Question Is this temp normal on NVME M.2?

[Theonereborn]

Hi! Been looking around for quite some time but couldn't find a specific answer.

I am using a Samsung 990 Evo 1 tb (pcie 4). I wanted to have it as my primary disk and use the pcie 4 slot, so I cloned it from my old SSD.
I started monitoring temps and noticed in Hwinfo that my SSD has two temperature sensors, one registering around 50 C and the other 70 C idle, which pushes past 90 C if I transfer big files or do a benchmark. I got so scared that I ran my fans at full speed to keep the temperature down.

I gathered from searching that this temp might be the ASIC controller, and if it is, is this temperature too high for this part during such workloads?

In Samsung magician it says that the drive temperature is good. Am I just a bit paranoid here?

Best regards

 

[Lafong]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsung-990-evo-2tb-ssd-review/2

It is reviewed above with comments on temps.

I guess it is a hybrid drive. It apparently will run at 5.0 speeds in a 5.0 port...and 4.0 speeds otherwise.

Don't know what board you are using. If 5.0 is supported, I'd expect it to run "warm", but not 70 at idle.

Does your case have mediocre airflow?

Are you averse to using a heatsink?

Temp sensors on an NVME are in various locations. I've seen up to 3 locations. I'd suspect the warmest temp you see is near the controller. My gen 4 NVME will hit 70 under a very heavy load when in a 3.0 port.

I'd certainly expect your drive will throttle at some temp by design. That may terrify you....or not. Not sure how strongly you buy into the heat/longevity issue.

Are you using the most recent version of HWInfo?

 

[Theonereborn]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsung-990-evo-2tb-ssd-review/2

It is reviewed above with comments on temps.

I guess it is a hybrid drive. It apparently will run at 5.0 speeds in a 5.0 port...and 4.0 speeds otherwise.

Don't know what board you are using. If 5.0 is supported, I'd expect it to run "warm", but not 70 at idle.

Does your case have mediocre airflow?

Are you averse to using a heatsink?

Temp sensors on an NVME are in various locations. I've seen up to 3 locations. I'd suspect the warmest temp you see is near the controller. My gen 4 NVME will hit 70 under a very heavy load when in a 3.0 port.

I'd certainly expect your drive will throttle at some temp by design. That may terrify you....or not. Not sure how strongly you buy into the heat/longevity issue.

Are you using the most recent version of HWInfo?

Hi, thank you for the reply.

I have this one which is gen 4: https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/368272-Samsung-990-EVO-1TB?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Pmax | Price_Under_3000&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAlsy5BhDeARIsABRc6ZvaxDQr0oTxsCM-SzOaNiWeqLvTqVfB5MhNSjH3Acu7RFjjHc1juFYaAvVgEALw_wcB

And the MBD is ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WIFI II. Their great idea was to put the M.2 with PCIE 4 in the awkward spot between the CPU cooler and the GPU. With no room for the bundle heatsink, which can only be installed in the PCIE 3 supported slot.. Since there are no holes next to the faster slot.

Airflow I'm not 100% sure.. I have two fans that are be quiet! Silent wings 4 and a CPU cooler be quiet! Shadow Rock 3. One fan in the front, one fan in the back of the case. They're mounted correctly.

I am considering buying a heatsink, but I wanted to make sure it's not some other issue.

Other components seem to be in ordinary temperature ranges, and everything seems normal at a glance, it's just this temp from the NVMe that scares me a bit...

I wasn't using the latest beta version that came out recently, no.

 

[Lafong]

I just looked at my own drive in HWInfo.

It is a WD SN 770; mid level, no heatsink; 3 temp sensors.

Idling right now.

They read 36, 42, and 63. Wide variation among the 3. Room temp near 80 F/26 C.

The 63 is a bit higher than I thought it might be. Had not looked in a while. Earlier versions of HWinfo only showed me 1 sensor, the lowest one.

My guess would be that your temps are "normal" considering your case and ventilation issues.

So you have a tug-of-war between:

Should I buy a heatsink?

Should I buy better or more fans?

Could I direct a fan directly toward that drive?

Can I simply decide to worry less, figuring Samsung will throttle the drive temporarily if temps get to something beyond what the drive was designed for?

And anything else you can think of.

My drive's throttle point is 80; it has NEVER throttled. Don't know about Samsung throttle point.

Heatsinks are cheap and generally effective. Some may not fit into a cramped space, so be careful if you go that route.