Laptops SSD vs HDD heat difference

[rapt0r3cool5u]

Hello,

Anyone have experience of how much an SSD makes in terms of heat? I got a free laptop from work (just had to repair screen and put in a hdd), but now when I run IDE's and a few other things it sometimes makes the fans go loud, would an SSD make it run much cooler at all? Can anyone speak from experience?

(Fujitsu lifebook a544 with quad core i5-4200u)

Thanks,

M

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there.

When it comes to laptop overheating, drives are the least of your concerns (unless there's particularly an overheating issue with a drive). Generally the more power the drive consumes the hotter it will get. SSDs are less power hungry than HDDs, so you can assume they generate less heat as well.
However, you should make sure that the laptop is cleaned up and that the fans are in a proper working order. You could change the CPU's thermal paste as well if you get high temperature readings for it.
And the lifesaver for all laptop users - get a cooling pad. It can really make a difference.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[rapt0r3cool5u]

Cheers for the reply bud, I was aware it's not a game changer, but thing is the laptop in itself was only used for a day before someone broke it from brand new, and an inspection didn't seem to show any dust, even though it was unused for a day, I could perhaps look at pastes, I'll conduct some further checks before changing it though as I have no experience with tinkering with laptops (apart from installing RAM to laptops in my company).

After looking at some reviews it appears the fans turn on even with basic use once in a while, so might just be a laptop with the laptop generally. *sadface*

I may need to consider finding some sort of a super portable cooling pad, as I don't want to carry a bunch of heavy things around. They do appear to be more portable than I initially thought though, I imagined most would require mains but it appears it's not the case.

Think I might just need to see how much I use my laptop in the coming months and act accordingly.

Hey there.

When it comes to laptop overheating, drives are the least of your concerns (unless there's particularly an overheating issue with a drive). Generally the more power the drive consumes the hotter it will get. SSDs are less power hungry than HDDs, so you can assume they generate less heat as well.
However, you should make sure that the laptop is cleaned up and that the fans are in a proper working order. You could change the CPU's thermal paste as well if you get high temperature readings for it.
And the lifesaver for all laptop users - get a cooling pad. It can really make a difference.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[rapt0r3cool5u]

Also, do you reckon that changing 8gb to 16gb is likely to add more heating issues?

Hey there.

When it comes to laptop overheating, drives are the least of your concerns (unless there's particularly an overheating issue with a drive). Generally the more power the drive consumes the hotter it will get. SSDs are less power hungry than HDDs, so you can assume they generate less heat as well.
However, you should make sure that the laptop is cleaned up and that the fans are in a proper working order. You could change the CPU's thermal paste as well if you get high temperature readings for it.
And the lifesaver for all laptop users - get a cooling pad. It can really make a difference.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[Boogieman_WD]

If it's a brand new laptop (regardless of it ending up with a broken screen after being used for a day), the thermal paste should be fine as it is now. You could consider looking into some software options for fan monitoring. Some of them have features, which you might exploit to adjust the fans' speed (RPM). However, I would be very careful with that if I were you, as I don't like the idea of less noisy fans at the expense of a fried CPU.
As for upgrading your memory, no, I don't think this would make a noticeable difference in terms of heat.

Cheers!