M2 SATA MX500 Operating Temps?

[rudedog89]

Installed a MX500 M2 SATA and the temps kind of seem high to me. At system idle its around 47 but when I load it can get to 60 or little warmer. Is this bad? Am I within operating ranges?

 

[rmd3003]

Do you have heatsink? It might help in addition to having slightly better airflow. Idle should not be close to 50. Mine are idling at 40 (with heatsink)

 

[rudedog89]

Do you have heatsink? It might help in addition to having slightly better airflow. Idle should not be close to 50. Mine are idling at 40 (with heatsink)

rmd3003,

I have a ASUS ROG Strix B450-I Gaming and I am using the M2 slot above the PCIE slot where the video card is. There is a "heatsink", but the pad is really thick and I don't see how it can dissipate heat. The M2 ssd did not come with any heatsink on it. Maybe I should take off the motherboard one and see how it runs without it? If it does help, maybe get a heatsink for it?

Thanks

 

[Denpepe]

Iirc the controller actually prefers some heat to run optimally, but yours seems fine though a bit high on idle, my Nvme drive gets up to 70° on my current mobo, used to get to 95° on my old one which is where hwinfo64 started to dislike the temps.