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Hey folks,
I recently received my DEC750 and noticed the NVMe temperature is a bit high for my taste.
Depending on the room/ambient temperature and the I/O load, the NVMe sits around 63-67°C in idle and easily goes up to 75°C+ under load.
The CPU on the other hand stays comparatively cool, sitting around 48-52°C at idle, with an enclosure surface temperature of ~39°C.
I wasn't able to find teardown pictures of the DEC750, only the DEC850 on reddit, which is based on a completely different PCB and enclosure. However, there it looked like the NVMe had no "direct" thermal contact with the enclosure. Apparently there is a recess milled into the enclosure top to make space for the NVMe but I didn't see any thermal pads there.
Comparing the NVMe temperature and the enclosure surface temperature leads me to believe that there is no direct thermal transfer between the two, only passive thermal radiation.
So before I open the DEC750 myself, I thought I'd just post this question here.
I'm kinda hoping I could just purchase a thermal pad of the necessary thickness (guessing somewhere between 0.5-3mm) to improve the NVMe temperature.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
foxxx0
I recently received my DEC750 and noticed the NVMe temperature is a bit high for my taste.
Depending on the room/ambient temperature and the I/O load, the NVMe sits around 63-67°C in idle and easily goes up to 75°C+ under load.
The CPU on the other hand stays comparatively cool, sitting around 48-52°C at idle, with an enclosure surface temperature of ~39°C.
I wasn't able to find teardown pictures of the DEC750, only the DEC850 on reddit, which is based on a completely different PCB and enclosure. However, there it looked like the NVMe had no "direct" thermal contact with the enclosure. Apparently there is a recess milled into the enclosure top to make space for the NVMe but I didn't see any thermal pads there.
Comparing the NVMe temperature and the enclosure surface temperature leads me to believe that there is no direct thermal transfer between the two, only passive thermal radiation.
So before I open the DEC750 myself, I thought I'd just post this question here.
I'm kinda hoping I could just purchase a thermal pad of the necessary thickness (guessing somewhere between 0.5-3mm) to improve the NVMe temperature.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
foxxx0
