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    Legion 5 Ryzen 5 SSD Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ronbo613, Aug 6, 2021.

  1. ronbo613

    ronbo613 Notebook Guru

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    The 256G NVME primary drive on the Legion 5 Ryzen 5 laptop is going to be too small. I was thinking of going to a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB.
    I understand the 970 Evo Plus can run hot, too hot for the Legion 5? How about with a low profile (a few mm) heat sink?
    Clone the original drive with Macrium Reflect.
    Any ideas?
     
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    adampk17 Notebook Evangelist

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    Unless there is any airflow across a heat sink it doesn’t actually do any good, it just becomes a heat reservoir.
     
    adampk17, Aug 6, 2021
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    ronbo613 Notebook Guru

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    I will check out the fitment of the SSD when I upgrade the RAM. I figured somebody with a beefier Legion than mine will have installed a 970 Evo Plus and could comment on performance.
    I will be using the computer mainly for video and photo editing, a few games. Always need more storage.
     
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    wikileaker Notebook Consultant

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    There is a heat sink or a shield in legion 7 with a thermal pad for ssd. No such thing in 5? It keeps my ssds nice and cool
     
    wikileaker, Aug 23, 2021
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    The RAM has been upgraded to 16G, 2x8.
    The stock 256G Samsung NVMe SSD has been replaced with a 1TB Sabrent Rocket. A 1TB Crucial SATA SSD replaced the stock 1TB WD HD. The computer is fast and cool. I noticed the Crucial SSD runs 10°C hotter than the Sabrent system SSD. That's all I needed to see and ordered another 1TB Sabrent Rocket to replace the SATA SSD, which will go in a USB C external case.
     
    ronbo613, Aug 24, 2021
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