Does the drive capacity influence temperature? Not necessarily. I've got the same brand of 128GB and 256GB drive they don't run any different in temperature. Pe

Does the drive capacity influence temperature? Not necessarily. I've got the same brand of 128GB and 256GB drive they don't run any different in temperature. Perhaps attach a heatsink if it bothers you. I've done that with harddrives I've run for long periods on hot days. I've done that even with a little drive smaller than my thumb. On a related note, I had a little usb flash drive (verbatim) that was very hot and after I inspected it I discovered a fault on the board, an actual hotspot which didn't exist on another similar device. I promptly got my data off the drive. A few months later I plugged it in out of curiosity and the drive started to cook itself. I pulled it out and it was too hot to touch, so I promptly destroyed it. I figured the thing was going to take out my computer sooner or later anyway.