you wrap an ssd in heat trapping material, like sound absorbing material, would it overheat?

(i know they do not make noise)

 

[James Mason]

They do generate heat, so yes it's likely they could overheat, why would you want to wrap them in anything?

 

[Ruben Cleenewerck]

They do generate heat, so yes it's likely they could overheat, why would you want to wrap them in anything?

because i'm going to apply sound absorbing materiaal to my case and because of that there would be some of the materiaal against it (like 90 % cover the ssd)

 

[James Mason]

Why would you want to do that to your computer?
I dont see it ending well for any of the parts inside of it.

 

[Ruben Cleenewerck]

Why would you want to do that to your computer?
I dont see it ending well for any of the parts inside of it.

Because of the noise reduction. There are still holes for the fans of course (trapping al the air inside would indeed be very catastrophic). i will try to relocate the ssd then and thanks

 

[James Mason]

Well there are ways to reduce noise that don't have the potential to ruin your computer. if it's your fans that are too loud you can buy silent fans, if you're using the stock cpu cooler (the one that came with your CPU when you bought it) it's going to get pretty loud as stock CPU coolers are notoriously loud, whereas aftermarket CPU coolers are pretty silent.

 

[Ruben Cleenewerck]

Well there are ways to reduce noise that don't have the potential to ruin your computer. if it's your fans that are too loud you can buy silent fans, if you're using the stock cpu cooler (the one that came with your CPU when you bought it) it's going to get pretty loud as stock CPU coolers are notoriously loud, whereas aftermarket CPU coolers are pretty silent.

I already did that, noctua fans , i also installed watercooling (gpu + cpu) with a very silent pump.

I'm going for the minimum sound possible from my pc, do you have other tips for me? And thanks again for all the help you give

 

[James Mason]

Put it in another room and run cables to your monitor and keyboard. Sound problem solved without the risk of damaging your computer.