Western Digital WD Black 256GB Performance SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 2280 WDS256G1X0C
Cheapest on Staticice is $139 plus shipping.
Specs:
Sequential read speeds up to 2050 MB/s.¹
Optimized thermal and power management to help maintain consistent performance.
Industry-leading 1.75M hours Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)* for lasting reliability.
5-year limited warranty.
Isn't that more than $129? Also, it's not PCIe
The link you posted is not even m.2. It's a 2.5" SATAIII drive. That's not only more expensive, it's slower. Why would you suggest that over this?
Will this work in an old OptiPlex 9010 Small Form Factor?
Nope, you'll need a modern system (with the right chipset) equipped with M.2 and PCIe enabled on that M.2 slot to use this SS
Remember, this particular model is a M.2 drive (that's referring to the physical M.2 interface) but the way it talks to the system is via the PCIE x4 bus and it uses the NVME access standard. So for starters your motherboard needs that M.2 physical slot, which is connected to the system using a PCIE link
Linus Explains it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opwON-7J_wI
They do make adapter boards to add an M.2 SSD's into a normal PCIE slot (that is, the slot that you normally stick a Wifi card or graphics card into), but that just adds more complexity and cost to your system; better to just use a SATA drive.
thanks
I wanted to add that I recently installed (or tried to) a V-nand, standard SSD into a Sony Viao and it refused to allow Windows to be installed to that drive on that laptop. I tried everything— even cloning to it— the second it went into that Viao, it wouldn't run. When I researched it, I found other makes also had this issue.
TLDR: some computers don't like NMVe/V-nand.
That's probably due to BIOS or driver issue (Driver issues only encounted if you're installing Windows 7).
If your computer is still supported, (Sony has quit the Vaio business) you can check the support website and see if you can flash a new BIOS that supports NVME boot
Yeah, tried that. Nothing available, so went with a standard SSD. Worked fine and the owner was happy.
If it is for a Sony Vaio Pro 13, I've successfully added a Samsung XP941 512GB AHCI M.2 PCIe 2.0 x4. As stated on the right, under system specifications, "no other M.2 PCIe SSD's will work". eBay listing for one here.
They don't talk write speeds for some mysterious reason. Read speeds are ok, but 960 Evo is faster.
Yes, at a much dearer price, unless you know of a deal on the 960?
Ta
Not that much dearer when on special.
250GB $142
I haven't bothered looking up current prices though.
https://www.i-tech.com.au/ssd-860-pro-256gb-samsung-v-nand-2…
Samsung 860 Pro m.2 256GB $180