Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS500G2B0C

This nvme has the best benefit cost ratio. Its fast enought and lower thermals (below 40 Celcius degrees.

Its not the top of the line model by far, but in my most recent build it does a great job. Using it as a boot and primary drive on an MSI Gaming Edge Mother Board. I dont notice any lag on startup or when starting frequently used apps.

I havent installed a new drive in years so i had a funny couple of minutes popping it in and out of the board checking my slots werent dead. If bios sees it then windows just needs to have it formatted and assigned a drive letter.

It performs about as good as every other nvme ssd in this price range. Its good, and will make a decent boot drive and a perfect gaming drive.

Must buy if youre looking for a budget m.2

I assume it would have been nice and easy if I was using win10 ... But if you are using win 7 stop ... Dont buy this drive..

western digital is a great brand, pulls through yet again

Super fast, easy to install reliable

The SSD is very fast but it didnt work normally in my Lenovo Flex 5. I had to buy a case with USB adapter and clone my old SSD. Then it worked just fine.

Kids are in love! My 2 year old and 6 year old!