Heatsink required for games?

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hey guys,

thinking of upgrading from my 2tb game drive that is currently a Samsung 980 Pro with heatsink..to a 4tb Crucial without. Is it 100% advisable to get one with a heatsink or just for games, will that be ok?


thanks.
 
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Is it 100% advisable to get one with a heatsink or just for games, will that be ok?
They don't need one for gaming since the load is low, usually only for very long sustained writes do you experience throttling (except for maybe PCIE 5.0 drives).

You can check reviews for yourself though, TPU include thermal testing/throttling in their reviews.
 
well..got my new NVMe drive. While it was a breeze to install, im getting 3.6tb of space, where the **** did the other 400gb go??? :eek:
 
well..got my new NVMe drive. While it was a breeze to install, im getting 3.6tb of space, where the **** did the other 400gb go??? :eek:
That sounds about right. Storage is advertised as 1000gb = 1tb, while Windows uses 1024 instead (actually shows tebibyte instead of terabyte). 4tb advertised works out to ~3.638tb odd.
 
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