SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7,000MB/S, Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SSD - Internal Solid State Drive with 176-Layer NAND Flash

Excellent drive for a great price

Just built a watercooled MSI Carbon black MB EKWB not sure why the write speed and random read write is so much lower.

This product will be worth the buy for a med-level gaming laptop. I understand some folks will say something different. I like it.

Was looking for a good SSD storage to upgrade my PS5. I had my doubts, especially with how cheap this was (at least at the time of purchase). However, it was worked surprisingly great! The transfer speed is the real sinker though, only took about a minute to move all my existing games to this storage. Id honestly come back to this company if I ever need to upgrade another storage.

If its only 1.8TB of usable storage, it shouldnt be sold as a 2TB drive. Companies have been doing this for ages, it still is wrong in my opinion. Another frustrating thing about this drive (and several competitors, Sabrent did include it though) is a complete lack of mounting hardware. A tiny screw and a simple motherboard insert would cost them 10 cents to include, if that.. The hole is the same size on almost every motherboard. Ive swapped the insert between ASUS/MSI/EVGA boards without issue. If theyre worried about the size, include a few different sets. Its pretty reasonable to expect some mounting hardware for a product this expensive. Luckily I keep a jar of screws and found a set that fit, something I doubt most people have or do. Another thing is, dont expect anywhere close to 7GB/s in real performance. Moving/writing files from one gen 4 PCI-e nvme to this one, lucky to get around 150MB/s moving smaller files, closer to 250MB/s with large files (in excess of 1GB). & yes thats BYTES and not BITS (1 byte=8 bits, MB=Megabyte and Mb=Megabit) Speed tests are not an accurate representation of real world use drive performance (which is the reason it says Up to 7,000MB/s) Regardless, this is a decent drive and the performance is what Id expect out of a 4th Gen drive. As a network engineer, the advertising is just misleading. When Im working with data center scale environments exceeding the petabyte range, working with NetApp filers weighing 300LB filled with drives, the sales people arent trying to jip you over a few GB. Theyre sold and advertised with the usable storage and speeds....

Maybe a bit overkill but those transfer speeds are very nice

Have had no issues the read/write speed is as advertised which is great to see as companies these days are shady at best

Super expensive, but for my needs, the value of the storage device is fairly met to the price. I payed 102 USD. The instructions for installation get two thumbs up from me even though I didnt need them. Well see how reliable it ends up being, it has only been half a year.

As the reviews state, the P41 is very fast, but it runs hot. I also own a Seagate Firecuda 530 1TB, which is in the top-tier just like the KC3000, SN850(X) and 980 PRO. My recommendation is unless you absolutely need the extra speed, IOPS, 4K writes, etc., that this drive offers, I would recommend looking at the Firecuda 530. The 530 runs about 12c-14c cooler than the P41. I ended up replacing my motherboards m.2 heatsink cover with the Acidalie heatsink, which ultimately dropped the temps by 7c-8c at load. Before the Acidalie, the temps were 68-69c during a gaming session for Sensor 1 and upper 70s to low 80s for Sensor 2. After the Acidalie, Im in the low 60s.

I have been building and upgrading a gaming pc over the last few months. Everything was great, but I needed more storage. This SSD was perfect for that! It’s the fastest SSD I’ve ever owned, and is a great value for the money. It’s quite a bit more affordable than its competitors such as Samsung and WD, but offers the exact same, if not better, performance. When it came to installing the SSD, I had no problems. Because it’s an m.2 SSD, all I needed was an m.2 slot and a single screw that was already included with my motherboard. So I just slotted it into the motherboard and booted up my system, with zero issues. I’ve installed multiple applications and games on the SSD. They downloaded extremely quickly, and loading times were almost non-existent! On top of all of this, the P41 is a PCI Express Gen 4 SSD, so it’s great for futureproofing and offers insane reading and writing times. Overall, I’d say the P41 is one of if not the best options for anyone building a gaming pc, or anyone else who needs fast, reliable storage.