Just curious, have you used an SSD before this? I recently got a few for gaming (3 4TB, 1 8TB), and although I haven’t had these too long, I’ve had some trouble with the 8TB. I don’t know, maybe it’s because of the brand (Samsung QVO), but I’ve had no trouble with the 4TB version (and have been using it much longer), or because of the storage capacity, but it’s overheated on me 3 times in the past 2 months!

When this happened the first time, the file explorer window suddenly went blank as I was searching for something. I’m pretty sure I left my body (and crapped my ghost-pants) from the rush of anxiety that hit me… because I thought it was toast, and that was about 2 years worth of scouring the internet for specific games (sometimes multiple times for versions of 1 game that didn’t come with a free virus installed), and I never keep track of what I have, so there was no way of getting it back. But it doesn’t make sense, I play mostly indie games, and I don’t think my laptop isn’t complete garbage (Alienware M15 r4).

Long story longer, even after taking it out of a case, and placing a decent fan right above it, it still happens! I’m not taking any more chances, and backing up on a HDD just in case. So basically what I’m getting at is just to be aware of this, and Godspeed you hoarding emperor!😬👍