Hardware Thread 2020

pparks1 said:

I have no doubt that a disk benchmark would have showed the right numbers, or right darn near the numbers.

No doubt. That said, the hype followed by the bench numbers, endorsed by enthusiasts, is all it takes to sell a product. So yeah, if my system could support a gen 4 NVME drive, I'd damn well have one

sygnus21 said:

No doubt. That said, the hype followed by the bench numbers, endorsed by enthusiasts, is all it takes to sell a product. So yeah, if my system could support a gen 4 NVME drive, I'd damn well have one

What sort of temps are your guy's NVMe drives?

Kol12 said:

What sort of temps are your guy's NVMe drives?

My MB has built in cooler for M.2, without it my Samsung 960 evo was hitting over 60c and throttling down under heavy load. Not going over 40c with cooler attached.

CountMike said:

My MB has built in cooler for M.2, without it my Samsung 960 evo was hitting over 60c and throttling down under heavy load. Not going over 40c with cooler attached.

I've just installed an NVMe for games. I'm using the motherboards heat sink which has a large thermal pad on it. Ran a benchmark on the drive and topped out at 48C. I'll see what sustained gaming temps are like.

What sort of cooler? Something with a fan?

Kol12 said:

I've just installed an NVMe for games. I'm using the motherboards heat sink which has a large thermal pad on it. Ran a benchmark on the drive and topped out at 48C. I'll see what sustained gaming temps are like.

What sort of cooler? Something with a fan?

This, built in heatsink and a pad in between

Hey Kol, NAND cells like warmth, it's only the controller that needs to be cooled.

Cliff S said:

Hey Kol, NAND cells like warmth, it's only the controller that needs to be cooled.

What temperature do NVMe drive sensors report to monitoring software? Nand or controller?

I bought the Aorus gen 4 drive which comes completely wrapped in a copper heatsink.

Kol12 said:

What temperature do NVMe drive sensors report to monitoring software? Nand or controller?

My Samsung with HWinfo