I have two M.2 NVMe's installed on my Asus Prime X470 Pro. One has the OS and any programs I download. The other holds data. I have additional things going on for data backup, but we can focus my question down to the specific issue: the OS is on the M.2 which is closest to the CPU and tends to run about ten to fifteen degrees warmer. But when I run some benchmarks it hasn't exceeded 60C which isn't so bad.
The other M.2 is on real estate that is a few more inches away and on the other side of the GPU. It tends to run around 35c.
So my question is
As I see the question of whether to swap the two M.2s' positions revolves around two issues. Which is more of a hassle to replace if it fails, the OS drive or the data drive?
--To this question I answer it would be easier to replace the data drive. I have other backups both in and outside the box so the aggro factor of an NVMe crashing if all it has is data is minimal.
--That said, life has gotten much easier since I adopted the system of keeping only the OS and programs, no data at all, on the OS drive. I "know the drill" on reinstalling everything.
But what I would really like to know is whether the M.2 closest to the cpu is really a "one should worry" thing or a "get on with your life, it will be fine" kind of thing. This is very new technology (for me anyhow) and I'm a little leery of it.
There is the additional fact that in my limited experience the failure mode is always something you haven't thought of.
thanks,
Greg N
The other M.2 is on real estate that is a few more inches away and on the other side of the GPU. It tends to run around 35c.
So my question is
- Is it a mistake to have the OS M.2 in the hotter spot nearest to the CPU
- If I move it is it going to remain the C drive and the other one remain the D drive
As I see the question of whether to swap the two M.2s' positions revolves around two issues. Which is more of a hassle to replace if it fails, the OS drive or the data drive?
--To this question I answer it would be easier to replace the data drive. I have other backups both in and outside the box so the aggro factor of an NVMe crashing if all it has is data is minimal.
--That said, life has gotten much easier since I adopted the system of keeping only the OS and programs, no data at all, on the OS drive. I "know the drill" on reinstalling everything.
But what I would really like to know is whether the M.2 closest to the cpu is really a "one should worry" thing or a "get on with your life, it will be fine" kind of thing. This is very new technology (for me anyhow) and I'm a little leery of it.
There is the additional fact that in my limited experience the failure mode is always something you haven't thought of.
thanks,
Greg N