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

Its hard to argue against Hynix, unless Samsung is having a crazy sale. Even then, you know enthusiast-grade Hynix products arent junk. But I wasnt expecting this to put my venerable 980 Pro to bed. On a lark, I bought two 2TB drives during Amazons Black Friday sale, and my only regret is not buying three. The read speed is neck and neck with the 980 Pro, but the write speed is nearly 2,000 MB/s faster. Thats jaw-dropping. You can see the results in the attached image. Thats on a secondary drive in an MSI Z690 Pro board with no heatsink at all. Not an enthusiast board. Not active cooling. Not even passive cooling (besides the Hynix sticker). Nothing crazy. And just over 7,100 read / 6,700 write is impressive at an enthusiast-grade price. Even a regular price. But at the bargain basement price these were going for? I almost feel like a thief!

Maybe a bit overkill but those transfer speeds are very nice

I bought a pre-built gaming system as my computer died after 7 years and I needed something in a hurry. The boot drive in the PC is also a PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 drive, but it is 1 TB and slower. I wanted to get a second drive for drive D: and for storing games and video files there. I did my research before getting the SK hynix Platinum P41. The extra speed is noticeable.

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.

This seems to perform very well however it get H-O-T! I ended up buying substantial heatsink to remedy that. I wish that I couldve just bought a configuration that came with the heatsink.

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

Id used other SK Hynix drives in the past. With my new system, I needed more storage and wanted a newer generation of drive. When this came up, I snapped it up. Installation, well, its a standard M.2 drive. Its got good speed and pretty good capacity for the price (at time of purchase, prices vary.) Some reviews say this runs a bit hot, and it doesnt come with a heatsink - my mainboard has a cover for (multiple) m.2 drives which doubles as one, so not coming with a heatsink was a plus for me. Given my prior experience with SK Hynix drives, I expect this one to last a good while. Compare current pricing, but all else being equal, Id recommend this drive (or most any of theirs) easily.

I bought the 2 TB to install in my PS5. At $170 it offers excellent performance to value and beats out the competition. The SK hynix Platinum P41 doesnt come with a heatsink, but Playstation advises you install the SSD with a heatsink. The MHQJRH thats sold on Amazon for $10 fits perfectly with this SSD and the PS5. I was hesitant but after watching a couple quick videos online, installation was actually easy and took less than 30 minutes (to watch and then to install). This SSD is fast. I moved 225 GB of games to it in 3 minutes.

This NVMe changed my life. I found a wife, my dog that ran away came back to me, and I got promoted twice in the same work day! Now Im living the good life, thanks to this NVMe! To be serious for a moment: Speeds run as advertised; no issues or problems. Motherboard recognized it easily (MSI MPG z690) on Win11. Would definitely recommend this, especially if you want a good NVMe, wife, returned dog and work promotions! :D

I got two of these and raided them together Ive been pretty happy with the performance.