If your SSD gets hot when you’re copying big files or using I/O intensive programs, but cools right back down once a transfer is complete or you close the disk intensive program – this is completely normal. It’s quite normal for an SSD to jump 5, 10, 15 or more degrees celsius when going from idle (nothing happening on the drive) to a full workload of heavy reads & writes. SSDs vary in temperature depending on what they’re doing. This varies based on a bunch of things like: where you’re located in the world, how hot it is outside and your current room temperature when taking the reading, what type of enclosure the SSD is located in or where your SSD is located inside of your computer case, as well as how much work your SSD is currently doing (reads/writes). Typical SSD Operating Temperaturesįor reliability, most of the time you should see a temp range between 30✬ and 50✬ (86✯ to 122✯) for SSDs under load in a standard desktop computer. So while an SSD can technically operate at the higher ranges advertised my manufacturers, you’re going to get better data integrity and more life out of your SSD if you keep it cool. However, studies like the one Facebook conducted in their own data centers found that the hotter your SSD runs, the quicker it wears out the flash memory inside of the drive. This range is about the same for every consumer SSD currently on the market, but can sometimes vary slightly based on the model and form factor of the SSD (2.5” SATA, M.2 or mSATA) – but a drive under 70✬ is generally within the operating parameters provided by SSD manufacturers. Most SSDs are rated for running within a temperature range of 0✬ up to a max temp of 70✬ (32✯ to 158✯). Let’s cut to the chase: What’s A Safe Operating Temperature For SSDs? If you don’t pay attention to high temperature readings from your SSD you could be speeding up it’s death – but more on that later. Despite the lack of moving parts, hence the name solid state drives, SSDs can get hot, really hot.

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