Question rubber pad under Nvme drive

[Rui Neves]

Is it necessary to use a rubber pad under the NVMe drive if the motherboard doesn't have an NVMe heatsink?

 

[Misgar]

No. You don't need a rubber pad.

You could buy an after market heatsink instead.

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright...074&sprefix=m.2+heatsink,aps,154&sr=8-21&th=1

 

[Rui Neves]

No. You don't need a rubber pad.

You could buy an after market heatsink instead.

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-2280-M-2-Conductivity-Performance/dp/B0C4D2PHY2/ref=sr_1_21?crid=15SJO88W0ZEOH&keywords=m.2+heatsink&qid=1697095074&sprefix=m.2+heatsink,aps,154&sr=8-21&th=1

Okay, thanks. My NVMe drive does not seem to get very hot; I have never seen temperatures above 50°C. My concern was more about people saying that they can bend over time with a motherboard heatsink, so I was wondering if it can still happen without any heatsink on it.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Okay, thanks. My NVMe drive does not seem to get very hot; I have never seen temperatures above 50°C. My concern was more about people saying that they can bend over time with a motherboard heatsink, so I was wondering if it can still happen without any heatsink on it.

If anything, adding a heat sink to an M.2 drive will stiffen it, because it's now attached to a rigid block of metal.

As for leaving a drive bare, while technically it could flex and bend due to thermal expansion, I'm pretty sure manufacturers accounted for that so the drive doesn't exceed mechanical tolerances unless the drive is literally on fire. At which point you have bigger concerns.

 

[Rui Neves]

If anything, adding a heat sink to an M.2 drive will stiffen it, because it's now attached to a rigid block of metal.

As for leaving a drive bare, while technically it could flex and bend due to thermal expansion, I'm pretty sure manufacturers accounted for that so the drive doesn't exceed mechanical tolerances unless the drive is literally on fire. At which point you have bigger concerns.

so the odds of bending are more or less the same of a Motherboard or GPU ?

 

[boju]

What motherboard do you have? Reason i ask is most motherboards come with M2 covers that you remove to access the M2 slots. These covers are heatsinks themselves.

 

[Rui Neves]

What motherboard do you have? Reason i ask is most motherboards come with M2 covers that you remove to access the M2 slots. These covers are heatsinks themselves.

Not the case . I have a gigabyte b450 Gaming X .