PNY - CS900 2TB Internal SSD SATA

The 250GB PNY CS900 internal SSD benefits beginners who haven't already upgraded their SATA drives. Although it's not the highest capacity, it's enough to retain a decent amount of sizable content that consumers may want or need elsewhere. It's immediately noticeable how lightweight it is after it's been removed from its packaging. But only knowing its true capabilities happens after actually installing or transferring content.Some newcomers may not understand or notice the differences with other SATA drives but for those familiar it really shows if they're patient enough. But remain forewarned that it's easily fillable and likely wouldn't be the most appropriate for those wanting more out of their drive. However, to those seeking either an additional or new ... MoreThe 250GB PNY CS900 internal SSD benefits beginners who haven't already upgraded their SATA drives. Although it's not the highest capacity, it's enough to retain a decent amount of sizable content that consumers may want or need elsewhere. It's immediately noticeable how lightweight it is after it's been removed from its packaging. But only knowing its true capabilities happens after actually installing or transferring content.Some newcomers may not understand or notice the differences with other SATA drives but for those familiar it really shows if they're patient enough. But remain forewarned that it's easily fillable and likely wouldn't be the most appropriate for those wanting more out of their drive. However, to those seeking either an additional or new storage device they should absolutely begin here.

A nothing fancy SSD for a nothing fancy laptop. I've used these low-end PNYs in other devices, all still working fine. The MTBF and TBW ratings are more than adequate, the performance increases over a traditional hard drive are very significant. Reboots windows in under 20 seconds, woot!Also kudos to Macrium reflect free version. With it, a blank dvd for boot media, and a USB 3.0 flash drive to hold the drive image, the swap took about 90 minutes -- most of which was spent "carefully" cracking open the laptop.Boo Lenovo! 13 screws and I still had to pry/pop it open! Why???

It's not a fancy SSD.No 3D NAND, no DRAM Cache, but it does have 64 layers of TLC. However, it lacks more advanced functionalities you'd find on the Crucial or Samsung counterparts on the market. So if you want a very GOOD 2.5" SSD, you're gonna have to go for one of those two.But if you need something cheap to store your steam games, ultra high-def videos, or something just to slap in a cheap laptop, this will do it just fine.The read speeds are pretty consistent, getting over the 500MB/s mark pretty consistently for both short and long transfers. Write speeds are, however, where this drive constantly fell short. But that's expected with a DRAM cache, and it was still faster than most spinning drives at around 150MB/s.This drive is being used in a laptop ... MoreIt's not a fancy SSD.No 3D NAND, no DRAM Cache, but it does have 64 layers of TLC. However, it lacks more advanced functionalities you'd find on the Crucial or Samsung counterparts on the market. So if you want a very GOOD 2.5" SSD, you're gonna have to go for one of those two.But if you need something cheap to store your steam games, ultra high-def videos, or something just to slap in a cheap laptop, this will do it just fine.The read speeds are pretty consistent, getting over the 500MB/s mark pretty consistently for both short and long transfers. Write speeds are, however, where this drive constantly fell short. But that's expected with a DRAM cache, and it was still faster than most spinning drives at around 150MB/s.This drive is being used in a laptop with an M.2 Gen3 NVME boot drive, and this was added as secondary storage. Games that normally would have issues reading on a hard drive such as GTA 5, Gmod, etc seem to load exceptionally quick in this configuration.