Question about SSD vs HDD temperature for people who've swapped their 2.5 SATA HDD for SSD AN515-54.

ynwa1227
ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
edited May 2022 in Nitro Gaming
Which one has higher temperature? For reference my 2.5 HDD has 45-50C when used for gaming.

For Nitro 5 users only please or specifically AN515-54. People who have similar models and have swapped out their 2.5" HDD for 2.5" SSD can also answer ❤

(Thread was edited to add model name to the title)

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    Some SSDs run much hotter than HDDs. Which SSD did you get?

    Jack E/NJ

  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    JackE said:
    Some SSDs run much hotter than HDDs. Which SSD did you get?

    Aren't those the NVMe ones? I'm planning to get Crucial MX500 which is a 2.5" SATA SSD
  • batmalin
    batmalin Member Posts: 4,231 Guru
    AN515-43 I have Crucial BX model and is much cooler than the HDD. It is used for storage thou...
    Please click "Yes" if I have answered your question.
    Userbench: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/31177158

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    The MX500 series runs hot ( nearly 80*C) under peak read/write operations.  If would probably run a bit warmer than your HDD in the way you use it. If it was mine, I'd probably go for the WesternDigital blue series which runs about 10*C cooler under similar peak loads.


    Jack E/NJ

  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    JackE said:
    The MX500 series runs hot ( nearly 80*C) under peak read/write operations.  If would probably run a bit warmer than your HDD in the way you use it. If it was mine, I'd probably go for the WesternDigital blue series which runs about 10*C cooler under similar peak loads.



    I'm just gonna use it as secondary drive to play games
  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    batmalin said:
    AN515-43 I have Crucial BX model and is much cooler than the HDD. It is used for storage thou...

    Games too or just storage?
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    >>>I'm just gonna use it as secondary drive to play games>>>

    I really don't think you need to worry about SSD or HDD temperatures under any circumstances.  However, all you need to know is that the recommended  WD SSD runs cooler than the MX500 under any circumstances.

    Jack E/NJ

  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    JackE said:
    >>>I'm just gonna use it as secondary drive to play games>>>

    I really don't think you need to worry about SSD or HDD temperatures under any circumstances.  However, all you need to know is that the recommended  WD SSD runs cooler than the MX500 under any circumstances.


    Well what if the 2.5" SSD has high temperature in Nitro 5 and it reduces its lifespan? That's what I want to know, surely there are people here who've swapped out the HDD that came with the laptop with an SSD of the same size and slot (SATA). About WD Blue, the price is almost 2x Crucial MX500 lol. I thought MX500 was one the highly regarded SATA SSDs, comparable to Samsung EVOs' SATA.
  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,287 Pathfinder
    @ynwa1227 I have the model AN515-54 with the Samsung 870 EVO 2.5 inch SATA SSD upgrade. I tested with the game Cyberpunk and the temperature for the 2.5inch SSD is around 45-49C (CPU is around 85C and GPU is 70C). So I think the MX500 might be less or equal temperature while gaming.
    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    >>>Well what if the 2.5" SSD has high temperature in Nitro 5 and it reduces its lifespan?>>>About WD Blue, the price is almost 2x Crucial MX500 lol.>>>

    This is NOT scientifically or technically proven fa ct. Where did you get these ideas? Did you read some anecdotal evidence on the internet and believe it must be true?

    The crucial and western digital blues should be similar in price tor the same size and capacity. Where are you shopping?

    Jack E/NJ

  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    edited May 2022
    JackE said:
    >>>Well what if the 2.5" SSD has high temperature in Nitro 5 and it reduces its lifespan?>>>About WD Blue, the price is almost 2x Crucial MX500 lol.>>>

    This is NOT scientifically or technically proven fa ct. Where did you get these ideas? Did you read some anecdotal evidence on the internet and believe it must be true?

    The crucial and western digital blues should be similar in price tor the same size and capacity. Where are you shopping?

    I said "what if", and which 'fact' are you talking about? You're being aggressive and condescending for no reason 😵

    "Did you read some anecdotal evidence on the internet and believe it must be true?" what did I do that makes you think that? 😵

    Yikes
  • ynwa1227
    ynwa1227 Member Posts: 61 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    edited May 2022
    JackE said:
    >>>Well what if the 2.5" SSD has high temperature in Nitro 5 and it reduces its lifespan?>>>About WD Blue, the price is almost 2x Crucial MX500 lol.>>>

    This is NOT scientifically or technically proven fa ct. Where did you get these ideas? Did you read some anecdotal evidence on the internet and believe it must be true?

    The crucial and western digital blues should be similar in price tor the same size and capacity. Where are you shopping?

    I said "what if", and which 'fact' are you talking about? Did you assume I was talking about SSD reducing the laptop lifespan or something? No, I wasn't. I was talking about SSD that operates at high temperature have reduced lifespan (for the SSD). You're being aggressive and condescending for no reason 😵


    "Did you read some anecdotal evidence on the internet and believe it must be true?" what did I do that makes you think that? 😵




  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,287 Pathfinder
    edited May 2022
    @ynwa1227 hey please calm down, don't tell or say that word to him as you might get a ban. We are just normal people so we sometimes can make a mistake that could either be little or big. Just forgive and correct someone if he tells something wrong that you don't agree with it. 
    @JackE please don't try to ask the user with this voice because this can be easily misunderstood and raise that user's anger.
    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    >>>what did I do that makes you think that?>>>

    Your comments suggested that you've been reading anecdotal internet evidence like the links you just posted. They have little or no relevance to your situation in which the main heat concerns are overwhelmingly from CPU/GPU intensive usage. 
     

    Jack E/NJ

  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,287 Pathfinder
    @ynwa1227 okay please you can avoid saying that for now. This violates the ACUA which can result in a ban.
    The MX500 that he is saying about is the M.2 form factor, which I think can be easily overheated in the situation where it has no heatsink, exposed to hot ambient temperature, especially near the CPU cooler. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/crucial-mx500-m-2-1-tb/7.html
    I don't confirm this result is true since this post doesn't mention the CPU temps or ambient case temperature.
    The MX500 2.5-inch will be much lower than this because it has an external casing.


    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
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