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SayCheese

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Jun 14, 2007
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Hey,

I recently added a Sabrent 1TB NVME to my Mac Pro 7,1. I run iStat Menus and since adding the drive a couple of weeks ago I've noticed that the Sabrent runs significantly lower temps than the rest of the drives. Thing is, even thought the PCIe board came with a heatsink I've not actually added that heatsink to the Sabrent yet.

Question is, do I need to add the heatsink? What benefit will I get, especially when you keep in mind that it's running a lower temp already?
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