[SOLVED] WD SN750 1TB with Heatsink size fit???

[mahdiharaji]

Hello everyone
I finally decided to get a m.2 ssd for my 5 yrs old PC and I decided on WD SN750 with Heatsink but I don't know if that chunky heatsink will fit or not.
My mobo is Asus Z170 Pro gaming.
I've attached two images, I'm concerned with that component in first one.

https://imgur.com/a/1ZdcTqr

View: https://imgur.com/a/1ZdcTqr

Thanks in advance

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

That component is the BIOS chip. The SSD should drop in without touching the BIOS chips pins...but I'd ask you to drop it in and see if it does touch. If it does make contact with the legs/pins on the BIOS chip, use scotch tape on the area where the BIOS chip's legs are making contact with the SSD's underside to isolate the pins from said SSD.

According to your manual, make sure there's no SATA devices connected to SATA port 1.

 

[Karadjgne]

Nvme heatsinks go 'up' not out, very rarely going much beyond the boarders of the drive.

As is, it's a SN750, which is Gen3 so really doesn't require anything much in chipset cooling and won't need a 'clunky' cooler, just the standard cover is plenty.

 

[mahdiharaji]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

That component is the BIOS chip. The SSD should drop in without touching the BIOS chips pins...but I'd ask you to drop it in and see if it does touch. If it does make contact with the legs/pins on the BIOS chip, use scotch tape on the area where the BIOS chip's legs are making contact with the SSD's underside to isolate the pins from said SSD.

According to your manual, make sure there's no SATA devices connected to SATA port 1.

Thanks for the quick answer, I will place an order for it as soon as possible, also thanks for the tip on the BIOS chip, I wouldn't know that if not been mentioned.

 

[mahdiharaji]

Nvme heatsinks go 'up' not out, very rarely going much beyond the boarders of the drive.

As is, it's a SN750, which is Gen3 so really doesn't require anything much in chipset cooling and won't need a 'clunky' cooler, just the standard cover is plenty.

It seems the heatsink added around 1.5 mm so I'm not sure how it will end up but I'll give it a shot.
As for cooling the problem lies in my case, I dont think it has enough cooling and the m.2 slot is right under my GPU so...😅

 

[Pextaxmx]

According to your manual, make sure there's no SATA devices connected to SATA port 1.

I think that rule applies only when the OP installs a SATA M.2 drive... With an NVMe, SATA1 port should be still active.

 

[mahdiharaji]

I think that rule applies only when the OP installs a SATA M.2 drive... With an NVMe, SATA1 port should be still active.

I took a look at the manual, regular SATA port 1 will be activated after installing NVME M.2, Its is actually set to automatic right now but I'll have to manually disable it to use M.2 express port.