supports dual PCIe 4.0 and after installing Windows 11 pro chose to RAID my 1 tb 980 pro's

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

My Alienware X17 is one of the few laptops that supports dual PCIe 4.0 contrary to what the specs say in the user and service manual

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Also it’s random write performance under Linux is handicapped for some reason, it does not suffer this effect in windows

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

In the Thunderbolt 3 enclosure I was able to copy files to and from the disk without any heat-based slowdown, achieving close to the max 1.6GB/s the enclosure supports, consistently

Was recognized instantly, required no drivers, read and write match my expectations and provide very fast results.500GB is that sweet spot, 250 is just too small, 500 is enough to store windows, have a couple games and apps and other SSD's for your other storage.

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Reliable, fast, easy to use, great support and software.

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Reliable, fast, easy to use, great support and software.

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Reliable, fast, easy to use, great support and software.

I just use it as a boot drive for Windows and basic programs like discord and Firefox

Works great in a PS5 with proper heat sink

Fast with PCI-E 4 support

Works great in a PS5 with proper heat sink

The drive is built on TLC nand with a small SLC cache to improve burst speed, another big departure from previous pro drives

Only negative feedback, would have been nice if the manufacturer would have included a cooling pad, between the hard-drive and motherboard, which was recommended by many online

For most consumers this drive will be just fine, but if you need it to perform, and more importantly last, at a prosumer level, as previous pro drives have, you will be extremely disappointed like me.

The original MSI hard-drive had one.

so they had a 4.0 drive available to compete with other manufacturers