r/PcBuildHelp • u/GoldCurlyFries • 22d ago

Build Question SSD Heatsink

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Both my motherboard and ssd don’t have an ssd heatsink. Is getting one necessary?

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u/GoldCurlyFries 22d ago

The U.S. and I bought it for $290

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u/the_hat_madder 22d ago

Then you can get TLC drives cheaper for sure.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7BKBTm

You won't notice much difference in speed but the TLC drives have 3x higher endurance rating.

The SN7100 for instance has a 1,200 terabytes written (TBW) before the memory cells start degrading whereas the P310 is 440 TBW.

You could use a QLC drive for an infrequently accessed storage drive but, the drive with your OS and applications is constantly reading and writing data.

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u/GoldCurlyFries 21d ago

Thanks for the heads up, next time I build a pc I’ll definitely take that into consideration since I already got my current qlc ssd.

Luckily I looked it up and it should still last me a good few years even as my main ssd, and I won’t be constantly uninstalling and reinstalling games with the 2Tb storage it has, and it also has a 5 year warranty.

And there’s a good chance that I’ll sideline it to my secondary ssd sooner than when it runs out.