SK hynix Gold P31 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal SSD, Up to 3500MB/S, Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SSD - Internal Solid State Drive with 128-Layer NAND Flash

I am very new to PC building, but I figured I would go ahead and try out this brand. Friend of mine recommended Samsung for M.2 drives, and while Samsung is a reputable brand, it was much more expensive than what I was getting this for. Plugged this in, and it works just fine.

Installed into my new pc rig x570 motherboard. Fit into the motherboard slot perfectly. Boots times for win 10 is almost instant. Overall really happy with the boot and transfer speeds.

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All I can say is that you wouldnt regret buying it . My boot-up time is less than 30 seconds. Amazing.

This was listed as high end in the LTT SSD tier list. I already bought this SSD knowing that I was going to love it. SK Hynix never disappoints. Theyve been making RAM and SSDs for the manufacturer market for a long time and now have started selling to the consumer market. Now, Im sticking with Samsung, SK Hynix, and Crucial/Micron for my SSD needs

This looks like a great drive. What they dont tell you, though, is that you have to plug it into a PCIe 4.0x4 slot to achieve the high speeds. I accidentally plugged this drive into the PCIe 3.0x4 slot on my motherboard instead of the PCIe 4.0x4 slot. You can see the CrystalDiskMark 7 speeds in the image. These speeds are far too slow for what the drive is advertised to do. The slower rated m.2 SSD in my PCIe 4.0x4 slot is 1GB/s faster in the read. To be honest, Im not sure why the read is so slow on the drive I have installed in the PCIe 3.0x4 slot. As you can see, its slower than the write speed by just under 1GB/s. So, I might have a defective drive. The point is that if you have a PCIe 3.0x4 slot only, dont be looking to get the advertised speeds.

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Got this for my little brother for his gaming pc and so far no regrets. He loves it and it preformed as it should .

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I was unsure really if I could trust the quality or not of this drive simply because of past experiences with hynix memory being rather hit and miss or simply a bunch of rebranded micron or other brand memory chips on the memory sticks Ive bought from them in the past. I figured the price was good enough and amazon is pretty good with returns so give it a try. Well Ive given it almost 3 months now and the speed is fantastic and very responsive. Ive filled about 1/4th of the drive to 1/2 of the drive space up with games, media, random files and the performance has not dropped. The speeds for read and writing are fantastic and reliable so far. plus having their warranty at 5 years is not bad either. This drive came with no frills to it, packaging was chopped down to just what is necessary and nothing more. no heatsink included with this drive, no software for copying drives(which was ok for me as I was just using it for the extra storage for games and programs alone.). Install aside from the laptop side problems was a breeze, simple slide in and press down and secure with the screw(no screws provided with drive but my laptop had extras in the stick slots so that worked out perfect.). It formatted with not issues and windows recognized it without problems too. Overall at this point I give it a 5 out of 5. It does run warm but according to all data related to these newer style drives that is actually a good thing for their health and performance. It does result in sweatier hands, but hey its winter so at least I got a nice hand warmer. lol If you are on the line between this and samsung I would say unless you want one with already attached heatsink you could do worse for the price. I think for once all the parts and pieces truly are made by this company in South Korea and they are truly high quality. So I for one say go for it!