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The M.2 sockets on motherboards don't exactly have great cooling, and SSDs don't usually even come with radiator. The positioning can also be pretty iffy, mine
by ilyt 3y ago
The M.2 sockets on motherboards don't exactly have great cooling, and SSDs don't usually even come with radiator.
The positioning can also be pretty iffy, mine have one next to CPU, another just under GPU (no chance getting fan there) and those are the "fast" (directly connected to CPU) ones!
The another 2 slots are again under GPU (one filled with wifi/bt card), and only last 2 are far away from other hot components and get its own heatsink. but those are not directly connected to CPU
- kdmytro 3y agoI don't think this would be a factor. Some PCI-E 4.0 SSDs already come with metal heatsinks out of the box. If future SSDs needs addtitional cooling, this will be communicated to the buyer. I think that the bigger question is whether 25W can be phisically supplied to the drives by contemporary motherboards. What is the power limit for the m.2 ports?
- ilyt 3y agoAt least according to wikipedia each pin is rated up to 0.5A with I think nine 3.3v pins so technically just around ~15W peak Technically that's what U.2 (2.5 inch form factor for SSDs) would be for. They get 5V/12V and thicker connector, I severely doubt M.2 could swing 25W as it only has 3.3V on it