SSD in side of case, on back of motherboard safe ?...

[Skybuck Flying]

PC Case Prospect 700R allows (sata3?) SSD to be placed behind motherboard.

However there is no airflow there I think or very little ?! Plus some heat of motherboard might also leak through ?!

Is it safe to place SSDs behind motherboard or can they overheat, melt, etc ?!

Hmmm...

Bye for now,
Skybuck.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 1:29:05 PM UTC-4, Skybuck Flying wrote:

PC Case Prospect 700R allows (sata3?) SSD to be placed behind motherboard..

However there is no airflow there I think or very little ?! Plus some heat of motherboard might also leak through ?!

Is it safe to place SSDs behind motherboard or can they overheat, melt, etc ?!

Even if it doesn\'t immediately self-destruct, the elevated temperatures will reduce the lifetime by 1/2 for every 10oC rise above operating conditions in a well ventilated location.

Hmmm...

Bye for now,
Skybuck.

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:29:05 AM UTC-7, Skybuck Flying wrote:

PC Case Prospect 700R allows (sata3?) SSD to be placed behind motherboard..

However there is no airflow there I think or very little ?! Plus some heat of motherboard might also leak through ?!

Is it safe to place SSDs behind motherboard or can they overheat, melt, etc ?!

Well, at least one motherboard manufacturer thinks it IS OK.
If you want to find out, prepare a couple of other ways to mount your SSD,
and use a utility that reads out the operating temperature (search
terms like \"SSD temperature monitor\" and \"SSD health\" bring up lots of options).
Do a few experiments, and you\'ll know what the thermal situation is.

The safety answer is going to depend on the SSD dissipation, the case/fan/ventilation ports, and your
workload, as well as the mounting details.

 

[Skybuck Flying]

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 8:42:34 PM UTC+2, whit3rd wrote:

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:29:05 AM UTC-7, Skybuck Flying wrote:
PC Case Prospect 700R allows (sata3?) SSD to be placed behind motherboard.

However there is no airflow there I think or very little ?! Plus some heat of motherboard might also leak through ?!

Is it safe to place SSDs behind motherboard or can they overheat, melt, etc ?!
Well, at least one motherboard manufacturer thinks it IS OK.
If you want to find out, prepare a couple of other ways to mount your SSD,
and use a utility that reads out the operating temperature (search
terms like \"SSD temperature monitor\" and \"SSD health\" bring up lots of options).
Do a few experiments, and you\'ll know what the thermal situation is.

Not literally behind the motherboard, but on some part of the internal of the PC Case which is on the side where there is little airflow, basically \"the back side\" or \"right side of the PC case if you will\"

The safety answer is going to depend on the SSD dissipation, the case/fan/ventilation ports, and your
workload, as well as the mounting details.

I would think so, but not entirely sure, none the less those kinds of sata3 ssd are slow and expensive, not sure if there are also faster drives maybe for usb3 or something, but maybe usb3 is even slower than sata3 ? don\'t know/forgot... could look into it later... hmmm for now I think I have enough storage space for a while.
I admit this is a bit sloppy, but one also does not know what the future brings, then again not entirely sloppy, the motherboard only has 2 sata ports and will be used by 2 sata harddisks. I do wonder if there are any ssd large disks for internal mounting on pc case prospect 700r with usb connectors ? hmmmm...

Bye for now,
Skybuck.

 

[John Walliker]

On Monday, 17 April 2023 at 23:58:16 UTC+1, Skybuck Flying wrote:

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 8:42:34 PM UTC+2, whit3rd wrote:
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:29:05 AM UTC-7, Skybuck Flying wrote:
PC Case Prospect 700R allows (sata3?) SSD to be placed behind motherboard.

However there is no airflow there I think or very little ?! Plus some heat of motherboard might also leak through ?!

Is it safe to place SSDs behind motherboard or can they overheat, melt, etc ?!
Well, at least one motherboard manufacturer thinks it IS OK.
If you want to find out, prepare a couple of other ways to mount your SSD,
and use a utility that reads out the operating temperature (search
terms like \"SSD temperature monitor\" and \"SSD health\" bring up lots of options).
Do a few experiments, and you\'ll know what the thermal situation is.
Not literally behind the motherboard, but on some part of the internal of the PC Case which is on the side where there is little airflow, basically \"the back side\" or \"right side of the PC case if you will\"
The safety answer is going to depend on the SSD dissipation, the case/fan/ventilation ports, and your
workload, as well as the mounting details.
I would think so, but not entirely sure, none the less those kinds of sata3 ssd are slow and expensive, not sure if there are also faster drives maybe for usb3 or something, but maybe usb3 is even slower than sata3 ? don\'t know/forgot... could look into it later... hmmm for now I think I have enough storage space for a while.
I admit this is a bit sloppy, but one also does not know what the future brings, then again not entirely sloppy, the motherboard only has 2 sata ports and will be used by 2 sata harddisks. I do wonder if there are any ssd large disks for internal mounting on pc case prospect 700r with usb connectors ? hmmmm...

Bye for now,
Skybuck.

If you have any spare PCI-e expansion slots then you would do better by fitting
an NVMe to PCIe adapter card and putting NVMe M.2 flash on that. It will be faster and
probably cheaper than SATA flash. NVMe does not just have a faster physical
interface than SATA, but also a more efficient protocol.

John