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Kenesh
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Jan 11, 2018
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This is an odd product. The drive, depending on the motherboard, has a dedicated path to the CPU but does not take advantage of the bandwidth afforded to it. This can help avoid a heavily populated south bridge or avoid running two wires to a traditional 2.5" drive. The is literally a shrunk down SSD with none of the speed benefits associated with the form factor.
robert_dykes
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Jan 11, 2018
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KeneshLow profile and lower power usage really its only advantages I can assume. But SSD already barely use any power. Lower profile it is.
HermanMcPootis
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Jan 11, 2018
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robert_dykesbut even then, just get an adata su700 or crucial mx300, at least those are going to use the nvme standard instead of sata.
blahhh
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Jan 13, 2018
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KeneshNot and "odd" product. Simply a SATA III M.2, rather than the faster NVMe drivers. The SATA III interface I/O is through the SATA bus, while NVMe is piped directly through the PCIe bus (direct, higher bandwidth connection to the CPU in modern chipsets). SATA III is limited to about 0.6 GB/s. PCIe 3.0 x4, which is supported for high end NVMe drives such as the Samsung Evo Pro has a much higher theoretical bandwidth of about 4GB/s. In summary, you get what you pay for. A cheaper SATA III M.2 would be great in external storage or as a non-boot disk (ie, as a "games" disk), allowing you to save a few bucks, but still get a considerable speed advantage over mechanical storage.
HotRoderX
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Jan 14, 2018
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KeneshThis is meant for a budget option for new laptop users are Nuc users. Who would benefit from the lower thermal output also needs the space savings. Honestly thought I prefer and would recommend a better brand/quality but thats there intended use case. Bellow is a link to a Nuc there pretty nice little computers for people who don't need a lot of system. Also there foot print is minuscule
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