[SOLVED] SSD overheating

[Rubayet12]

My SSD is overheating even at an idle state.

There is sufficient airflow in the casing but the problem still persists.

I tried finding solution everywhere but no one gave a proper solution

 

[USAFRet]

My budget is around 50 dollars. I don't think I will get CX 550 within this budget

So what IS available in your preferred market?
Give us a list, and maybe we can determine the least crappy.

 

[lvt]

Backside of Casing

Do you mean the other side of the motherboard?

That place usually doesn't have much of airflow.

 

[USAFRet]

Do you mean the other side of the motherboard?

That place usually doesn't have much of airflow.

For a SATA III drive, that should not make that much difference.

In my case, a Corsair 540 AIR, the SSD pod (4 drives right next to each other) is on the other side, with minimal forced airflow.
I don't think I've seen any of my drives go over 45C, under full load.

 

[lvt]

For a SATA III drive, that should not make that much difference.

In my case, a Corsair 540 AIR, the SSD pod (4 drives right next to each other) is on the other side, with minimal forced airflow.
I don't think I've seen any of my drives go over 45C, under full load.

I once mounted the SSD on the back side of the motherboard, the temperature is very close to 40°C idle, sometimes 48°C when the computer updates itself. So I decided to make a HDDs holder myself with screws and 4 small metal hingers from dollar store, I mounted the SSD on top of the HDD with about 10mm clearance between them. The higher temperature I've seen on the SSD now is 35°C.

 

[USAFRet]

I once mounted the SSD on the back side of the motherboard, the temperature is very close to 40°C idle, sometimes 48°C when the computer updates itself. So I decided to make a HDDs holder myself with screws and 4 small metal hingers from dollar store, I mounted the SSD on top of the HDD with about 10mm clearance between them. The higher temperature I've seen on the SSD now is 35°C.

I have 4 drives in that little pod, no more than 0.5" between.

Currently, the highest is 32C.

 

[lvt]

I have 4 drives in that little pod, no more than 0.5" between.

Currently, the highest is 32C.

What computer case do you have?

 

[Nemesia]

Samsung 860 times 2 here with a Phantek P600S. 33C idling both of them.

 

[USAFRet]

What computer case do you have?

Corsair Air 540.
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...ow-ATX-Cube-Case/p/CC-9011030-WW#tab-overview

 

[InvalidError]

My SSDs (2x Samsung 860 EVO and 1x Sandisk, don't remember the model) are just piled up at the bottom of my Antec 300v2 HDD cage since the case has only one 2.5" SSD mount inconveniently located behind the motherboard and all of them are currently under 30C idle. It doesn't take much to keep SSDs cool when mostly idle.

Fun fact: writing to warm NAND causes less wear than writing to cold NAND, so you don't want to cool NAND chips more than necessary to prevent thermal throttling while writing to them. For long-term storage though, colder temperatures reduce charge leakage, so you do want to keep them relatively cool the rest of the time.

 

[USAFRet]

4 of that 6 live in the side pod, 2 are on the bottom of the case with most of the airflow.
The Sandisk and one of the Samsungs..don't ask me which...are on the bottom.

 

[Karadjgne]

The psu is the single most important part in any pc. It really is the Heart of the system, everything inside is totally dependent on getting good clean power in sufficient amounts.

Imagine you have a bad heart, and it needs replacing Now. The surgeon tells you he has 2 hearts that will work. Heart #1 is from an 18yr old athletic non smoker who has so far lived a clean life. Heart #2 is from a 60yr old obese chainsmoking alcoholic with a lifetime history of drug abuse.

Heart #1 will cost you $100k. Heart #2 is on sale for $30k.

You are 30 yrs old with a family of 4 to support, so finds are tight, but realistically would Heart #2 ever even be remotely a consideration, simply because of price?

Get the best quality psu you can justify, because your pc health and welfare totally depends on its heart, and the Safeway Heart #2 is a bad choice from any angle.

 

[lvt]

Corsair Air 540.
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Carbide-Series™-Air-540-High-Airflow-ATX-Cube-Case/p/CC-9011030-WW#tab-overview

That's different case, mine is standard case, they just make 8 screw holes under the motherboard so that you can mount 2 SSD on the other side.

The solution really suck as there is no airflow and each time you want to remove the SSD, you have to remove the motherboard first.