On sale is this 2TB NVMe Gen4 SSD offering really fast speeds with a sequential read up to 7,500 MB/s and sequential write up to 5,650 MB/s. It offers DRAM cache, a large heatsink and backed by a 5 year warranty.
PNY CS3140 2TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD with Heatsink $329 + $9.90 Delivery ($0 NSW C&C) @ PC Byte
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Nope, the heatsink height is almost double the size limit. You could still use this if you swap the heatsink with a smaller one
It won't fit on a massive number of motherboards either, that put the slot under the graphics card area.
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I'm not sure whats happening .. But I Like IT!
thought it was a D51 !!
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that's exactly what it looks like
can you remove the heatsink to use it in a pc? price without the heatsink is still $469.
yes you can
and you reckon the thermal pads would be sufficient to keep this m.2 cool?
Or will work like a cosy blanket?
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hows it compare vs the asus and 980 pro ? specifically in iops not sequencial
Too hard just tell me
So since when did people start needing heat sinks on ssd's
Probably the same time as motherboard VRMs. NVMe SSDs will generate a serious amount of heat so it's recommended but not required to have a heatsink.
Pretty much what it comes down to. Nice to have but not necessary as long as you have decent air flow. https://youtu.be/dDTH93dgulE?t=1178
My Samsung Evo 970 uses the heat spreader with pads built into my motherboard. Still runs at 60-something degrees during gaming. Other 2.5” ssds run about 30 degrees in the same case.
Most ssd die from overheat controller.
Since people started making PCIe 4 SSDs.
My 1tb Samsung 980 Pro has an ASUS motherboard heatsink, and while it generally runs cool, under sustained writes (copying a huge amount of stuff) it does get very hot. Only seen it once though because it's not common to be copying huge volumes for a long time.
I have the PNY CS3020 and it doesn't meet the advertised speeds of 5.5gb/s, more like 4.
What size? The 2TB for example advertises seq. read up to 3,500 MB/s and seq. write up to 3,000 MB/s.
hang on I have the 2tb, CS3040, in a z690 unify, 12700k system running windows 11.
https://www.pny.com/CS3040-M2-NVMe-SSD?sku=M280CS3040-2TB-RB
Sequential Read of up to 5,600 MB/s and Write of up to 4,300 MB/s
The speeds in SSDs are up to so it's acceptable if yours doesn't reach that speed for various reasons.
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I too thought this was a toy train heatsink first off. Was gonna buy one because of it lol
This looks like a chunky boi - will it fit in the PS5?