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

used in a case/holder for external thumb drive

Only issue I ran into is that it didnt initialize after I installed it. I went into the bios, couldnt find it, so I had to do it from the storage manager in windows. Once I got it initialized, everything worked just fine.

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?

I like it what I was thinking

Nice

Added to my Acer Nitro5 laptop for game storage. When I moved my Steam library from the current SSD to this one, it was absolutely shocking. I should have benchmarked it, but I have literally never seen data move that fast, this is the fastest storage deice I have ever owned. Ive had it for about a year now I think, and its flawless.

PNY read and write speed is very commendable. Very good product and pricing for the 2TB segment. Highly recommended !!

Wow fast. Worth Every Penny. If this is for your boot drive & you will have a data drive on the side, this is a great great value. Windows and Games load very fast. 500GB is actually a good large size for a boot drive.... and at that speed! great value.

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!

Install was easy. Open and allocate it in disk managment. Running destiny 2 from in is an amazing difference. Marvel avengers load quickly to. Bang for the buck.