SN5100 or SN850X

[vidhubhushan]

i need to change the boot drive for my system.
ASRock B450 Pro4
Ryzen 3400G
2 X 8gb
right now 256 gb mx500 is used as boot drive which is working fine but since it is used for 6 years, i am thinking of getting a new one immediately as prices has already gone insane and might increase even further.
i am thinking of getting a 1tb SN850X as the difference between SN5100 and SN850X is only around 1100.
later some time, this nvme might be shifted to a new system which i may get so i was thinking of getting it.
what say guys?
does 850x requires a heatsink in normal use cases i.e. no heavy gaming or large video editing / converting?
thanks.

 

[patkim]

As per this *shop.sandisk.com/en-in/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd?sku=WDS100T2X0E-00BCA0

SN850X with Heatsink is recommended for PlayStation 5. But for Windows 10+, heatsink is not mentioned as mandatory. It comes with both options with & w/o heatsink. Heatsink is of course recommended for gaming PC.

I am using SN850 that did not come with heatsink but my board has pre-installed heatsink for M.2 slot. So, I am using that heatsink and during normal operations (General computing) temps remain below 45 C.

If your mobo has pre-installed heatsink for M.2, use it, if not, try using the SSD for a few days and observe the temperature, if crossing 55 – 60 during general computing then consider buying a separate M.2 Heatsink with thermal pad from Amazon or so.

As such when I was using Samsung NVMe SSD, I could bring down temperatures from 50 to 44 simply by installing 2 – 3 thermal pads on it. But my use case has always been general computing.

I guess 5100 is DRAM-Less but 850X is likely to have DRAM so it should be better than 5100. Where did you notice difference of 1100 between the prices?

 

[vidhubhushan]

As per this *shop.sandisk.com/en-in/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd?sku=WDS100T2X0E-00BCA0

SN850X with Heatsink is recommended for PlayStation 5. But for Windows 10+, heatsink is not mentioned as mandatory. It comes with both options with & w/o heatsink. Heatsink is of course recommended for gaming PC.

I am using SN850 that did not come with heatsink but my board has pre-installed heatsink for M.2 slot. So, I am using that heatsink and during normal operations (General computing) temps remain below 45 C.

If your mobo has pre-installed heatsink for M.2, use it, if not, try using the SSD for a few days and observe the temperature, if crossing 55 – 60 during general computing then consider buying a separate M.2 Heatsink with thermal pad from Amazon or so.

As such when I was using Samsung NVMe SSD, I could bring down temperatures from 50 to 44 simply by installing 2 – 3 thermal pads on it. But my use case has always been general computing.

I guess 5100 is DRAM-Less but 850X is likely to have DRAM so it should be better than 5100. Where did you notice difference of 1100 between the prices?

thanks for the reply. normal use case is general computing except some video clip cutting occassionally. there is no pre-installed heatsink for m.2 nvme ssd. i asked the local vendor and the prices are 14500 plus gst and 15500 plus gst which i think is 18% so the difference comes around 1100.
have checked heatsink and months back thought of getting this one if i go for 850x *www.amazon.in/ZORBES®-Heatsink-Aluminum-Thermal-Silicone/dp/B0BGNGQHQB/