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Thats right, there is only about 1mm - 2mm of space between the bottom of the case and the M.2 SSD, the case is also plastic so it can't act as a heat sink. Yes this would probably work very well, perhaps a thin 1mm sheet. But this isn't something I would do as part of this case project. In fact with the system fan the SSD performed very well, I will explain in the full results shortly.Yes I found this as well, the CrystalDisk benchmark test lasts for about 5 minutes if you max out all the settings, I found that the sequential read causes the drive to heat up the quickest so I focused on this test. The other random read and write tests didn't cause anywhere near as much heat build up. The heat build up seems directly linked to how fast the data is being read, and as the random read tests don't achieve the same speed they don't generate as much heat.You would be surprised how close to its throttle temperature the M.2 drive sits when idle without proper cooling, in some instances it takes less than a minute of benchmarking to hit its throttle temperature. Active system cooling makes all the difference. Results to follow.
Thats right, there is only about 1mm - 2mm of space between the bottom of the case and the M.2 SSD, the case is also plastic so it can't act as a heat sink.
Yes this would probably work very well, perhaps a thin 1mm sheet. But this isn't something I would do as part of this case project. In fact with the system fan the SSD performed very well, I will explain in the full results shortly.
Yes I found this as well, the CrystalDisk benchmark test lasts for about 5 minutes if you max out all the settings, I found that the sequential read causes the drive to heat up the quickest so I focused on this test. The other random read and write tests didn't cause anywhere near as much heat build up. The heat build up seems directly linked to how fast the data is being read, and as the random read tests don't achieve the same speed they don't generate as much heat.
You would be surprised how close to its throttle temperature the M.2 drive sits when idle without proper cooling, in some instances it takes less than a minute of benchmarking to hit its throttle temperature. Active system cooling makes all the difference. Results to follow.
