SK Hynix Gold P31 vs Western Digital SN550

Even GTA V loads quicker! I am running a 32" at 1440P. I am glad that when I was picking up the Samsung (before I placed this order!), I returned it right then and there, as I saved about $55 and GAINED a whole lot in performance. SK said that they would revise their website and provide a toolbox (they should have had one before launch - for such a large company), but I am HAPPY that I made this purchase and I trusted this brand because they actually design, MANUFACTURE and SUPPLY the memory to other brands, so of course they know what they are doing more than the other brands! I give this the same praise as the pro reviewers do! The performance and the price make this a no contest for other brands! You get the performance (or better) of other brands TOP (most expensive) drives or better - for only $135! Again, SK Hynix MAKES the memory, so that is why they can bring such high quality for so low! If you do not know companies that are involved with the sources of PC components - just trust us and get this!

I picked this up because, at the time, it was cheaper than the comparable WD m.2 SATA ssd. It still is but the price gap has narrowed. My laptop can take an NVME drive

The system tested, took 12 seconds to boot Windows 10 counting from the time I pressed the power button. I have tested several SSDs, and that is the fastest the system will boot. I have noticed that any drive with read speeds of 1800 MB/s or better will accomplish the task. The SK hynix P31 500GB surpassed the advertised write speeds of 3100 MB/s reaching 3183

9GB folder that includes 2,502 files and 110 folders. The SN550 took 77,821ms with an average transfer rate of over 860MBps. In the create file test, ...

When I plugged my new Hynix into the slot and powered up my computer it was absolutely flawless, every app, every file, every preference, ever login, they were all exactly when they used to be only now I had a much larger, faster and brand-new main drive.

Has worked without a flaw for almost a year now and has been the best investment I have made for my computer. Bought the 1 gig version and I no longer have to bother with USB sticks to store photos and music. No more "range anxiety"! Installed this in a Dell XPS 13 9360 (I think it is) using Macrium Reflect and Aomei Partition Magic to adjust partitions afterwards - both free. I needed a USB adapter cable to set up the drive initially (some kind of way) for the drive to be recognized by the laptop first

Don't buy this for a PS5. It doesn't meet the minimum requirements. It may work well in a PC or laptop. The search engine for Amazon needs a lot of work

It so happens inside my own PC, I've got a one terabyte black SSD, so I've run dashboard on my own PC and it does indeed identify the black. Funnily e...

Installed this 2TB as system drive in a Dell G7 17 laptop, replacing the original Hynix PC611 1TB NVMe, to get some more storage space (a WD SN550 2TB is already installed in the second M.2 slot). This 2TB runs a bit faster than the old 1TB Hynix but it also runs hotter. The old Hynix would idle at around 30C but the new 2TB idles around 40C

All this is well and good but to be honest, it's a bunch of stuff that WD basically has all over their website but that's not what we do around here. ...

" "A driver is installed that causes stability problems on this version of Windows and it will be disabled. Check..

After applying the non-conductive cooling mat on top of a small appliance below the SSD install location I was then able to install the SSD in its slot which is when I started to wonder how you're supposed to lock down the far end of the SSD? (the missing hardware). Once you figure all this out you use two screws to lock the fancy looking anodized aluminum-cooling bar, back over the SSD. Not knowing any of this in advance, and with the kit missing the hardware to properly secure the loose end of the SSD made this more challenging (and frustrating, and time consuming) than was necessary. MUCH better instructions in-box and online would have made this whole day-long ordeal, a 20 minute job