SAMSUNG (MZ-V7E500BW) 970 EVO SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology, Black/Red

2.6gbps... wish I had more lanes on my z97 board.

I thought having an SSHD would get me by in a gaming desktop. Went from having about a 30 second start up time to 11 seconds. Going from a HDD or SSHD to a SSD is totally worth it! If you store a lot of stuff on your desktop, then you might want to get a bigger capacity. But I would definitely recommend. Easy to install!

srsly its freaking TINY. works good tho.

Used this as the data drive for a new workstation. (smaller 970 Pro for OS drive and applications). This drive also hosts multiple virtual machines.

Samsung Quality. It works excellent out of the box, and is reliable. Load times are gone.

Used this as my boot drive and it is so much faster than even my old ssd

Got this to put my games on and I am not disappointed! The games load quick enough that there are little to no loading screens because of how fast it is. It was also very quick install, both on the mobo and creating the drive. Would buy again if I need more space since I’ve got two M.2 slots. Did not install the Samsung Wizard as I’ve heard there are issues with it, so I cannot comment on that. Overall, it’s great, I’m glad I went with this one over the others.

The absolute speed on this baby. Quick install, just a few screws under your laptop and youre good to go. Plenty of YouTube tutorials on how to get it plugged in properly without damaging your laptop.

Coming from a SATA drive to a NVME SSD, feels so really great, this is one of the best upgrades Ive made, but not only keeps running fast, also I can load my computer fast when turning on, play games, load my software and programs, Im a developer and Im telling that is so satisfying to live with this drive.

It is fast, it is reliable, it is affordable. Could not imagine what you could ask more. I previously had a 1TB EX920 that died after a year. Switched to 970 EVO and never had a issue. This is the 3rd 970 EVO I purchased and it will be my go to SSD if ever need another one in the future!