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Review on High-Performance KingSpec 1TB M.2 2242 NVMe PCIe SSD - Internal Solid State Drive for Ultrabooks by Anthony Montgomery

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ultra-fast M.2 SSD capable of running 24/7 with multiple virtual read/write machines

Being stuck at home during the coronavirus I decided to build a new home server to to replace it with an aging HP DL360 G7 that I found in a ditch as a technical engineer. I decided I wanted to run a Windows Server 2019 instance with Hyper-V for 3 virtual servers - a backup server, a network share server and a plex server. fast and cheap, M.2 SATA. I wanted this precisely because my motherboard was a mini-iTX and had a very limited number of SATA ports. I found this one and it had great reviews so I bought it hoping for the best. My server has been up and running for about a month now and it's just great. All 4 servers (host and 3 virtual machines) work fast and trouble-free. Literally constant on-time and not a single malfunction. Server Specs: - Bitfenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Chassis (Choose this for the handles, small size, side I/O ports and the fact that you can fit 6 drives in a suction cup!) - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Hexa -Core machines need Moar, Amirite cores?) - 64GB DDR4 RAM (more VMs need lots of RAM) - ASUS Prime A320I-K motherboard - R9 280X GPU (for 4k transcoding) - 128GB M.2 SSD - 4x 8 TB WD Red Pro HDD - Seasonic 870W Gold+ PSU Overall I'm very happy with this SSD and yes it shows my new server but I'm really excited. So deal with it. Also, one of the suggestions here is to estimate the "thickness" of this SSD. I don't know what to say about that because there's a standard thickness for this form factor, well that's the standard.

Pros
  • 1 year trial
Cons
  • Available in white only