Is heat a problem with the Crucial mx500 in a Mac Mini?
It tends to run 10°C hotter than e.g. a 870 evo (according to Windows Desktop users)
So, i was all fine with myself and my decision for an mx500 and only had to decide whether 500GB or 1TB.
Now, though, I read that mx500 tend to run 10°C hotter than 870 evos (at least in Windows machines).
This wouldn't be a problem, if the manufacturer says this is ok and maybe thermal throttling or other measures save the drives from overheating in densly packed computers. BUT! I fear that it will make the Minis fans blow earlier or heat up the HDD that is in there, too. (If I decide to keep the HDD inside as a second drive. I am not sure, though.).
I also thought about using it in an external case.
Thank you for all opinions, insights and advice to be given!
It tends to run 10°C hotter than e.g. a 870 evo (according to Windows Desktop users)
I had already decided to go for a Crucial mx500 over a Samsung 870 Evo, because of the bad batch sold until mid 2021 that got bad sectors and read errors over time and earlier problems in Samsung's history with the 840 Evo or other issues where people had to update the firmware to solve the problems. At least there was a firmware update, but the process is quiet complicated for mac users, involving having a windows machine. Or the incompatibility with the Mac Pro (but this seems to be a different beast anyway. We already know this SSD/HDD pickiness from the PowerMac G5 days).
That doesn't mean that Samsungs are bad. I think every major SSD manufacturer had their problems, Crucial had them e.g. with the m4, too - and who knows, some problems with a current model or batch will only show up after some years of use.
Samsung seems to have the better or more recent hardware components and technology built in their SSDs, if I am correct, which was my reason to buy an 870 evo initially.
But than after some reading, I got the impression a Crucial mx500 will be ok, cheaper - and most important - work out of the box in a Mac (e.g. without firmware flashing).
A WD Blue 3D or SanDisk Ultra 3D which are identical, fell out of my consideration after I read that they have a certain problem that files that haven't been accessed for a longer time are read very slow under 10MB/s. The problem occurs with very few exemplars and there is a cure against it, but I didn't want to gamble.
That doesn't mean that Samsungs are bad. I think every major SSD manufacturer had their problems, Crucial had them e.g. with the m4, too - and who knows, some problems with a current model or batch will only show up after some years of use.
Samsung seems to have the better or more recent hardware components and technology built in their SSDs, if I am correct, which was my reason to buy an 870 evo initially.
But than after some reading, I got the impression a Crucial mx500 will be ok, cheaper - and most important - work out of the box in a Mac (e.g. without firmware flashing).
A WD Blue 3D or SanDisk Ultra 3D which are identical, fell out of my consideration after I read that they have a certain problem that files that haven't been accessed for a longer time are read very slow under 10MB/s. The problem occurs with very few exemplars and there is a cure against it, but I didn't want to gamble.
So, i was all fine with myself and my decision for an mx500 and only had to decide whether 500GB or 1TB.
Now, though, I read that mx500 tend to run 10°C hotter than 870 evos (at least in Windows machines).
This wouldn't be a problem, if the manufacturer says this is ok and maybe thermal throttling or other measures save the drives from overheating in densly packed computers. BUT! I fear that it will make the Minis fans blow earlier or heat up the HDD that is in there, too. (If I decide to keep the HDD inside as a second drive. I am not sure, though.).
I also thought about using it in an external case.
Thank you for all opinions, insights and advice to be given!
