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Originally Posted by audioluche
Thanks Marsdy.
Yes, i think i will go with the Sonnet 4x4 in the future, but if i put a drive on a PCI card, does it need the heatsink?
Because if i put the heatsink with some gel on it, then, i wont be able to remove the drive(s) from the card(s) when i purchase the sonnet and want to move my drive(s) on the sonnet?
I wonder if the heatsink is really needed?
Did you put one in your system?
Thanks!
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The card I linked to - the Aqua Computer kryoM.2 evo PCIe 3.0 x 4 has cooling/heatsinks built in and also comes with stick on thermal pads, not paste that are removable/reversible. It’s very solidly built. Unlike most other cards there are heat sinks on both sides of the NVMe drive.
I use it with a Samsung Evo which runs at the same temperature as the Samsungs on my Sonnet 4x4. Whenever I look, it’s the exact same temperature in iStat menus.
Ideally you do need cooling of some sort otherwise you risk the drive thermal throttling at best and at worst it failing.