Western Digital WD Blue SN570 NVMe 250GB, Upto 3300MB/s, with Free 1 Month Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription, 5 Y Warranty, PCIe Gen 3 NVMe M.2 (2280), Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (WDS250G3B0C)

I bought this for my Lenovo laptop and i must say this is one of the best and cheapest upgrades that can be done on a laptop or desktop. I know a lot of people will have questions about SSD's. So i will try to explain things a bit.There are basically 3 types of SSD- 2.5 inch SATA (SATA Interface)- M2 - MSATA- M2 - NVMEBut what's the difference ?Now you might have noticed i have written M2 type two times. That's the catch. They look similar but perform entirely differently. MSATA sticks uses the same communication channels as the 2.5 inch SATA drive. The maximum speeds that can be attained on MSATA is around 550 MBPS.But in NVME you can get close to 2000MBPS or even as high as 3000 MBPS. Many people are unaware of this factor and end up buying M2 MSATA or 2.5" Sata SSDs. You should always go for a NVME based one, if your Motherboard supports it. NVME works on actual PCIE bus and not SATA lines. WD Blue series also comes in 3 variants mentioned above. The MSATA and NVME sticks looks very similar, except that MSATA has 2 cuts (M key) and NVME has only 1(b key). So before you buy just check your M2 slot how it looks. If it has only 1 cut, it must support NVME, go for the NVME variant.Performance and disk sizeI bought the 500 GB variant and what i get is 3500 MBPS Read and 2400 MBPS Write for Sequential read.How SSDs make the system fast?Many people follow the logic that upgrading RAM is the best way to upgrade your system. But No. If you replace your hard disk, it can actually act as RAM (Page file or SWAP) as well as your internal memory. A lot of new laptops with SSD come nowadays with just 4GB RAM. Still they are fast. Now, how it works ? SSD comes with a considerable amount of transfer speed, especially for small files. Hard disks are really really slow when it comes to small tiny files, average 4K read speeds of hard disks are 3 or 4 MBPS, whole for SSD its 200 to 300 MBPS.Which is like a 100 times faster. Most of the system operations read/write small files, which makes harddisks sluggish. Forget about the 1800 MBPS Sequential speed for large files. That's yet another factor.Which size to choose ?I would highly recommend you to go for 512 or 1 TB as it has double Write speeds of 250 GB version.How to install ?It's very easy. But be careful, use a rubber gloves to prevent ESD. Slide in the Stick to the slot. It will rest at a 30 degree angle to the board. Now you need to insert the screws to fix it in right position.Before you buy.. Make sure that your board supports NVME. Check the user manual. Also check the slot and see it has only 1 cut. Not twoHow much is the real world results ?I use this on my Lenovo laptop. My Windows OS which used to take 2 minute to boot now takes 10 seconds. This much boost is obtained because my Desktop is i7 and can process too much data. So if you have a good processor you also can obtain similar results.I know my review was bit lengthy, but i hope you found it helpful!!

Working fine in my lappy lenovo IdeaPad s145.

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NVMe Technology to Empower CreatorsStay in the moment and create beyond your expectations with the WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD. This powerful internal drive delivers up to 5X the speed of our best SATA SSDs so you can let your imagination flow and worry less about PC lag or load times.At a GlanceOne month free membership to Adobe Creative Cloud(1)Read speeds up to 3500MB/s(2) (500GB – 1TB models)Remarkable reliability features to help protect your contentDownloadable Western Digital SSD Dashboard helps you monitor your drive’s healthSlim M.2 2280 form factorSave on space with a single-sided M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe SSDOne Month Free Membership to Adobe Creative Cloud(1)Inspire creativity with a one-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud offering access to some of the world’s best creative apps and services such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Photoshop Lightroom, Premiere Pro and InDesign.(1)Tune Up Your PerformanceBuild your ideal creation engine. Upgrading your system or optimizing your next custom build with the slim M.2 2280 form factor. All you need is an NVMe slot.A Standard for ReliabilityWe value your content. That’s why the WD Blue reliability features help protect your content so you can stress less about losing your brilliant work.Stay in the MomentKeep your imagination flowing as you create faster while maintaining low power consumption. With read speeds up to 3500MB/s(2) (500GB – 1TB models), your system can run up to 5X faster than our best SATA SSDs so you can stay in your creative moment.Get Extra Peace of MindWork with extra confidence and keep your projects on point as the downloadable Western Digital SSD Dashboard helps you monitor your drive’s health, available space, temperature and more.Save on SpacePack a lot of performance into your small-form factor PC with a single-sided M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD.(1) Individual subscription. Internet connection and Adobe ID required. Available in countries where Adobe Creative Cloud Individual Subscription is available. Offer limited to 1 per WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD purchase; up to 5 per Adobe user account, subject to acceptance of applicable Terms of Use. Offer must be redeemed by October 31, 2023, while activation code supplies last. Western Digital reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer at any time without notice. See official Adobe website for applicable Legal terms and Privacy Policy.(2) 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.

I order this SSD 2year ago , and it's working fine , it's speed and proformance is good