How can I cool down my Kingston NV3 SSD that's hitting 94 degrees?
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CoolGamer99
I've been monitoring my Kingston 1TB NV3 SSD and noticed that it idles at around 72 degrees while I have Discord, Brave, and HWMonitor open. However, when I'm downloading or extracting files, the temperature spikes to 93 degrees, causing throttling. My case cooling seems adequate, but I'm concerned about whether a heatsink would help or if the issue might be related to my stock CPU cooler. The SSD is placed next to my 4060's backplate, and I even tried moving it to a different slot, but it just got hotter there. My PC build is relatively new, about 1-2 months old, and I have around 800GB of games on the SSD, so I'm hoping to avoid buying a new one. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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I think the lack of a heatsink coupled with the SSD's position near the GPU is causing the heat issues. Mine never goes above 50 degrees with a basic aluminum cooler that came with my motherboard.
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Definitely add a heatsink if your drive is getting that hot. Also, localized airflow might be a problem, so consider how your CPU cooler is blowing hot air around. A tower cooler could help direct airflow better.
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Those temperatures are way above the recommended range of 0-70 degrees Celsius. Even a cheap heatsink can drop the temps into a safer 50-60 range, which is much better for your SSD.
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A heatsink definitely sounds like a great idea! It should help manage those high temps you’re seeing.
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SSD_Savvy: Cool, do you think a heatsink will completely fix the issue, or do you think the SSD is just running hot?