Question Should I add an SSD heatsink to my laptop ?

[DaveM1485]

am planning to install either a Seagate Firecuda 540 or Western Digital Black SN850X drive in my
HP Victus 15-fb2082wm laptop (Ryzen 5 8645HS) ?

I am pretty sure either of these will generate more heat than the OEM Kingston SSD. Does anyone here know if there is there enough clearance inside the laptop to add a 1mm thick copper heat sink such as:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YC1HTF...NYN0WWVO&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
with a 1mm thick thermal pad to aid cooling?

Thank you!

 

[helpstar]

I would 1st look into temperatures while operating, then decide if it's needed or not. Most likely no problems will be there in real life

1mm is no problem, what I've seen

 

[geofelt]

A heat sink depends on airflow to dissipate heat.
There is precious little of that in a laptop.

I would not bother.
You get heat under continuous sequential processing. Think virus scan.
If your ssd gets too hot, it will just slow down a bit until the situation resolves.

 

[DaveM1485]

I would not bother.
You get heat under continuous sequential processing. Think virus scan.
If your ssd gets too hot, it will just slow down a bit until the situation resolves.

That is good enough for me. This is a gaming laptop, but I do not do games. I picked it because it is user upgradable for SSD and RAM.

Thank you!

 

[steveb1976]

i did an upgrade for someone recently with the same spec laptop.. and the "nvme" was encased in a special double sided heatsink screwed to the laptop board. .. i had to unscrew the 2 screws. and the nvme and casing came away from board .and you open the casing it had a std no heatsink nvme in side. just 2 thermal pads. top and bottom casing. .so you would have to swap for a non heatsink nvme..... or you could just insert a nvme with a heatsink but . you cant use the casing. (1 of the screws will be the mounting screw still). but im not sure of what type of temps you would see. . i'd assume the same as before (if your current one is nvme 4.0).