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Product Name: | SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD with Heatsink 2TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive, Heat Control, Max Speed, PS5 Compatible, MZ-V8P2T0CW |
Manufacturer: | Samsung |
Model Number: | MZ-V8P2T0CW |
Product SKU: | B09JHKSNNG |
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This one is ideal for PS5 expansion. $122 and includes heatsink.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cruc...6468904.
I was also looking at the newer ssd 990 and there are a lot of reports of it failing after a few months on Amazon. Not sure if that is corrected by firmware or if there is a manufacturing issue.
Thoughts?
I was also looking at the newer ssd 990 and there are a lot of reports of it failing after a few months on Amazon. Not sure if that is corrected by firmware or if there is a manufacturing issue.
Thoughts?
The vast majority of all motherboards have room for a heat sink on the motherboard's m.2 slots. Most of those that don't, already come with a heat sink. But they are usually removable. The biggest problem you could possibly have is if the placement of the m.2 slot is too close to the video card or CPU fan, making placement tight, but that's generally only a problem with some of the SSD's with very big heat sinks (inches tall, vs this smaller one that's pretty flat.)
It's generally not a good idea to go without any heat sink for gen 4 and gen 5 SSD's because they tend to run very hot. When they get TOO hot, the computer will automatically throttle the drive to a much slower speed to protect it.
The vast majority of all motherboards have room for a heat sink on the motherboard's m.2 slots. Most of those that don't, already come with a heat sink. But they are usually removable. The biggest problem you could possibly have is if the placement of the m.2 slot is too close to the video card or CPU fan, making placement tight, but that's generally only a problem with some of the SSD's with very big heat sinks (inches tall, vs this smaller one that's pretty flat.)
It's generally not a good idea to go without any heat sink for gen 4 and gen 5 SSD's because they tend to run very hot. When they get TOO hot, the computer will automatically throttle the drive to a much slower speed to protect it.
Again, thanks for this information.
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Again, thanks for this information.
Probably the best piece of advice I can give - based more on conjecture and logic than anything else - would be to go with one that's more than just a flat sheet of metal. Get one with fins or heat pipes to spread the heat out more and provide more surface area contact with air passing through your case to help dissipate the heat. If the SSD is double sided, it's probably best to get a double sided heatsink (although the back likely won't be finned, but it will help spread heat from the back.)
That said, even the official heatspreaders from most SSD manufacturers - such as the one in this deal - are rarely much more than a metal sheet. So maybe it's overkill? But since you can find dozens of decent finned heatsinks on Amazon for around $10, better safe than sorry, I'd say. I imagine that some of the larger, more complex heatsinks that are several inches tall are probably overkill. Most of the $10 ones are less than 1/2" tall. They nearly all come from no-name Chinese companies and usually have similar designs. So, clearance probably won't be an issue.
Also, many modern motherboards come with decent heatsinks built in to at least one of their m.2 slots. If so, it will probably do the job just fine.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cruc...6468904.
Edit: I read that it needs the heatsink to be used with the ps5. I had a $60 best buy gc so I bought it lol. Tired of deleting games and reinstalling later. Now, wil it add 2tb to the current storage in the ps5 or will I have an extra 1tb ssd that I can sell?
Probably the best piece of advice I can give - based more on conjecture and logic than anything else - would be to go with one that's more than just a flat sheet of metal. Get one with fins or heat pipes to spread the heat out more and provide more surface area contact with air passing through your case to help dissipate the heat. If the SSD is double sided, it's probably best to get a double sided heatsink (although the back likely won't be finned, but it will help spread heat from the back.)
That said, even the official heatspreaders from most SSD manufacturers - such as the one in this deal - are rarely much more than a metal sheet. So maybe it's overkill? But since you can find dozens of decent finned heatsinks on Amazon for around $10, better safe than sorry, I'd say. I imagine that some of the larger, more complex heatsinks that are several inches tall are probably overkill. Most of the $10 ones are less than 1/2" tall. They nearly all come from no-name Chinese companies and usually have similar designs. So, clearance probably won't be an issue.
Also, many modern motherboards come with decent heatsinks built in to at least one of their m.2 slots. If so, it will probably do the job just fine.
Again, thanks for the explanation and your insight.