A:AnswerIt becomes very hot. As per my initial use it use somewhere between 60-70C but I've read someone measure it as high as 81C. I purchased a 1mm copper heatsink with thermal tape and attached it to this SSD. As per my measurement temperatures range from 34C to 46C. I've read somewhere 50C is still considered normal or acceptable. Note not purchase the 3mm heatsinks (the ones with fins) as they are designed for desktops. The 1mm copper heatsink fits perfectly on ,y HP Pavilion gaming laptop replacing the meatl bracket (with thermal paste) holding the old SSD.
A:AnswerIt should be compatible with any m.2 NVME slot. When you buy this, if you currently have a NVME drive and don’t have two NVME slots, you will need to purchase an adapter in order to use the Samsung cloning software. I bought my adapter for $14 on Amazon.
A:Answera667701:
High-performance SSDs usually require high-performance thermal control. To ensure stable performance, the 980 PRO uses nickel coating to help manage the controller's heat level and a heat spreader label to deliver effective thermal control of the NAND chip.
However, if you do want a heatsink, the 980 PRO with Heatsink delivers an additional layer of thermal control for smart heat management to reduce heat. With the added heatsink, play confidently on PlayStation 5 gaming consoles and PC systems without worries of sudden performance drops from overheating.
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A:AnswerAs long as you have a NVMe 2.0 slot it will. This is a gen 4 x 4 so unless your motherboard supports that you won't get the full speed advantage.
A:Answeroldporkchops:
Samsung NVMe SSDs use the “M-Key” (to leverage PCIe x4 for maximum performance) and cannot be plugged into an M.2 slot with a “B-Key”.
- Samsung Memory
A:Answerdoes that MOBO have an M.2 port, then yes. The AsRock Z690-C/ac has 4 m.2 slots so I would assume yes you can but you didn't give me the full name of the MOBO you are asking about.
Unless this is the one ur asking about then ur answer is YES you can buy 4 of them that board has 3 with PCIe 4 and 1 with PCIe 3, so only the 4th one would run at half the speed (3500) but still much faster than a regular SSD (550)
