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<blockquote data-quote="Buck" data-source="post: 8781519" data-attributes="member: 591582">I mean my external SSD, not an internal one.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I&#039;m saying is an external SSD that&#039;s getting heavy usage can easily overheat in a hot environment.&nbsp; I have 3x 140mm fans on the top of my case with very low restriction to flow, so I sit my external drives directly on the top grate above the fans when they&#039;re plugging in and being used, so that the top fans cool the external drives.&nbsp; My m2 ssd&#039;s stay fairly cool.&nbsp; The hottest the lower one gets (literally right under the GPU junction) is about 49C when environment is 80F, under normal operating load.&nbsp; The m2 slots have covers with a heatsink cover built into the MB design.&nbsp; I did add the bigger finned heatsinks on top of the really low-profile ones from the MB.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have fans curves based around both of my m2 SSD&#039;s, so they stay cool.&nbsp; My f&#039;n monster GPU heat is always the problem, anyways, lol.&nbsp; My lower SSD heat mainly comes from my GPU.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buck, post: 8781519, member: 591582"] I mean my external SSD, not an internal one. That's what I'm saying is an external SSD that's getting heavy usage can easily overheat in a hot environment. I have 3x 140mm fans on the top of my case with very low restriction to flow, so I sit my external drives directly on the top grate above the fans when they're plugging in and being used, so that the top fans cool the external drives. My m2 ssd's stay fairly cool. The hottest the lower one gets (literally right under the GPU junction) is about 49C when environment is 80F, under normal operating load. The m2 slots have covers with a heatsink cover built into the MB design. I did add the bigger finned heatsinks on top of the really low-profile ones from the MB. I have fans curves based around both of my m2 SSD's, so they stay cool. My f'n monster GPU heat is always the problem, anyways, lol. My lower SSD heat mainly comes from my GPU. [/QUOTE]

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