PNY CS2130 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), Read up to 3,500 MB/s - M280CS2130-500-RB

I like it what I was thinking

I have been purchasing Crucial or usually Samsungs 970 EVO plus but never PNY for SSDs. I was pleasantly surprised with this ones performance, which is $20 cheaper than the rest. So far it has been performing well with all my benchmarks installation was a breeze.

I used to love PNY, but this one has put me off. It never quite worked right and I always blamed it on my mobo. Would randomly disappear and BIOS wouldnt see it. Eventually, after 9mo, it would not show up at all - tested on multiple devices and enclosures. Really disappointed. I registered it on the PNY website but never reviewed a confirmation from them. Same issue when I submitted a warranty ticket; the site just reloads and you never receive a confirmation. Im really hoping they will honor the 5yr warranty, but it doesnt look promising. I ended up buying a Samsung and it has worked flawlessly. I dont like a lot of their products, but they really make great drives.

Nice

Note: this is a three-month review. The device works as intended, even though I installed it in a laptop that runs rather hot. What else is there to say?

It worked as advertised. I ran the CrystalDiskMark 8.0.0 X64 and got 3469 Read and 1914 Write speeds. Note that this is for the 1TB model and speeds may be different from the 500GB or 2TB models.

Great price for a fast 1TB M.2 drive. In use for 3 months and no issues.

I have bought this drive ti use in external TB3 enclosure. It works perfectly. Of course you cannot get full speed out of it with external SSD, but still pretty fast!

Faster loading for my laptop easy intall!

Works as fast as advertised