The active NVMe cooling trap: Why SSD fans are a waste of money (with one major exception)

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Modern NVMe SSDs are insanely fast. They can move tens of gigabytes of data in minutes, but all that speed comes at a cost: heat. Adding a heatsink is an excellent way to protect a fast NVMe from overheating, but you don’t need to go overboard by getting a model with a tiny cooling fan.