Msi Gaming Laptop M 2 Slot Location

Installed this as the master drive in a new entry level MSI gaming laptop that came with a 256MB M.2 SSD . I'm 60 years old and by no means a gamer. My games are flight simulators. And, being an old geek I prefer to see a hard drive in a box so to speak. The original M.2 drive is still in the laptop as a filing cabinet for my less used junk but I am very happy with the performance of this Crucial drive!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This M.2 came with my gaming laptop and is one of the fastest M.2 I have ever had! I highly recommend purchasing one of these.

I have a top of the line gaming laptop it had two m.2 ssd's and a one TB mechanical hdd and after having it a while I needed more room. I have never had any issues with the Samsung product line so I bought this SSD and wow my computer runs like new again and with two terabytes of disk space it has room again. Thanks to Samsung for such a great product and the price was great to.

This is a very good gaming laptop. Everything worked out of the box. I added a second m.2 drive and the installation was a breeze with the help of a couple of youtube videos. I'd highly recommend this Laptop.

I have installed it on my Asus gaming laptop for game storage as a second M.2 and it is really fast and even without heatsink, it doesn't get hot. I am considering now to buy a second one with 2TB for game storage and makes the 1TB version the primary one for the OS, as it is faster than the pre installed Samsung ssd.

Just needed something functional and this board is that. Really cool that a lower end board has more than one m.2 slot too.

I purchased three Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs for a new MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY LGA 1700 Mini-ITX Motherboard fitted with an Intel i9-12900 CPU. The SSDs work great, but in the confined space on the motherboard they run between 50 and 80 degrees C (even with the thermal tape in place). Time will tell if they last at these temperatures.

I paired this SSD card with a Sabrent NVMe M.2 SSD to PCIe on my last remaining PCI slot. It's on an older Acer TC-885-UR13 running LM22. I wish that I had done this sooner.

Fabulously happy with my purchase, the extra slot for a second M.2 stick is perfect and the machine sits on my legs and is cool and comfortable to hold. I was a bit concerned about having only 8Gb memory as I tend to leave lots of tabs and windows open but no problem. The face reader tech lets me just open the cover and start to work without entering any password and it is perfect, never missing when I'm there or away, keeping my data safe.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This SSD is fast! Installing Windows 10 and all relevant software was quick with no errors. I did notice a few seconds load improvement on Final Fantasy XIV. I did see a big improvement with file transfer speeds as well. The biggest improvement was for Java edition Minecraft where I saw load times cut in half. You will need a newer motherboard with a 4.0 M.2 slot to take full advantage of this drive. As you can see from the screenshots the performance is greatly improved in a 4.0 slot. My motherboard did come with a heat sink for my M.2 and underload temps remained under 35 Celsius. This drive is a beast and I highly recommend this drive for for both your main drive and game drive. My only wish is that they made them in a 2TB capacity.