KingSpec 256GB M.2 SATA 2242 SSD NOT for NVMe Slots, Upgrade for Laptop/Desktop, SATA III 6Gb/s, B+M Key, Up to 550MB/s

I needed a good drive to replace the drive inside an old Sophos XG firewall. This was the right size and type, and works beautifully for the purpose. It's been chugging along for a while now, so I'm pleased with it. Good price.

So, this is how I am using this and it is diverging great results and sped up my transfer times. I installed it into a GMK NucBox-G3 N150 and set it up as a secondary drive. I then directed folders like Documents, pictures, music, and others to save to like locations on the KingSpec Sata. The transfer speed is terrific. Much better than try to have the same said items saving to an external Hard Drive. There are some bad reviews and a lot of good reviews. That I the funny thing about Computer equipment. You get into a bad batch or part or a good batch or part. I don't think that it really matters on the manufacture. Just my thoughts.

I got this to expand the space on a small NUC system I wanted to use for a major task, but that had very little emmc space for it's primary drive (32G). This quadrupled my space and let me get things going and allowed me to re-use a system that otherwise would have simply been e-waste had I not been able to get it going.

I received the drive a day later than originally expected, but given all the weather event, pandemic, and o on, it wasn't a terrible hardship. The drive was easy to install but the notches in the part where you plug it into the computer were a little misleading. My laptop only has one notch in the socket but the drive has two. I'm not sure what is gong on there, but it seems to be fine. One thing did cause some minor frustration with this purchase. When you install the card, you have to use a small screw to hold it down against the computer's circuit board. However, the drive doesn't come with the screw an there wasn't one on the existing board. I was able to get a screw that works from my grandson but he had to take it from an old computer that he had in his closet. This could have been easily solved by including a screw in the package. The other thing that might be of interest to potential buyers is that when I first added the drive to my computer it didn't show up in the File Explorer window or device manager at all. I was able to do a Google search that explained that you have to initialize the drive first, using the Disk Manager that comes with Windows. I suppose you could argue that I should "just know how to do it", but a simple paragraph would have saved some poking around. Neither of these things was a deal-killer. once I initialized the drive I found that it's as fast as you would expect an SSD to be, which is to say it's really fast. If either of the above items had been addressed I would have given this item a 5 star rating instead of 4 stars. Now that you have read this review you can give it a 5 star rating since you know the two things about it that I didn't!

I replaced my GMKtec’s 128 GB drive with the KingSpec NT Series 2 TB M.2 2242 SATA SSD and the performance jump is immediate. The drive fits the SATA‑only slot (no NVMe confusion), runs the full 6 Gb/s speed, stays cool under load, and gives plenty of space for games, media, and projects. A reliable, plug‑and‑play upgrade that makes the system feel brand‑new.

Great price on a good sized drive to upgrade my HP Chromebox. Easily installed and recognized.

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Dropped in a Lenovo Yoga 469 SATA slot to pull files off a full C/SSD. Now running apps on C and files off this SATA SSD. Know the difference between SATA M.2 and NVMe that won't fit a SATA slot. Lots of returns because of this issue. Many complaints that this SSD is a terrible boot drive. Storage should be fine.

This was easy to install in my Geekom mini computer and was easy to initialise and format for use by Windows 11 . It seems fast enough for my requirements.

Bought this for my iPod Video (A1136). Works great and fast! "Sintech M.2 (NGFF) SATA SSD to 40Pin ZIF CE Adapter Card"

Works well for me and it was actually a brand new disk, unlike some sellers of these smaller brands. KingSpec seems to use new chips. We'll have to see how it holds up the coming years but the start looks good. Not sure why other reviewers had issues, just delete all partitions and create a new set in Windows or macOS or Linux and format it.

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