G M.2 NGFF M2 SSD Solid State Drive (128GB), which is what I'm going to buy when I return this drive.

" 64 bit GNU/Linux on my Crucial M550 SATA-III 6 GB/s 1.0 TB solid state

http://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-Super-Cache-Solid-State/dp/B00EZ2E8NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429621434&sr=8-1&keywords=mydigital+M2+SSDSomething to consider if you are planning on installing the Transcend on a Lenovo T450s

NGFF 256.00 GB solid state disk as a data drive and it works perfectly

MTS400 42 mm M.2 SSD Solid State Drive TS256GMTS400 as boot drive

NGFF 256.00 GB solid state disk because I can afford

I modified my PC hardware components by adding a Crucial Ballistix Sport PC3L-12800 1,600 MHz 16.00 GB DDR3 SO-DIMM RAM and a Crucial M550 SATA-III 6 GB/s 1.0 TB solid state disk

It seems to me that somehow the controller gets it into an inconsistent state during a power shutdown

Writing times is not as fast (around 150 mb/s) , but once you install your apps and OS you will be most of the time reading and not writing onto it.

Everything works as it should and I am happy