Heatsink required for games?

Zeebedy · Monday at 15:51

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.

Tetras · Monday at 15:54

Zeebedy said:
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.

Zeebedy · Monday at 15:56

thanks @Tetras. Yeah it will be only games, nothing else..and its a gen 4 drive. cheers.

TheVoice · Monday at 16:41

Heatsinks are cheap enough that I'd put one on there anyway.

Zeebedy · Monday at 16:47

yeah, I thought stuff it, decided to go with one with a heatsink now.

Tetras · Monday at 19:50

Zeebedy said:
yeah, I thought stuff it, decided to go with one with a heatsink now.

Keep in mind most midrange/higher-end boards already 'sink their M.2 slots and you can't fit a heatsink on a heatsink.

Zeebedy · Monday at 19:52

Tetras said:
Keep in mind most midrange/higher-end boards already 'sink their M.2 slots and you can't fit a heatsink on a heatsink.

thanks for that, im just doing a straight swap with my 980 Pro with heatsink, and the replacement comes with one as standard, I won't be putting one on myself.

Zeebedy · 2024-10-29T19:02:04+0000

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:

Orcvader · 2024-10-29T20:07:20+0000

Zeebedy said:
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???

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.

Zeebedy · 2024-10-29T20:09:11+0000

Orcvader said:
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.

ahh, ok, that makes me feel a bit better. thanks,