05-06-2023 05:53 PM
I'm installing an Inland TD510 2TB 3D TLC NAND PCIe Gen 5 x 4 NVMe M.2 SSD on the HyperCard in a Maximus Z790 Hero. This SSD comes with a heat sink and a fan mounted on it. With that heat sink on it, HyperCard's cover won't fit back on it. That cover, which is a really hefty chunk of metal, acts as a heat sink. (Both it and the card have thermal paste strips and the config sandwiches M.2 drives between them, turning the entire HyperCard into a giant heat sink.)
Now I'm deciding what would be best. Take the heat sink off the SSD and rely on the HyperCard as a (passive) heat sink? Or leave the active heat sink on the SSD and leave the cover off the HyperCard.
Anyone have any opinions and thoughts on this?
TIA.
Chop
05-07-2023 01:51 AM
I'd suggest it would be better/safer to leave the supplied h/s and fan on the gen 5 SSD and then just add a passive heatsink to any additional SSD that you want to use on the Hyper card.
05-07-2023 01:54 AM
Thanks, John. I appreciate it.