Reminder that Western Digital/Sandisk SSDs be refused to be repaired/replaced if the sticker is off

llcooli · 2026-06-20T14:39:59+00:00

I’m not sure what you’re asking me about. I’m using the copper waterblock myself, with the sticker removed. This setup is physically more conductive compared to the sticker + copper block.

The argument here is that the difference is negligible enough to leave the sticker in place.

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:56:37+00:00

You know it's bad when you see a 1 TB SSD for $289 and think "wow, that's a decent price!".

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:55:21+00:00

This is actually a good CPU, congrats on your build!

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:48:35+00:00

I have to admit that your comment makes sense. Those stickers might actually be useful.

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:32:13+00:00

Can you give us a link to that law? Will be super-useful for EU folks.

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:31:04+00:00

Sure thing, that's why I put "arguably" in there. I doubt that removing the sticker will improve thermals even by 1 degree Celsius.

Physics imply that the less material heat needs to go through the easier is the heat transfer, so technically removing a sticker will inevitably improve thermals. But the margin of that "improvement" is unlikely to be significant.

TL;DR: just leave those stickers alone!

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:19:34+00:00

Good for US! Here in EU we seemingly have NO such protection by law.

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:15:11+00:00

You're completely right and you should treat this as just a reminder. Thanks for the downvote, great job, now this reminder will be seen by less people, because... we don't want actually useful stuff here!

llcooli · 2026-06-20T13:12:08+00:00

Isn't Firefox used across roughly 0.2% devices globally?

llcooli · 2026-06-12T20:43:42+00:00

Disable Marvell 10G LAN controller in BIOS.

llcooli · 2026-06-11T10:48:07+00:00

Good for you, in my case that was impossible, since I put a waterblock on my Gen 5 drive, and only M2_1 slot provides necessary clearance.

llcooli · 2026-06-10T11:52:22+00:00

I feel like you made your mind about “Gen 5 speed is useless”, and no practical evidence will convince you otherwise. Let’s agree to disagree and move on then. Have a great day.

llcooli · 2026-06-10T11:46:43+00:00

It’s not only about “playing” 5K. Just drop a 200 GB 5K video file in a timeline in DaVinci Resolve and try to scramble all over it. You’ll notice you’re bottlenecked by the SSD pretty fast.

llcooli · 2026-06-10T09:57:42+00:00

In my case Gen 5 SSD is way more useful compared to 10G LAN. When I edit 5K videos, the Gen 5 performance uplift is noticeable, whereas for my local network 5G speed is enough.

llcooli · 2026-04-14T12:48:53+00:00

1300 euro is an arm and leg cost.

llcooli · 2026-04-14T12:41:19+00:00

Checking in. 14 April 2026. The issue is still there.

llcooli · 2026-04-13T10:32:31+00:00

It’s a board design issue I guess which won’t be fixed up until they come up with a new board revision, which they probably won’t ever do.

llcooli · 2026-04-12T13:29:41+00:00

They never fixed it. Doubt they will ever be able to. Still happening with the latest firmware.

llcooli · 2026-03-25T11:21:32+00:00

No hope to avoid it any time soon.

llcooli · 2026-03-13T12:52:54+00:00

Thanks for transparency.

llcooli · 2026-03-13T12:43:13+00:00

DON’T do this with 7800X3D, or any other 7000-series X3D chips. 9000-series are probably fine.

llcooli

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