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Specifications
Heatsink link? :p
I watched some YouTube comparisons and they say heatsinks reduce temps but not required as no performance degradation
Probably correct, but I would bet the life of it would shorten, these puppies get REAL warm even with a hestsink. The bay that sits the hard drive in the ps5 is pretty confined.
Not for PS5 usage (since it is mostly reads). Even with the initial transfer from internal SSD to this SSD, the internal SSD is not even 1TB. However, Sony recommends having one. The ideal setup is keep the controller cool, but the NAND chips perform better when warm.
@netsurfer: That really makes you wonder. I got the 1tb Kingston, gen4 one with 3500mb write speed - can’t remember the model, in my PC in a heatsink and it idles at like 55 degrees. I also have a KC3000 with the motherboard heatsink attached and it’s the system drive and runs 15-20 degrees cooler. I guess the quality of the heatsink must make a big difference. Wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of these heatsink are just pieces of metal with zero design thought going into them just to make a quick buck.
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@zubzub: Tom's Hardware reported the idle temperature for KC3000 (without heatsink) being 37C. It's not vey objective measure temperature differences between two different SSDs and use that to show the heatsink makes a big difference. Need to use the same SSD with and without heatsink.
It might be worthwhile to put a heatsink for flagship PCIe gen 4 x4 SSD in a PC, in case you run some heavy workload on it on occasions. It's just for PS5, since it is gaming, it's unlikely people spend most time waiting for games to load. People would be playing games most of the time.
@zubzub: I did a test with a 1TB NV2 SMI version and both HWInfo and Kingston SSD manager reports 24°C when the SSD is idle. That's without any heatsink. I'm "guessing" yours is the SMI version.
Kingston NV2 1TB SMI version, no heatsink
I also tested Phison E21 version, it is 23°C when the SSD is idle. The test PC has decent airflow. You have a newer batch of NV2 1TB than me.
@netsurfer: Wow that is a massive difference. I have an NZXT h1v2 case with a 3070ti crammed into it that I’m sure doesn’t help thermals, but still! I’ve had no issues as of yet whatsoever, though so hopefully it holds well, there is not much more I can do cooling wise with the case.
@zubzub: I tested on a m.2 slot with decent airflow (not underneath a GPU or covered by GPU, otherwise it seems unfair). However, I wouldn't worry too much as the temperature you reported isn't close to thermal protection level.
The PS5s M.2 Bay uses negative air pressure to cool the drive & it's only the controller that really needs cooling.
Everyone also asks:
4TB, $229 when ?
can we use as Primary Drive???
Yes
DRAM?
Yes
2tb performs better yeah?
On a practical level I'd be shocked if there was a perceivable difference.
It can store something like TWICE the data
KC3000 1TB - Sustained Write
KC3000 2TB - Sustained Write
Have a look at the bit after SLC cache is used up, 2TB is around 1600MB/s write, 1TB is around 1000MB/s write. That's 60% difference (damn, I feel like a dodgy sales person). Also, in some benchmark tests (including some games), SSDs like SN770 and NM790 1TB version can topple or get very close to 8 channels PCIe gen 4 x4 SSDs such as KC3000, SN850, but at 2TB, those 4 channels SSDs will not be able to get that close, and they cannot compete in sustained write at 2TB and greater (vs flagship).
Most people probably cannot tell because how many people have the ability to write that fast for sustained period of time in real life?
Yeah I'd pay the extra for that… In fact I think I might…
Thanks for that, ordered from Amazon!
Hey mate can you recommend any heatsinks on amazon to buy alongside this?
Been using this on PS5 without heat sink, no problemoooo
Is this too overkill for a secondary game and storage drive
Ive got an SN850x 2TB which i was going to use as the OS/game drive
Or should i use it the other way round, KC3000 for OS/game?
It is a bit. Have a look at 4TB's since they have been as low as $230 ($266 currently)
where at?
Depends on your PC. Both SSDs are roughly on par with each other. Thing is, if your PC doesn't support PCIe Bifurcation (or it supports it, but you don't use it for SSDs), then only 1 SSD can be wired to the CPU PCIe lanes directly. Whichever one is connected to CPU PCIe lanes will perform better than the one connected the chipset PCIe lanes.
Secondary game and storage drive. It is the latter part that is hard to judge. If you do have the ability and the need to transfer / write files to the SSD very quickly, then a flagship PCIe gen 4 x4 SSD as a storage drive can be justified.
Thanks heaps @netsurfer
That answer helps alot!
Thanks OP
run the 1TB version for OS drive, top notch speed
anyone has tried having this in an enclosure without extra heatsink?
Before everyone asks:
- Yes, this is PS5 compatible
- Yes, you will need to buy a heatsink for this use case