Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6E250BW)

Its as fast as you could possibly want, windows 10 loads in 10 seconds from the time I push the button to turn on my laptop.

This thing is bloody fast.! I was very, very, very, very, very, cautious about jumping on the m.2 bandwagon because I didnt really believe the hype (and I wanted to spare my bank account the pain), but now Im in and I just cant go back.!! Now I can play all of my games super fast (except GTAV, that thing still takes minutes to load, even if the number of minutes has been drastically reduced). I want to try it with RAW photo editing, but Im afraid that doing so will tip me over the edge and Ill end up buying the 2TB one with no regard as to whether I should or shouldnt.

Easiest install ever for a HDD. The hardest part (for me) is my hands shake, so getting that little screw in while holding down the card and tightening it up. After that my mother board recognized it and away I went. The screw came with my motherboard if I remember correctly (built my machine a year ago).

The 960 EVO is one of the top-rated SSDs and for good reason - its consistently fast and reliable. I had no problems at all with installing it in an Intel NUC.

This NVMe drive is super fast and plenty large enough when combined with a standard SSD or mechanical HDD. Ill be honest though, the average computer user wont notice any difference between this NVMe drive and a SSD for a boot drive. So unless you edit/create large media or data files id recommend you save the money and buy a SSD. But if youre the advanced user looking for a good performing NVMe drive, look no further (although I believe Samsung has released the new 970 EVO and PRO versions)

1TB version. Since there are so many good reviews, will just make this specific to my exact usage Using as boot drive in Lenovo Flex 5 14

Small SSD, Easy install, Pretty fast, Would recommend!

I installed this is my Q524UQ-BI7T20 laptop and dropped the boot time from almost 1:30 seconds to about 15 seconds. I am very happy with it, but really wish they would include the mounting screw. (My motherboard didnt have it preinstalled)

Linux Mint 18.1 With Samsung M.2 960 Evo SSD. Asrock 7170M Extreme4 motherboard. No problems installing with default live UEFI session and either default Ext4 files system or BTRFS (set up 512Mb FAT32 flagged for boot/esp with Gparted.) Had to use newest version of Clonezilla to make a system image. Only problem was HDD Activity light flashing way excessively while surfing internet. I did research including calling Asrock and Samsung. Neither had heard of this. I tried it with Window 10 Home and had same behavior with Edge browser. I RMA everything. A mystery.

amazing drive for the money! Cant beat it for the cost!!!!