My laptop is heating up after installing SSD

[Niekon]

Hi, I installed a new SSD on my HP 15 Notebook PC by removing the dedicated CD/DVD hardware and installing it using a caddy. I installed the following SSD:

Crucial BX500 240GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch SSD

I used Macrium Reflect to clone my hard drive and switched the boot priority to SSD. The SSD has supercharged my laptop, and I am certainly seeing a performance boost. However, I feel like the CPU temperature has risen. I do not play games, but use heavy software like Microsoft Visual Studio. 

I used Open Hardware Monitor to check my CPU temperature, and it was around 50-55 degrees celsius when I was running Visual Studio.

The fan of my laptop keeps spinning at all times (as it did with HDD also), and it is barely noticeable, but I do notice the warm air coming from the vents near the CPU. I am not sure if this is an SSD problem, as the room temperature due to the weather is quite high as well, but it sure has become noticeable after installing the SSD. 

Is the temperature of my CPU averaging normal, and should not be a concern? Can you help me identify the problem? Thank you!!

[robmar0se]

SSD's use very little power, however now that you've installed it in the DVD bay, whereas the DVD was only used intermittantl;y, you are now using the SSD all thre time, so ergo you are using more power and creating more heat

HP's have tendancy to clog the fan up with dust, I often dismantle part of the laptop remove the heatsink and fan clean, and re-do the heat sink paste.  Thaty will make it as good as it will ever be.

Having said that 56-57C is not bad, is not going to cause problems.

Yr other alternative is to replace the HDD altogether, thus overall yr power consumption will drop below what it was before, as well as creating less heat.

So several options.............