TEAMGROUP MS30 512GB with SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC M.2 2280 SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 530/430 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop TM8PS7512G0C101

This SSD is one of my favorites as I have purchased quite a few. No disappointments.

I see lots of negative reviews here about the performance and DOA out of the box 256GB and 512GB models that this review section is linked to. I think most of them are due to people assuming that this is an NVMe drive because of its M.2 form factor. It's NOT NVMe. It's SATA based SSD, just like a 2.5" SSD but in a M.2 form.It will not perform even a 1/4 of of the speed of NVMe drives. It does not use PCIe lanes, but instead uses SATA standards over the M.2 interface. Many motherboards do not have the ability to run SATA M.2 in their M.2 slots and most require the user to disable NVMe and enable SATA in the BIOS for the M.2 slot for the drive to function. I think that would solve most of the problems reported here.I wouldn't recommend this drive for a traditional desktop machine as a main/boot drive. I bought it for use with a raspberry pi 4 and it simply won't stress this little drive out the way a Windows/Linux desktop will.The price is a bit high, but finding 512GB SSD or larger, in M.2 form factor is difficult and there is little demand. Almost everybody wants NVMe for speed reasons. Since the pi 4 doesn't have and PCIe lanes, you have to use SSD over USB 3 to get greater speeds than the on board microSD.For those reasons, this little drive is of good value and for older motherboards and tablets made about a decade ago that have M.2 but not NVMe, it can be of use.With that in mind, I can say this is worth it for the right conditions. Just remember that this is NOT an NVMe drive, and it will NOT perform as such and you will need to enable SATA over M.2 in most desktops in the BIOS, otherwise the system will fail to detect it.

Easy installation. Use this hard drive on my laptop over a year now, fast & still ticking. Very Happy so far d ; )

What can I say this product is as advertised. I've had it for a few months now with no problems. It's reasonably priced and have never had any problems with any other team group products. If I needed another I would not hesitate to buy the same one again.

It works great with good transfer speeds and the price is easy on the pockets

Had to return the first item and had no problem doing so. The replacement works great and would not hesitate to order another item from the seller!

Best price for an M.2 of this capacity. Only wish it came with an m.2 screw

Funciona perfectamente