Crucial T705 4TB SSD PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD -do they get hot ??

[ViRuS2k]

Just bought this bad boy - Crucial T705 4TB SSD PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD -£335 on the bay...
just wondering guys if these run hot.... and if they do will the top most m.2 gen5 slock on the asus x870 hero cool this well or will i need a better m.2 heatsink as i dont want this to throttle, its ment to be the fastest m.2 drive on the market - read speeds @14100 and write speeds at 12500 though im sure i read somewhere that the throttle temps on these are 80cmax.

 

[Tetras]

They do run hot, but should be fine with the board heatsink.

 

[ViRuS2k]

They do run hot, but should be fine with the board heatsink.

Thanks for letting me know that... hopefully the heatsink is beefy enough lol

 

[SpellowHouse]

Get a Thermalright HR10 2280. Two heat-pipes. Keeps the SSD really cool. I believe under load the SSD will top out at about 50C although I have never seen mine reach that in real world applications. Cost £7. Can't go wrong, really.

 

[ViRuS2k]

thanks will get that then

 

[EsaT]

As rule with performance going up also max power draw of high end NVMes has been inching upwards.
But that really matters only when hammering drive with continuous/longer term full loads.
And normal home use with OS/application/game loading happens in more or less short bursts, or not at full load levels.

Still actually idle power draws of some top drives without any power saving functions enabled are starting to get to level of the most frugal HDDs.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/crucial-t700-pro-4-tb/7.html
Or even exceed them...
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/adata-legend-970-pro-2-tb/7.html
I can understand high power draws under full load, but these idle readings are getting just ridiculous.

 

[hornetstinger]

I've got Kingston kc3000 2TB and runs under 30 degrees

 

[qbhatti]

Get a Thermalright HR10 2280. Two heat-pipes. Keeps the SSD really cool. I believe under load the SSD will top out at about 50C although I have never seen mine reach that in real world applications. Cost £7. Can't go wrong, really.

This is a great option - I have one on mine and it works wonders!

I wish they still did the HR05 SLI northbridge cooler so i can stick it on my x570 mobo as asus make a fan that really does nothing

 

[megatron]

Just bought this bad boy - Crucial T705 4TB SSD PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD -£335 on the bay...
just wondering guys if these run hot.... and if they do will the top most m.2 gen5 slock on the asus x870 hero cool this well or will i need a better m.2 heatsink as i dont want this to throttle, its ment to be the fastest m.2 drive on the market - read speeds @14100 and write speeds at 12500 though im sure i read somewhere that the throttle temps on these are 80cmax.

On your recommendation I just bought this drive, it came with a heatsink so I'll stick with that (only the 1TB version for OS and a game).

 

[HRL]

I’ve specced one of these 4Tb drives for my new build that will be running on a X870E.

I take it they’re good OS and gaming drives?

 

[Gray2233]

I’ve specced one of these 4Tb drives for my new build that will be running on a X870E.

I take it they’re good OS and gaming drives?

For gaming and general windows use you're not going to notice the difference between it and a gen 3 or 4 drive, probably not even a sata SSD. Unless you got a really good deal it's a waste of money.

The use cases where these drives are beneficial are pretty niche.

 

[HRL]

For gaming and general windows use you're not going to notice the difference between it and a gen 3 or 4 drive, probably not even a sata SSD. Unless you got a really good deal it's a waste of money.

The use cases where these drives are beneficial are pretty niche.

It’s primarily to reduce loading, shader compiling, and file transfer times.

Thought it would be good for those at least?

 

[Gray2233]

It’s primarily to reduce loading, shader compiling, and file transfer times.

Thought it would be good for those at least?

Loading times you're going to see zero benefit from. Shader compiling? I've not heard that one before, but it's generally a one and done anyway so shouldn't matter.

File transfers between drives are where it might matter, but only if they're legitimately large files you for some reason need to shift for work purposes frequently where money is on the minute.

 

[Rroff]

Loading times you're going to see zero benefit from.

Disagree on the zero - but the difference is pretty negligible - I've been playing about with a variety of drives and the SK Hynix P41 can be as much as 10% faster at loading games for some reason, possibly due to the propitiatory implementation of the controller and cache, than even fast PCI-e 5.0 drives though that only equates to like 2 seconds saved in a lot of cases. And some otherwise fairly decent NVME drives can likewise be slower than the pack at loading games by enough to make a couple of seconds difference.

 

[Minstadave]

It’s primarily to reduce loading, shader compiling, and file transfer times.

Thought it would be good for those at least?

Loading times will be minimally different.
Shader compilation is going to be CPU bound.
File transfers will only be quicker if you're moving to and from another Gen 5 drive.

Nothing wrong with getting a Gen 5 drive but I can't think it'll make a meaningful difference to those things.

 

[Aikon359]

Loading times will be minimally different.
Shader compilation is going to be CPU bound.
File transfers will only be quicker if you're moving to and from another Gen 5 drive.

Nothing wrong with getting a Gen 5 drive but I can't think it'll make a meaningful difference to those things.

Id have to agree with Minsta on this one. went from a gen 3 to a gen 4 drive recently and couldn't notice any difference what so ever. for shoving around huge files to identical systems and drives it would be good, but for general gaming, best to save money for improvements elsewhere.

 

[megatron]

I've just requested a return with a t705 because it's incompatible with my motherboard due to it being a clip rather than screw holddown. The heatsink is too chunky below the m.2 PCB. Edit Asrock taichi lite.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

I have used plenty of these with build in motherboard heatsinks and not experienced any throttling issues at all. As a matter of fact we have installed into laptops that support them and had to fit aftermarket heat spreader. The drive experienced throttling without it however it did not with the heatspreader (Basically an ally plate with thermal tape on the drive)

 

[ZXSpectrum]

I've just requested a return with a t705 because it's incompatible with my motherboard due to it being a clip rather than screw holddown. The heatsink is too chunky below the m.2 PCB. Edit Asrock taichi lite.

Doesnt the motherboard come with the replacement standoff that makes it use the screw method rather than the clip? The ones i have use do iirc.

 

[megatron]

I tried screwing into the top of the clip, no dice. It was a screw from my last motherboard and I saw not much else in the box except a WiFi antenna (didn't even come with a printed manual).