We’ll likely learn more about how efficient these drives are early next year at CES 2024 or not long after. So if you’re not keen on a PCIe 5.0 drive due to fans and bulky coolers, you might not have long to wait for better options. Just don’t expect them to be cheap when all signs are pointing to SSD price increases next year.
How long until these M.2 SSDs get their own SATA power connector?
Grahics card started out like this as well…
it’s just stupid… i don’t need lights and fans on the SSD… i need it reliable and cheap and staying cool under workload.
At these speeds it’s like asking a CPU to run cool under workload. Your options are:
Active cooling
Slower speeds
Transistor breakthrough
I don’t even like RGB case fans… no idea why they thought this was necessary.
The fans on the M.2… that’s a bit of question mark for me. They do get rather warm and many high end ones come with heat sinks. Some older SSDs has huge issues with overheating and stalling, so it’s an open question yet if fans on drives is actually required or if the case design and airflow through the case just needs to be addressed before we start slapping fans on m.2 drives.
Do PCIe 5.0 drives just put out that much heat?
I know a lot of boards have the m2 slot under the GPU, no way this would fit.
It’s less about how much heat they are generating and more about how on most case builds, the m.2 is getting little to no air flow, so ambient temp of the case is the only thing allowing it to move heat away from the components.
This thing is just a gawdy nightmare for someone who just really wants all the bells and whistles even if they don’t really add benefit.
The rgb is just to be able to sell this without having to solve the heating problem. Vote with your wallet lads.
