Review on 💾 Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 TLC SSD - High-Speed 3,400/2,300MB/s R/W, 800TBW by Steve Guillen

System: HP Elite 800 G1 SSF (yes, very old) What's in the box:* Dual M.2 PCIE adapter for SATA or PCIE NVMe SSDs with extended heatsink, M.2 -NVMe SSD (key m ) and SATA (key b) 22110 2280 2260 2242 2230 on PCI-e 3.0 x 4 Host Controller Expansion Card* Kingston A400 240G Internal SSD M.2 2280 SA400M8/240G (used as boot and main applications) * Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 (Used as a secondary drive for heavily loaded applications and caching) Warnings: * Will NOT work in older BIOS versions that do not support PCIe and UEFI boot. Even with a SATA NVMe connection. Just don't go to work. I was lucky that the latest 2.78 BIOS update actually allows PCIe to be detected and used via the SATA NVMe part (M or M+B key). * Will NOT work if you depend on PCIe NVME M.2 as primary boot as it is faster for systems with older BIOS. Will not happen. You MUST have an M or M+B SATA key as the primary boot with a maximum read/write speed of 500MB/s. NVMe, you play with your own money. With those warnings in mind, the add-on is pretty cool overall. Starting from SATA III with a maximum read/write speed of 120MB/s, the boot speed of 500MB/s is superior to older SATA III hard drives. Combined with M.2 500GB or 1TB, the system has been breathed new life to do light photography/video editing for beginners as the maximum read/write speed is 3282MB/s. With my old hard drives, the drive was constantly throttled from 90% to 100%. With these additions, the disk stays at a constant 0% or a maximum of 10% (for SATA NVMe boot). Children play games and there are no freezes or bottlenecks like a regular SATA hard drive. Compared with the SSD and the temperature of the old HDD, the peak temperature of the SSD is 44°C, and the HDD heats up to 58°C after 60 minutes. The included silicone strips and cooling fins help dissipate heat and maintain a temperature of 36 °C after 60 minutes. Not a bad deal.