Kingston m.2 drive temperature 2 running very hot
Posted by AppropriateWrap2655@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Hello, my kingston SNV3S2000G ssd is running very hot when looking at drive temperature 2 in HWINFO64, being at like 82-92 when playing wow, and a bit lower than that when idle. Drive temp 3 and 4 seems to be completely fine temp wise. The drive is mounted in m.2 slot 1 on my ASUS prime x870-P motherboard, inbetween the cpu and gpu. The included motherboard heatsink is on and ive used the included m.2 rubber. Right now the only thing i have on it is windows and world of warcraft. Are these temps normal, if not, what can i do to improve it?
larawview@reddit
I have the same thing, have you found a solution?
isaSama@reddit
Did you find any solution? I have the same issue
MonsieurSmug@reddit
I too have the exact same drive and exact same issue while gaming.
I see more people experience this issue. And i actually found a post of someone complaining of this saying he contacted KINGSTON and the told him the sensor reading is false.
https://ibb.co/1GNpxczh
TXZESTON@reddit
I have exact same drive and very similar readings.
Scarabesque@reddit
I have the same issue with the NVME in my primary slot while gaming, which just contains games. I suspect it's entirely due to heat soak from the rear GPU exhaust, blowing hot air towards the NVME/NVME heatsink warming it up even though use isn't that high.
Seems to be a prevalent issue, but rather annoying.
AppropriateWrap2655@reddit (OP)
The drive sits above the gpu, in between that and the cpu, so shouldnt get any rear GPU exhaust air on it, or am i wrong?
Scarabesque@reddit
Yeah it's the same on my setup, and seemed like the most plausible explanation as the drive really isn't doing much if anything at all. Heat will still blow out the motherboard side of the GPU and rise to the top of the case, my guess is that heats up the NVME and NVME heatsink.
AppropriateWrap2655@reddit (OP)
So is it fine to leave it like it is? Or should i try to fix it somehow. Im not comfortable seeing these 90+ celsius numbers in red
Cer_Visia@reddit
Try moving the drive to the second M.2 slot, below the GPU.
Scarabesque@reddit
To be perfectly honest I'm not entire comfortable with those temps either but I have both my NVME slots in use so don't really have a choice. :)