Update: I have been using this for about 7 months now and decided to do a Crystal Mark test. Well... the numbers speak for themselves.
Bought this to pair with my Aorus x570 Elite. (so yes gen 4 can be utilized)
Value for the money is horrible, it will not make you a better gamer, but really easy to install.
I have a Crucial MX500 1TB SATA SSD and I see zero difference in loading games. So the SATA has turned into a game library since there is no performance difference. Transferring large files though is a different story, it is fast, and Acronis software that came with my Crucial SSD worked to clone my operating system on the this. It loads into windows super fast. My bios gives me like, 3 seconds to mash delete to get into bios, after that I am basically in windows. No waiting. I used to wait maybe 15-20 seconds to be completely in Windows. Now its like 8 seconds. It makes every other computer I use feel broken. If you have a special use case for this and have the money it is a great M.2. I only bought it because I have an X570 board, and what is the point of having one of these boards if you are not going to take advantage of PCIe Gen 4? I might buy the 500GB version for my operating system, transfer my game library to this 1TB, and use my Crucial SSD as a media folder.
| Hard Drive | 1 TB Solid State Hard Drive |
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