i have 2 Mushkin Vortex 2TB (mknssdvt2tb), they are PCI-E 4 SSD. I know that PCI-E 4 ssds run hotter that PCI-E 3 and that PCI-E 5 run even hotter than 4.
However I expected them to run hot under heavy load like huge file transfers or chia mining instead Ive got this weird issue where my windows drive will run at 50+ degrees at idle. My other drive only idles at like 30. This is an issue because when I game the idle temps in the case rise and so do the ssds, this means the drive with the game on builds up from ~30 to ~40 and the windows drive builds from low 50s to high 50s and if it hits 60 the PC crashes to protect the SSD. i’ve never actually seen the 60 degree reading but I assume it is the SSD causing the crash because half the time it does it boots to the bios because there is no boot drive.
Current setup:
- The ssd does have a heatsink, the one that came with the mobo (the ssd didnt come with heatsinks).
- I have a lian li 011 dynamic evo with 3 intake fans at the bottom and 3 out take fans attached to a CPU radiator, so there should be enough airflow.
- GPU is in an upright bracket so the GPU isnt even blowing air onto the SSD’s/mobo.
- I’ve installed a fresh windows install a 2 days ago assuming it was some weird program that caused the issue, but the issue persists
How do i deal with this issue, is this a hardware fault? is the a setting in windows that i need to change? Dont SSDs throttle themselves to avoid overheating?