[SOLVED] M.2 drive heat/mounting tape?

[jt2281cc]

I am getting an intel 1tb M.2 drive in my pc build. I am making acrylic painted covers to increase the aesthetic of my build. On the backside of my GPU ill just use mounting tape, but im worrying about heat on an M.2 drive. First PC build, I'm a newbie. Is the m.2 drive going to get too hot for just hardware-store-grade nice mounting take to hold a small piece of acrylic to it? I was planning to leave a little gap for airflow. Just let me know what I need to know/be worried about with an m.2. I have no idea.

 

[Barty1884]

Unless you're performing extended reads/writes to the drive, it should be fine.
If there's a problem, it will become apparent. Most (all?) NVMe drives have OTP (over-temp protection) built in. So if it's overheating, speeds will throttle. No real risk of damage.

 

[jt2281cc]

Unless you're performing extended reads/writes to the drive, it should be fine.
If there's a problem, it will become apparent. Most (all?) NVMe drives have OTP (over-temp protection) built in. So if it's overheating, speeds will throttle. No real risk of damage.

As dumb as it sounds... Is it gonna get hot enough to melt-ish the mounting tape?

I do mainly gaming...

 

[Barty1884]

As dumb as it sounds... Is it gonna get hot enough to melt-ish the mounting tape?

I do mainly gaming...

Depends on the tape, but I'd doubt it.
Most NAND flash I rated for ~80'C max IIRC .. not optimal, but can get that hot. In practice, it shouldn't get anywhere near that hot on the surface.