[SOLVED] Samsung 980 Pro Temps

[SteelMouse]

Hello,

I have a Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB as the boot drive and it's barely full (73% free space out of the 1 TB) and also has 10% over provisioning set.

And the case is very well ventilated (noctua 120 + 140 iPPC's, 3 x 140's + 2 x 120's for intake) and (4 x 120's for exhaust).

The temps on the Samsung 980 is as follows:

1. Normal boot up and OS loading: 43 Celcius
2. Samsung Magician Performance Benchmark: Max 59 Celcius

I have CrystalDiskInfo installed and anytime the SSD goes above 50 Celcius, it plays the alarm sound. What is the ideal operating temperature for the Samsung 980 Pro considering I read somewhere that the NAND / Flash chips don't like to be too cold.

Thank you for your time, I appreciate it a lot.

 

[AlexTheFern]

it seems okay, even somewhat low

read this

 

[BogdanH]

My Samsung 970Pro 512G has about 40°C in average (+/-4°C) and even if it would go up to 50°C I would worry much -knowing that silicone can easy handle temps above that.
However, if I would see temps above 50°C, I would check my PC case airflow.

 

[geofelt]

You are good.
The max operating temperature is 85c.
The warning comes at 82c.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16087/the-samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-ssd-review/8

Likely your crystal mark synthetic benchmark has set 50c. as a warning level.

It is only under sustained sequential processing that m.2 devices heat up.
Think on the order of 30+ seconds for a virus scan.
If the temperature gets too high, the ssd will throttle to protect itself.
Not a big issue, most ssd processing is small random I/O.

 

[SteelMouse]

@geofelt Thank you for the detailed answer.

@AlexTheFern Thank you for the review link, read it, good to know the temps are in expected range.

 

[SteelMouse]

@geofelt and @AlexTheFern
One thing I forgot to ask, would I be running into the risk of overcooling the Samsung 980 Pro if I install the following heatsink:
https://www.sabrent.com/product/SB-HTSK/m-2-2280-ssd-rocket-heatsink/

 

[Nemesia]

No there is no risk but that's wasting money. You do not need that with the temperature you're having.

 

[SteelMouse]

@Nemesia
Got it, thank you for the reply. I guess nothing to be concerned about and considering the SSD will throttle itself if temps go too hot, so there's no possibility of overheating induced hardware damage.

 

[geofelt]

@Nemesia
Got it, thank you for the reply. I guess nothing to be concerned about and considering the SSD will throttle itself if temps go too hot, so there's no possibility of overheating induced hardware damage.

Exactly.