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

After cloning this drive, works flawlessly as my startup drive.

I bought this drive based on a comparison review I read with the big players (ie Samsung, Western Digital et al) where it seemed to outperform in a number of categories related to r/w speeds and overall energy use. I bought it not sure if it would even function in the the Dell laptop I put it in which came with a 250gb drive. The laptop recognized the drive without issue. I also put Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 on it. Flawless install, works perfectly, boots faster and now with 8x the space. Now I wonder if this mobo can accept 32 gb of memory. Hmmmm…

Photo speaks for itself! My PC specs CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4080 Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 (F5-6000J3038F16GX2-TZ5NR)

Incredibly low power draw, perfect for laptops. Overall performance, including temperatures, are easily on par with Samsung Pro series. This is a no-brainer for the price and performance, as well as the reliability and low power draw. SK Hynix lives up to the hype!

I get a solid 7GB/sec read on an AM5 motherboard setup. Game load times are faster and the system feels snappier. Highly recommended.

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

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.

This thing is so fast and has so much space. I bought it to make sure I could have a bunch of games installed at the same time and still get great speeds. Never going back to just an SSD for my main HDD again.

Have the WD850s, the WD850Xs and the SK Hynix P41s. The P41s are pushing well over spec while the the WD850xs are all well under. Ive had WD tech support investigate why their drives are underperforming the specs they advertise and the answers were lackluster. They could not give me a straight answer after 3 months of sending them log and config files, going back and forth like an idiot. the WD850x is advertised as delivering upto 7300Mb/s but im getting under 7000Mb/s with a 13900K and MSI ACE Z690 MB. This is the case on 2 different setups I have. The other a 12700K and both systems report the same read/write results. WD tech support states that drives meet specs of UPTO 7300MB/s so that means there is nothing wrong with the drives and you can expect anything from 0 (Zero) to 7300MB/s and it meets their spec. Thats total BS. The SK Hynix P41 outperforms the the WD850X considerably in both read and write. The SK Hynix P41 NvMe drives outperform their own specs and they dont hype about it. Way too much hype on the WD drives and as a result they are are underpricing the competition to sell the $%@#$ they are pushing. The WD850x will be the last WD NvMe drives I ever purchase from them. Not because they are bad but because of WDs horrible support, false advertising and lack of trying to figure out what is holding back their drives.....or do they already know the competition is way ahead of them. Se la vie WD.

No issues running in a ps5. I got a heatsink and Running DBrand darkplates, so I have a bit more ventilation than stock, but there shouldnt be any issues.