Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 NGFF PCIe Gen3 x4, NVME Solid State Drive SSD, OEM (2280)

Definitely part of a strategy for making a really screamin'-fast computer, though this alone won't suddenly transform a slow machine into the fastest one on the block.I had heard about these hyper-fast SSDs a couple years ago, and via an unexpected mobo upgrade, got the chance to try out this one. I like it and it never had any problems, but due to noise and power consumption I've largely stopped using that computer in favor of a tiny dual-processor bookshelf computer.This drive installed easily and indeed was quite fast. It shaved a few seconds off my boot time. It allows a case to be smaller, since it screws to a dedicated port on the mobo. I chose this particular drive because it was on the compatibility list. Make sure that if you're ordering one, you have verified that this spec (NGFF, PCIe Gen3, NVME, all that) is appropriate for your application.I cloned my OS (Ubuntu 16.04 at the time) onto this drive, and it booted right up.

Installed thois SSD as an add on drive for my ASUS Laptop. Installation was a little tedious, but the drive works flawlessly. A great purchase.

I like this wee little NVMe SSD. It's great for a file server when you want to populate all your SATA ports with huge spinny drives.

Even that this is a 128gb, i expected it to be faster than my MLC based sata ssds (300-500MB/s sustained read/writes depending on size/model), but i guess the reduced cache/dram available (vs bigger/different models) is the bottleneck.I got about 1100MB/s for read and around 700 write, but sustained performance (+3-6gb) is only around 500 for R and about 300 for W, both times my 2.5 ssds are faster running the same test (256gb, 450-550 read, 350-450 write).So basically, for an OS drive its ok (as burst speed is more important than sustained performance)but as another/additional drive for data etc, its barely "better" than any name brands 6G sata drive,where i can get a OCZ Vector/vector 150/180 or Crucial MX300/500, which all have built in power-fail protection(not for a power outage (grid/house), but when the pc is shutting down and e.g. the psu cuts power too early to the drive, which then couldn't finish writing the data to nand, corrupting data or even bricking the drive).