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![MSI Gaming on Twitter: "M.2 Shield, found on next gen #MSI GAMING motherboards, helps lower M.2 PCIE Gen3 x4 SSD temp to maintain max. speed and prevent throttling. https://t.co/Q7OLuOo3zA" / Twitter MSI Gaming on Twitter: "M.2 Shield, found on next gen #MSI GAMING motherboards, helps lower M.2 PCIE Gen3 x4 SSD temp to maintain max. speed and prevent throttling. https://t.co/Q7OLuOo3zA" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cyb1yRdXEAQWOCs.jpg)
MSI Gaming on Twitter: "M.2 Shield, found on next gen #MSI GAMING motherboards, helps lower M.2 PCIE Gen3 x4 SSD temp to maintain max. speed and prevent throttling. https://t.co/Q7OLuOo3zA" / Twitter
![In HWInfo, what is "Drive Temperature 2" for my NVME M.2 headsink? It is hitting 97C... Also, ran a benchmark on Samsung Magician, showed 62C max temp (and labels it as "to In HWInfo, what is "Drive Temperature 2" for my NVME M.2 headsink? It is hitting 97C... Also, ran a benchmark on Samsung Magician, showed 62C max temp (and labels it as "to](https://external-preview.redd.it/snEEzclKFGNd0W85Fnr9CkqiTgu4EYCxG2Npfn7KzNU.jpg?auto=webp&s=44e09d5500a6af322bec3657512c6a986ec215de)
In HWInfo, what is "Drive Temperature 2" for my NVME M.2 headsink? It is hitting 97C... Also, ran a benchmark on Samsung Magician, showed 62C max temp (and labels it as "to
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