FN950 2TB NVMe SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 Internal Solid State Drive - Up to 4800MB/s Read Speed, SLC Cache, High Performance Storage for Gaming PC, PS5, Laptop & Desktop - Perfect for 4K Video Editing, Game Loading & System Acceleration

A few years ago, I purchased a gaming laptop that I really like and it suits my needs however, a few months ago, I realized I was running out of storage space so I set out to expand my storage. The solution I wanted needed to be budget friendly to accommodate my space needs to last for Years to come.After much research, I landed upon this PCI express module that, on paper, had the right specs for my needs. I took a chance and made the purchase and I am happy to report that this Storage module works as advertised.Installation was very simple however I have a lot of experience with upgrading systems hardware. If you do not have much experience with performing upgrades like this, don’t be intimidated as it is a relatively simple thing to do the instructions that came with. It were useless because it did not explain how to assemble the module Which comes in many pieces for heat dissipation.The way you would install this module is fairly simple: when you make this purchase, it comes with a metal base “sled”, three pieces of heat sponges that look like sticks of gum, a heat sink and the storage module. The pieces are assembled by starting with the base sled, followed by a thin strip of foam, then the storage module, then another piece of foam, followed by the aluminum heat sink. They squished together and are fastened with four tiny screws, using the supplied screwdriver. (which is a nice touch). Once you have this “Sandwhich”, you apply the final foam piece to the bottom of the sled, and then you proceeded to insert the entire assembly into your available PCI express slot and fascinate down using the supplied faster. Do take note that of the three pieces of foam, one will be thicker than the other two and it is this thicker foam that you set aside for use at the bottom of the sled per the instructions above.In my case, my laptop had a spare PCI express slot, so I was able to install my new storage alongside my existing storage which made for an easy clone of my operating system and data from my old storage to my new storage.If you are installing this for a laptop: take note that the aluminum heat sink may not fit due to its deck height. In my case, I attempted to install the bottom of my laptop case, however it did not fit due to the height created by the heat sink for this new storage module. For these circumstances, I had to. From the sled and heat sync and only use the foam strips. The thicker strip was placed on the bottom of the chip while the other two thinner strips were applied to the top of the Storage chip. This may not seem ideal for cooling however, I noticed that my OEM storage module that came with my laptop had the exact same configuration. I can attest that this chip will work without the large heat sink for tight situations.For the $, this storage module is a bargain and the read/write speeds are phenomenal. When it came time to clone my windows11 image from my old storage to new storage, it took 16m to image 458gb of data. That’s acceptable performance in my eyes.Once installed and configured, windows 11 booted just fine and now I have another 480gb of storage in addition to windows 11 and all of my gaming data. I’m very pleased with my purchase and now kinda wished I had purchased the 2TB module instead since it was also on sale. I’m OK with what I have though and with a little time and effort, you can upgrade your laptop or tower running Windows, Linux, etc with no issues.Great find! Great deal!