SAMSUNG 990 EVO SSD 2TB, PCIe Gen 4x4, Gen 5x2 M.2 2280 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive, Speeds Up to 5,000MB/s, Upgrade Storage for PC Computer, Laptop, MZ-V9E2T0B/AM, Black

Got it on sale. Been using EVO 960 and EVO 970 in other builds, and they're fast and fantastic. On a mini PC I have, the OS was on an 2.5" SSD. I slapped an M2 SSD in, and could replicate the OS to it no problem. But, wife's laptop had a 125GB M2 SSD as only drive. Didn't have a 2.5" SSD. Got this 1TB EVO 990 as a nice replacement. Saw vids showing how to use an M2 enclosure to easily replicate a laptops old M2 OS drive to the new replacement. But, that would cost $30, I had a 2.5" SSD 2.5" enclosure already, and I was being cheap. So, I replicated the OS drive to the 2.5" external, tore apart her laptop, installed the blank 1TB EVO 990, and tried booting from external 2.5" SSD. Laptop DID NOT want to boot. Kept going into Windows Recovery like the Windows install was corrupted. Spent 2 days messing around with options. FINALLY.. just popped $30 to buy an M2 enclosure (like I should have from the start). Ripped her laptop apart again, put the old 125GB M2 SSD in, booted.. got into Windows. Put the 1TB EVO 990 into the M2 enclosure. Plugged in, recognized as external drive. Replicated OS drive to it. Tried booting from it, but laptop acted like it was corrupted again. At this point, I figured the laptop was just prima donna and had issues booting from external drives. So, on a leap of faith I ripped apart her laptop AGAIN and slapped the cloned 1TB EVO 990 in. After putting it all back together AGAIN, it booted just fine into Windows, and now she has TONS of drive space left.So, if you're getting this as a replacement for a laptop's M2 drive... don't be stupid like me and waste a bunch of time. Just buy an M2 Enclosure and make replication easy on yourself.I ran some winsat times on my old EVO 960 vs EVO 990, and the 990 is getting ~1000 MB/s on random 16 vs the 960 ~1400 MB/s. So, the 990 seems slower there.But, on the 64 bit read/write, 990 is getting ~3200 MB/s on BOTH, while the 960 is getting ~3000 on the read and ~1800 on the write.So, the 990 is blazing along. It's also newer than the 960 I have, which may be seeing wear-n-tear impact performance. So, I may eventually get one of these to replace my 960, too.like 3200 MB/s on

I give this product a 10/10. I had just gotten a skytech gaming PC, and had to add in this 1TB. My computer was pretty fast before this was installed, but now it is even faster and then start up is insane. I currently use this to store certain things on my computer. Will definitely help boost speed if that's what you're looking for. This is my first PC ever and I am very happy to have gotten this in. The design is simple, the quality is top notch and overall the functionality of it is great.Will definitely be purchasing in the future if I ever decide to Amp it up a bit more.

Replace the battery, upgraded memory and upgraded HD all at once. Took me about 20 minutes and was very easy. The HD seems fast so far with a clean windows install and a great price for a T worth of space.

I got this to replace my prebuilt PC but to also use as a second SSD. Turns out it might be better to just use it as a dedicated storage so I dont have to redownload everything and reformat all the drives. I did download a clean install of windows on it but then decided to stick with my other one and use this for videos and gaming storage.Installing it was easy, normal SSD size but I DID notice it psychically felt better than my intel one from my prebuilt. You can feel quality! The SSD is all black and has 2 stickers on the back for heat distribution which helps along with my heatsink. It runs BETTER even in the 2nd SSD slot with fast writing speeds and noticeably faster transferring files.I'm not a huge tech person even though I do game and build my own PC, whoah I know lol, but even I can tell the samsung 990 evo is a beast, and that says something if I out of everyone can see that!Highly reccomended.

The SAMSUNG 990 EVO SSD 1TB is absolutely incredible! The performance is lightning-fast, making boot times and file transfers almost instant. I upgraded from an older SSD, and the difference is night and day—apps load faster, games run smoother, and overall system responsiveness has improved dramatically. Installation was a breeze, and the drive runs cool and quiet. If you’re looking for a reliable, high-speed SSD with top-tier performance, this is the one to get. Highly recommended!