So far so GREAT! Before going to far I'm an intermediate computer nerd. I can tinker, build, install and troubleshoot somewhat, installs and building are the easy part for me. All the computer jargan with speeds and yadda yadda doesnt really register with me until I research things and gain an understanding.
Otherwise Bought this for my higher end Gigabyte GA Z97MX Gaming 5 mobo v1 from 2014, yes 2014 because the pc is still running great. I was running off an old western digital sata 1tb hd and that thing ran like a sloth, I forget may not even write at 7k and the disk usage was always at 100%... fastforward 5 years I finally gave in and filled the M.2 slot with this bad boy (250gig). Good news first I haven't gamed with it yet but as for booting times and overall quickness I give it 4 thumbs up. My boot time has gone from 5min to about 30 seconds. Opening basic programs like discord and steam has gone from slow motion to fast forward. I can comfortably call myself an idiot for not getting an ssd as soon as they were available.
Now here is where my novice skills came in. At first I could not get windows to install on this, windows registered the ssd but my mobo bios did not. So after trial and me only assuming driver and bios version issues I had to contact a friend. My assumptions were right and the bios was out of date so we flashed it and boom the ssd registered on all fronts and install was a breeze.
So if you have my mobo gigabyte sold this backwards. They made the M.2 Pcie ssd technology available but did't make the mobo able to utilize it right away. It looks like it took 4 versions of the bios until the ssd could be read which really confused us and is kind of backwards, so thanks gigabyte... not wd's fault.
So with this said, this thing is super fast for my build and I'm absolutely in love. Can'y wsit to see the load time on high demand games. BUY IT!
| Hard Drive | 250 GB Solid State Hard Drive |
|---|---|
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
