Crucial T710 - Cooling questions

Garyj881

Garyj881

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I've upgraded my old AM4 system to an AM5 with a 9800X3D and MSI B850 MPG Edge TI Wifi.

My Samsung 980 Evo failed during the swap over. Not fully sure how, so started to look at a replacement and found the Crucial T710. I have ordered the version complete with heatsink. After reading up more about these drives, I realised I should have probably purchased a gen 4 drive instead as it's mainly for gaming and would have been more than sufficient. My T710 arrives tomorrow so no looking back.

Understanding Gen 5 can run pretty hot, I'm wondering if the m.2 heatsink on the mobo would offer better cooling than the T710 heatsink provided? It is much longer than the T710 heatsink. If it does offer better cooling, can I remove the T710 stock heatsink and use the mobo one?

Is there enough room for T710 and the gfx card, as currently it looks very tight?
 
The Gen 5 will only really run hot if you're stressing it a lot, such as transferring large files for sustained periods at high transfer rates.

For gaming it'll only see very light use, I wouldn't worry about it. That said, unless you got a good deal on it I'd return it and order a decent gen 4 drive instead to save some cash.
 
I’ve got the T710 using the motherboard heatsink and an Akasa thermal pad. I would have thought the heatsink version would be just as good in regards to cooling.
 
Garyj881 said:
My Samsung 980 Evo failed during the swap over. Not fully sure how, so started to look at a replacement and found the Crucial T710. I have ordered the version complete with heatsink. After reading up more about these drives, I realised I should have probably purchased a gen 4 drive instead as it's mainly for gaming and would have been more than sufficient. My T710 arrives tomorrow so no looking back.
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Just return the T710 unopened and order a gen 4 drive without a heatsink.

If you decide to keep it i would not remove the heatsink as it will void the warranty, but use the slot above the GPU for the T710 and move your Windows drive below the GPU.
 
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