MP600 with mainboard heatsinks thermal performance

kplex · 24 Oct 2019 at 02:57

I've ordered an x570-e and MP600 and was wondering what peoples experience has been using the MP600 with their mainboard heatsinks rather than the stock Corsair heatsink? Have people been experiencing reduced speeds with the drives in practice?

Is it worth returning the MP600 and ordering one of the new TeamGroup Cardea drives (and not having a completed build for another week... impatience !!!).

kplex · 25 Oct 2019 at 13:15

There x570-e (and -f) come with integrated M2 heatsinks with an overlapping shroud for the PCH cooling - that shroud overlaps the M2 sockets in such a way that prevents installing the MP600 drive with its stock heatsink. The options you have are

Run without the shroud (not a good option as you loose the airflow channels which pull air over the PCH heatsink)
Use the stock Asus heatsink (hence the question on performance vs stock)
Cut the shroud where it overlaps and use the stock fan (destructive change).

I've gone with option 2 for the moment and will be monitoring temps/performance, I'm using the lower M2 socket which is in the airflow path for the PCH cooling. (The top socket has no thermal connection with PCH cooling and I'm not using a CPU fan that would drive air over it.)

If I encounter problems I'm going to 3d print my own shroud and use the stock cooler.

kplex · 25 Oct 2019 at 13:17

Taking the corsair heatsink off was pretty easy once I realised that you don't lift it off vertically, rather you loosen the clips at the side and slide the drive (with heatsink still attached) out of the bottom part of the case.

Once you've removed it from the bottom part of its case removing the heatsink takes only very light peeling pressure - its not glued or stuck strongly into place.

kplex · 27 Oct 2019 at 11:22

Switching back to the stock MP600 cooler and removing the X570 chipset shroud saw a drop of around 7 degrees celcius under load - it also dropped the chipset temps around 7 degrees... wth Asus