Rakin | PC MASTER RACE | Page 1

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:17 AM

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@spark rain is this in mm or cm thick btw

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:18 AM

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Mm

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:19 AM

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okay in that case go with 1.8mm then that's pretty thin as is

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if you're worried about the gap, that only occurs if ur thing doesn't screw down tight enough to be pressing the pad against the nvme fully to cover it

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:20 AM

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humble saffron okay in that case go with 1.8mm then that's pretty thin as is

U mean 0.8 mm?

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:20 AM

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i thought ur two options were 0.8mm and 1.8mm?

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:20 AM

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0.8 and 1.5

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:21 AM

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ooooh my bad

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go with 1.5mm if you're worried it won't screw on tight enough

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:22 AM

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U sure I dont wanna famage m.2

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:22 AM

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it wont damage it, thermal pads are relatively malleable

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:22 AM

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I meant by overheating

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:23 AM

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overheating m.2s are pretty rare in itself, if u look at most mid-range motherboards they dont come with m2 cover/heatsinks anyway bc in most use cases for just gaming, loading standard apps and windows, it doesn't have a long enough time of a sustained load to really heat up to the point where it overheats

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:23 AM

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Especially with pcie 3 right

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:24 AM

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so unless if ure doing professional work that requires constant read write operations, i'd consider it a non issue

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yeah pretty much

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:24 AM

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So in a nutshell go 4 1.5 mm?

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:24 AM

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mhm

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:24 AM

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Ur speaking from experience rijt?

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Sry if that sounded rude

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:25 AM

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ive never had to replace a thermal pad for m.2 if that's what you're asking, this is just from pc building experience, logic and knowledge of how systems operate

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:25 AM

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Ohh tysm

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:26 AM

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it takes a lot to overheat an m.2, the last time it was an issue was when T-Force made an RBG SSD that had lights and shit heating up the SSD, making it overheat and therefore throttle to really slow speeds

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that's the only case that comes to mind

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and since u already have airflow going over ur motherboard from the case anyway, passively cooled drives are more than enough, the m.2 cover/heatspreader is just a nice plus on top

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:27 AM

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Spoiler im making the 1.5 by stacking 2 0.8

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I meant 1.5

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:27 AM

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if you're stacking 0.8mm that's just 1.6mm

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:27 AM

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1.6 1.5 almost same

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Stacking is ok right

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:30 AM

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honestly cant say ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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you're overthinking it

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:30 AM

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Using logic

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:30 AM

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just get one or the other and it will be fine, dont stack it

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:30 AM

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So ur saying I shold use 0.8 mm

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:31 AM

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get 0.8mm is my opinion, if u think that's too thin i see no harm in the 1.5mm

spark rain Oct 21, 2022, 1:31 AM

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But I have to stack to make the 1.5 mm

humble saffron Oct 21, 2022, 1:32 AM

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oh, i thought u meant they sold the 1.5mm separately as a singular piece

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just buy one 0.8mm then dude

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no stacking

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keep it at 0.8mm

#Rakin