So basically the HDD bay with the sata is just for decoration? This laptop was refurbished professionally and came to me as is. The Phison E12S therein contained had no thermal paste and runs very cool (27-32 idle, max 55-60 with heavy workload), but any other I tried gets to 70 very fast and has sustained speed issues. Is a thermal pad for the upgrade ssd my only hope? How do I know if a ssd is even innately cooler than most, I don’t care about high speed provided they’re sustained.
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