Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS100T2B0C

I paid £185 delivered on 22/07/21 for the 2Tb model (at time of writing the proce has changed to £199) & knew it wasnt the fastest but was above middle of the road in terms of speed read / write performance (read quoted in the listing as up to 2600mb/s) and with Crystal reader Im getting 2,200-2,300 read & cant get near the quoted 2600, this may be because its the 2Tb model but I guess Im ok with that. The spec of the primary drive (a 1Tb Samsung) is listed at 3300 read & the CrystalRead / same test achieved 3300 repeatedly so I think theres probably exagerrated marketing going on for this WD Blue SN550 drive. I would return it however, I have installed it into an Acer Predator Triton 500 PT515-52 2020 model (with 10th gen i7 & 2080 Super Max-Q) & in this particular chassis, the motherboard is reversed so RAM & storage is on the adjacent side to that exposed after removingthe base-lid. So, in other words, its a royal begger to remove it now - only to have to do it again later when any replacement arrives later (aside from the risk of damaging screen & other ribbn cables on the Motherboard - all f which has to be completely released from the case to replace the RAM & add / replace storage). As the 2nd drive is merely for storage, in fact, at the price Ive paid, with the performance its ACTUALLY delivering, as another reviewer says (TJ); its quick enough for almost all tasks. I have to say though, MS Flight Sim 2020 Premium De-Luxe does take a wee-while to load (on my Desktop) which runs from a Crucual 2TB MX500 so, this should load quicker (except that the CPU in the laptop is an i7 rather than a 10th Gen i9 so perhaps I can;t expect better data throughput becuase of the class of machiens Im using). So all in all, I guess Im happy-ish! It would have been nice to have seen 2500/2600 read speeds as per my Sammy immediately exceeding stated performace but hey-ho! Formatted space (NTFS) is exactly 1.8Tb as reported by Win10 21h1 build. 1 final note, mine had a sticker saying Amazon Warehouse on it; it MAY have been pre-opened - but owing to reasons above, I deciced to crack on with installation - but I will be complaining to Amazon abou that - as it was a new / pristine model I bought! ** Update **, when buying I had 2 options; new but imported, import duty & deposit fees taken up-front - which was £2/3 cheaper but delivered 1 day later, or a NEW one - a day earlier - like I say - both New (Id swear) but now I check the order history; it does say Used - Like New so I kicked off a lil at Amazon & theyve given me 20% as if it was a Warehouse special, which I think is faor enough (as the special price on this seems to have ended now anyway). I just need to know how to determine how used it really is. I guess lightly but you never know! Caveat emptor folk!

Fast boots. Easy install. Even OS, loaded quickly.

Superb value for money.

I highly recommend this NVMe Internal SSD for better performance

Ordered for my bf to build my computer. My computer works, so no complaints.

Pour accompagner mon disque dur HDD, et prendre en charge windows a sa place, le mien étant vite surpassé.

Ufff va rapidisimo un gran cambio a un buen precio :) recomendadisimo esta marca

Preis Leistung super. wie gewohnt schneller Versand

Déjà je ne mattendais pas à un objet si petit ! Installation sans trop de soucis sur une CM Asus B250 prime. Il manque juste la vis pour fixer le SSD. Un peu de bricolage et cest parti.

Ottimo, consigliato! Ho completato un mini pc con i3 10gen + 16GB di ram + l’ssd in questione….per uso office il top!