SN750 500GB NVMe M.2 Black

This M.2 drive is a great price for great performance. I currently have it installed in an Asus Vivobook X512D laptop, and it's running quite well. I plan to build a full system eventually, but for now the drive speeds up boot times and provides for a smooth fast operation. Love this product!

This was my first time buying NVMe SSD drives and I was deciding between this WD Black SN750 and the Samsung 970 EVO. Both drives have similar specs and I ended up going for the WD Black SN750. This drive is amazingly quick compared to what I'm used to and I'm happy with it so far. The specs of this drive are: read speeds of 3430 MB/s and write speeds of 2600 MB/s. To get these speeds your M.2 slot needs to be PCIe x4. One of my desktops has a PCIe x2 M.2 slot so I was not able to get the full speeds on that computer. Windows 10 boots up super quick and I have not noticed any lag when performing any tasks. I would suggest downloading the free WD Black SSD Dashboard software to use with this SSD. The Dashboard lets you monitor your drive and also contains some additional tools. I did notice that the drive runs a little warmer compared to other SSDs that I have used. I'm seeing an average temperature of 45 degrees Celsius during daily use, which is not excessive and might be normal for this type of drive. I may try a heat sink at some point to see if that helps to bring the temperatures down. Another thing to note is that this M.2 SSD like most others does not come with a screw to secure the SSD to the motherboard. I would definitely recommend this SSD if you are looking to upgrade your desktop or laptop computer.