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There are two SSD drives. Several negative reviews can be found here regarding the performance and DOA out of the box 256GB and 512GB models that are linked to this review section. Since the M signifies NVMe, I believe the majority of these are due to people assuming that this is an NVMe drive. It has a form factor of 2. NVMe is not the solution here. Similar to a 2nd generation SATA SSD, this SSD runs on SATA 3. It is a 5" SSD, but it is The form 2 is available. You will be unable to achieve even a quarter of the performance of an NVMe drive. The device does not use PCIe lanes, but rather utilizes SATA over This interface has two ports. SATA M may not be supported on all motherboards. Their M has 2 in it. There are two slots on most M boards, but most users are required to disable NVMe and enable SATA in the BIOS. There are two slots needed to make the drive work. The solutions on this page should resolve most of the issues raised I wouldn't recommend this drive for use on a traditional desktop for a primary or boot drive. I bought it for use with a Raspberry Pi 4, which simply won't cause this drive to be strained in the same way a Windows or Linux desktop would. There is a bit of a price premium, but you can find a 512GB SSD or larger, in M shape, for a bit less. A 2x form factor is difficult, and there is little demand. Most people are interested in NVMe due to its speed. Using the SSD over USB 3 instead of the microSD on the pi 4 allows you to get greater speeds than using the on-board microSD since the P4 has no PCIe lanes. For these reasons, this little drive is a good buy for older motherboards and tablets made about a decade ago with a M socket. Even if NVMe is not supported by 2 , it may prove useful. So, I can say that, if the right conditions are met, this is well worth the effort. Please note that this is not an NVMe drive, and it will NOT work as such. You will need to enable SATA over M in order to use this drive. It is necessary to set BIOS Options 2 in most desktops, otherwise the system will fail to detect the device.

Cora Wilkinson

| Nov 01, 2020

We will see how it performs. As soon as I hit F9 to register it in BIOS, I went to disk management on Windows, unallocated the disk. Once I finished doing this, it appeared in file explorer. The situation appears to be fine. My main SSD is not this one it's my second one and I also have a second one. Hard drive with a size of 5".

Reid Pacheco

| May 13, 2021

The website is unresponsive and does not work.

Lochlan Mendoza

| Oct 05, 2020

A SATA drive and a USB drive are available. I can tell you from experience it gets very hot, despite its lack of a thermal sensor. There are thermal pads on it so it can stand up against the case and be moved away from the heat. If you had your money to spend, it would be more wise to buy from reputable brands Speeds are decent, but I think you could get more value for your money if you spent a bit You often can't get the best value for money from the cheapest item.

Jones Vaughan

| Feb 16, 2021

A dead drive is all it is. There is no PCIe issue, no improper installation, and nothing is going to acknowledge that such a thing exists. I was already disappointed, but then I realized that shipping it back to the manufacturer would be my responsibility based on the warranty specifics. The shipping costs, customs fees, insurance costs, as well as the time it would take to get a new one outright seem worth the same, or more, than buying a whole new one outright. It will also be cheaper and quicker In order to make up for lost time, I'm going to need this for school projects that are deadline-sensitive and are all due within a few days.

Miles WHITEHOUSE

| Mar 10, 2021

A USB C M connector is included so that I can use it with it. There are 2 enclosures. A Raspberry Pi OS has been flashed to it and it seems to be working properly. This method is a lot faster than using SD cards, and the card wasn't damaged so that's nice too.

Brynlee Ramsey

| Mar 19, 2021

We're sorry to only be able to give one At first glance, it looked like a good deal, but the one I got was not as advertised. I have this hardware configuration that matches the specs on my PC, however it is completely unfamiliar. I have tried everything I can think of but it just won't work. Even though my PC did not have access to it, the only life it showed was it got very hot.

Hezekiah Oliver

| Sep 04, 2020

Easily installed my operating system and my files right away once it was installed in the right slot (SATA 3). So far its fast, no negatives. For the price it does what it has to do. I would just caution you that it only supports SATA 3. It was placed in the PCI slot from the beginning, however it would not allow any installations to occur on it, even though it was recognized by the motherboard. In my opinion, it is a good idea to.

Zyaire Schmidt

| Jun 07, 2021