MTFDDAK2T0TBN-1AR12ABYY 2048 GB Micron 1100 2.5-Inch SED Solid State Drive with Sequential Read/Write up to 530/500 Mbps

First, from the picture i thought this was going to be a bare board. It isn't. Packaged in a standard 2.5" metal case. Don't forget, this is a SATA drive not a M.2. The picture shows M.2, I believe. I was replacing a 512gb Crucial SSB in an older HP Pavilion D7. I used AOMEI Backupper to clone the drive. AOMEI also makes a partition manager that I ended up using also. Both are freeware. I would recommend them highly. I also used the Anker USB 3.0 to SATA adapter Anker USB 3.0 to SATA Portable Adapter with 3ft Cable and Power Adapter for 2.5 / 3.5 inch HDD and SSD that I can't recommend highly enough. Everything worked like a champ. It's just as fast as my older Crucial SSB if not a little faster. I was actually expecting it to almost be a little slower. The only downside was I ended up splitting the drive into two different partitions. I suspect if I was willing to spend more time figuring it out I could've made it all one but I wanted to get this done and having the second partition (Win 10 - C & F drives) was not a big deal to me. Don't be put off by the low price. Well worth it. Sorry I didn't take a picture before I installed it. Not going to take it apart now! But, it looks just like the Crucial I replaced except for the Micron label.

Purchased this SDD to replace the stock 5400 RPM HDD in my Xbox One X. It's a shame the stock drive is a bottleneck on such a powerful system. Replacing the hard drive is kind of a pain, but knocked it out in an evening (SOOO much easier on PS4). But the drive runs great! The system boots faster, and games load noticeably quicker. Not to mention an upgrade in size, which is pretty great. And finding a 2TB SSD at $300 is a steal. Any other brand is ~$200 more. Overall, couldn't be happier.

Outstanding value - exactly as described - new, 2TB SSD, with perfect performance. At the time of my purchase, the value of this was so exceptional, that I checked and re-checked the offer from the seller. Other reviewers have posted their speed tests, and my experience matches theirs. The only thing I can usefully add is that a DriveDX analysis of the S.M.A.R.T interface on this SSD confirms that the SSD reports as new, with 100% lifetime and has zero errors after 3.6 TB were written to it. I performed 3 tests: 1) a secure, 3-pass erase, to be sure that the SSD firmware exercised every block. 2) Carbon Copy Cloning over three days of 100's of gigabytes. 3) DriveDx Test. In all cases, the drive performed flawlessly. In case it's useful, I've attached the DriveDX report on the unit I received. Every condition is marked 100% passing. I just ordered a second unit.

Excellent SSD overall. You really can't beat the price, and the quality seems top notch. Write speeds are fast compared to many other budget SSDs. However, I wanted to point out that I tried exfat per a review here. However, it caused the drive to use far more space for my games. (Size on disk was about 25% larger than actual size). I ended up just cloning my 480GB SSD I was replacing, which was NTFS. I ran several tests with both file formats, and found them to be comparable. 4k 1QD reads test between 20-25MB/s, which while not mind blowing, is more than acceptable. Sustained writes, sequential read/rights, latency, and general usage have all been great for a drive at this price point.

This SSD worked great until it didn't. I was glad to have the speed and capacity until I started getting at least one bsod a day. I pulled this drive and my machine was fine again. Buyer beware.