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

Great boot drive for my Thinkpad P50 Laptop. Made a noticeable difference in my startup and loading time. Make sure you get a heat sink or a caddy with heat sink foam built in. It will keep your new drive cooler so that it does not start slowing itself down. I purchased this Platinum 1Tb because I was so pleased with the Gold Version 500Gb. Thanks and keep making a great product.

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!

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.

Maybe a bit overkill but those transfer speeds are very nice

Bought it because I had a hard drive and it was very slow and I couldn’t play with my friends on my pc, this sad was a big upgrade and did exactly what I wanted. I can play games with my friends and everything loads so much faster.

Upgrading from 850 Western Digital 850s SSDs. These drives equal the Samsung 990 pro at a better price point and are fast . .

Quick with plenty of storage space.

Far superior than Samsung SSD’s. This SSD blows Samsung out of the water. A lot smoother. Loads faster. As durable or more! Get this right now. This is the fastest SSD you can get in this category. Zoom Zoom!

Simply put, If you want one of the fastest NVME PCIE 4 drives this is it. I installed it in a newer Z790 motherboard and have benchmarked it. It replaced a PCIE 3 Samsung 970 Pro NVME. This one is twice as fast. How that gets perceived in day to day computer use is up to the reviewer but I can say I do notice a slight difference. You can download migration software and drive management software free from SKHynix website. The migration software was straightforward and worked well. The management software is fine but lacks some of the features and polish of Samsungs Magician software. If you own a PC, no you dont really need a drive this fast unless you are a professional of some sort. Otherwise a regular SATA SSD will be cheaper and fast enough. I would recommend this if you want to take advantage of newer motherboards fast storage capabilities and just want to have the fastest drive available at this time.

Its way too fast, why would I need this