M.2 SSD died and was getting too hot

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Hi, the M.2 SSD on my VIM3 just died couple of days ago, so I’m using the EMMC for now. I do want to get another M.2 SSD however I noticed that the previous one got really hot, actually it was pushing the overall temperature so the fan kept getting activated a lot.

So I’d like to know if you get a heatsink over you M.2 drives or if there a special model that runs cooler than the usual ones?

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Simple heatsink and ventilation is recommended with SSDs, it’s typically the controller which gets hot, not the NAND flash itself.

Something as basic as this will work

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Typically prefer using more low power SSDs that consume less power and don’t get as hot, WD blue SSDs are low power and are a good choice.

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