Do stickers and heatsinks matter for NVMe SSDs? PCIe gen 5 drive testing!

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  • @wardkr23
    @wardkr23 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My bet is that removing the heatsink caused some degradation of the thermal pads and therefore this slightly lower result. Anyway, I think it's fair to say we leave the stickers where they are. Thanks for the test.

  • @alichehab5804
    @alichehab5804 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Crazy that I wasn’t aware that gen 5 was out already

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah there are a few drives appearing

    • @wolfwilkopter2231
      @wolfwilkopter2231 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep there are a few, they are fast, hot and goddamn expensive and frankly, other than in enterprise or ultra heavy workloads, they dont give you any advantage over good Gen4s.

  • @andrzej2574
    @andrzej2574 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Test without stickers may be faulty.
    Thermal pad on the heatspreader covers maybe half of the controller (they can be seen side by side at 5:50). This is probably why you see worse temperatures without stickers than with them. In reallity temperatures should be pretty much the same as these graphene stickers are superb in passing the heat.
    It's vital to understand that to avoid thermal throttling it's the controller you really want to keep cool, not the NAND dies.

  • @Stormpriest
    @Stormpriest ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So I'm looking at investing in my machine, in other words, I'm going to be replacing everything but the case and the fans.
    The last thing I was pondering, was an NVMe.
    Thank you for this video because it actually puts a lot of things to rest, aka paranoid fears.
    They are considerably more expensive but from what I've been hearing and reading and seeing, it looks like they're worth their money if you don't take off the stickers in the heat sinks lol

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  ปีที่แล้ว

      NVMe is great

    • @wolfwilkopter2231
      @wolfwilkopter2231 ปีที่แล้ว

      SSDs be it SATA or NVMe have never been more affordable than nowadays.
      4TB can be had for 200bucks or less, not to long ago, that was at best the 2TB price.
      I just got me a 990Pro 2TB for the System, swapfile, all the programs and the heavy workloads, as this drives doesnt care what you throw at it, it stays the fastest and most consistent Gen4 NVME.
      And for Gaming i got me the Lexar NM790 4TB, which is a beast for the price and puts the cheap crap, like the P3 oder NV1 or NV2 to shame and *3PBW* is also nothing to scoff at. 😊

    • @wolfwilkopter2231
      @wolfwilkopter2231 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheProvokedPrawn
      Oh yes they are.

  • @Reeceander
    @Reeceander ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video! thank you for all your work. We really do appreciate it.

  • @mitcharbiter3371
    @mitcharbiter3371 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With 30+ years of building my own rigs coupled with a perfectionist streak, I have made my fair share of blunders (some expensive ones too) and have come to the conclusion that sometimes it's best to leave "sleeping dogs lie". I was going to add heat sinks to all my NVMEs across my 3 gaming rigs but decided otherwise.
    Thanks for doing these tests so we don't have to. :)

  • @leofabioFAC
    @leofabioFAC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought the same, why don't they remove the stickers? Thanks for solving my doubt!

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome

    • @yoppiear
      @yoppiear 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I replaced the sticker for thermal pad. Stickers has glue so basically it does contain water.

  • @stevejones6198
    @stevejones6198 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you set up a RAID 0 configuration with 2 NVME SSDs will it take up 4 lanes or 8?

  • @robertdaone
    @robertdaone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So should I place the adhesive thermal pad on the top and bottom of my SSD?

  • @helthuismartin
    @helthuismartin ปีที่แล้ว

    Hoe presteert hij in een PCIE Gen4 slot??????

  • @Nasty00B
    @Nasty00B ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you already make a vid regarding the speed difference between NVME sockets ? With or without GPU? Thanks 🤘

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It varies wildly from motherboard to motherboard. Some I've found if you populate all the slots it halves the speed of others, some you can fill them all up and it still runs max speed, some it impacts the GPU lanes. It's impossible to do a general assessment of it I think

  • @OutlawzsFPS
    @OutlawzsFPS ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please do a review comparison between the Samsung g9 and the g9 oled and if it’s worth upgrading too and if you would ?

    • @wolfwilkopter2231
      @wolfwilkopter2231 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you care about color accuracy, ultrafast pixel response without any blacklevel smearing or ghosting over the entire refreshrange including VRR, nearly infinite contrast and a damn nice HDR experience.
      And if you like the ultrawide format, and also the integrated tech thats usually to be found in TVs and have no problem with the connectors all in mini versions, like the design and agree with the pricing...the G9 OLED is one of, maybe even the best OLED in that format, with its only real close rival being the Alienware AW3423DWF.
      Monitors Unboxed did test them, maybe go and have a look there.

  • @DidYouReadEULA
    @DidYouReadEULA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She blinded me with science!

  • @AintPopular
    @AintPopular 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How much of a difference heatsink vs non makes

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/Xww8G_471GA/w-d-xo.html

  • @kitsunesden8085
    @kitsunesden8085 ปีที่แล้ว

    NSFW SSD at 0:20 and 4:34 xD

  • @WhiskyCardinalWes
    @WhiskyCardinalWes ปีที่แล้ว +5

    LOL, two of my three laptops are Gen3, while one is Gen4. Whut do I need a Gen5 for!?!

    • @TheProvokedPrawn
      @TheProvokedPrawn  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gen 3 is so slow by comparison 😂👍

    • @WhiskyCardinalWes
      @WhiskyCardinalWes ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheProvokedPrawn You mean like a Bugatti Chiron is faster than a Veyron? After a certain point 'faster' just means its more expensive. I can't tell the difference between Forza 7 played on my Lenovo Legion versus my Razer Blade.

    • @CaptainScorpio24
      @CaptainScorpio24 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WhiskyCardinalWes exactly

  • @cookie_mxnst3r
    @cookie_mxnst3r 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I switched my nvme drive from my laptop to mobo, will the little white sticky pads work instead of a heatsync

  • @s__c__o
    @s__c__o ปีที่แล้ว

    "Have a great life" - so dumb.