M.2 Questions/Viability

Hi all,
I'm mostly settled on getting a MSI GE62 as a replacement laptop (my M3800 had water leaked onto it...all data preserved, not happening again). However, I realized that it has M.2 slots on it for SSDs, not mSATA. I was excited at first...then realized that a) M.2 PCIE drives currently have a problem with overheating b) M.2 PCIE drives are currently expensive up the wazoo. Given this, would it be a good idea to just go for a M.2 drive operating over SATA III?

I have a 840 EVO and a 1TB from the M3800 that I was thinking about swapping in...atm it's probably only going to be the 1TB. I can't tell if the 840 EVO is water damaged and don't want to take any risks...most likely will just go up on eBay for parts/as-is as well as the rest of that M3800.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

If the notebook manufacturer you now have provides thermal pads for the M.2 SSD, then you may have a fair chance of it working properly for you. Don't try to fit these yourself - it is up to the manufacturer to get the chassis design right on your model/platform. If you do this yourself, all you'll end up doing is simply going past the return period with the M.2 drive and kicking yourself into 2017...

Sorry, but more bad news (possibly). Does your EVO show the symptoms as described here:

See:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1512915/...es-benchmarks-needed-to-confirm-affected-ssds

See:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1507897/samsung-840-evo-read-speed-drops-on-old-written-data-in-the-drive


Use the filebench007.exe file by BrainSplatter or the SSDReadSpeedTester204.exe utilities to conclusively test for this specific issue with sTLC nand.

See:
https://mega.co.nz/#!NEYjwIbT!3fdCXNfKzIcfAtrOGxe_Y3NtL56XvGsEJ9NHlyHYusk


Depending on what you're using your notebook for, you may want to look at MX100 drives or SanDisk Extreme Pro drives of 480/500/512GB or larger.


Good luck.

 

At the moment I'm pretty set on getting rid of the 840 EVO...though while it was active, I didn't think it had that issue. I'm in an unusual situation and can't access the drive right now though.

I'm a bit confused, the MX100 and the Sandisk drive don't come in M.2? Did you mean the MX200 from Crucial?
I know there are people out there running these drives just fine in their notebooks and desktops...just the operating temperature of M.2 drives operating on PCIE freak me out. That's why I'm wondering if M.2's running through SATA mode are faring any better.

 

Afaik, there are only M.2 enabled (SATA) AHCI drives right now. I can't recommend any M.2 drives that are not installed in the notebook right from the manufacturers - and even then, the temps will tell us if the chassis was actually designed for them (thermally).

All the 'hot' M.2's are all SATA. Their only use, imo, is in a well cooled desktop (if the mobile chassis in question doesn't adequately handle their heat output).