Does Samsung 950 Pro need airflow

Flanno · 14 May 2016 at 23:09

I have read that the M2 NVMe drives need airflow or else they throttle.

Currently building a rig for a mate and he want an NZXT Manta, and Asus Z170 Pro its which has it's M2 slot on the back. I have noticed the more expensive Impact has no M2 slot. So maybe heat is the reason ?

shamus21 · 16 May 2016 at 06:59

It would be better to have some airflow over the m.2 drive. the memory chips get warm but it is the controller that get really hot.

d_brennen · 16 May 2016 at 07:36

These get stuffed in oem laptops all the time. Probably not worth worrying about tbh

Aberfala · 16 May 2016 at 07:59

They definitely need airflow as they will start to throttle when they go over 70 degrees.

I've not seen mine hit that high but it does go into the low 60's and that's with airflow.

xchaotic · 16 May 2016 at 10:51

How do you monitor the temps of the SSD controller?
I've been monitoring based on transfer speeds and so far have seen no throttling in my usage, but my drive sits in an adapter under the GPU so does get some airflow.

Aberfala · 16 May 2016 at 12:38

I use Aida64 and an external LCD screen to monitor all my systems temps, the SSD is the hottest component in my PC.

I've not experienced throttling myself as mine doesn't get hot enough but there's several articles where they have tested the drive and found it throttles after about 70 degrees.