Customer Ratings & Reviews

When i got this, the first thing that hit me was that this item lacked the heatsink/sticker as seen in the pic. That actually hurts cooling. Either that, or mine was left off by mistake! I first installed this in an external USB 3.2 case in order to copy a 1TB drive that was reaching it's limits. I do not have PCIE 4. so the only PCIE 4.0 functionality that I was getting was coming from this USB 3.2 connection. As I was copying the files, this thing did not heat up - but it got HOT to the touch! Not very warm - but HOT! CrystalDisk showed a temp of 71 degrees and in the red. Only after I was done copying, did I place it in a spot on an expansion card with a heatsink, operating on PCIE 3.0, did the temps go down to 31 degrees. I cannot tell what the temps would look like with a heatsink in PCIE 4.0 mode, but heat is why I really stayed away from any drive faster than PCIE 3.0. In PCIE 3.0 and cooled, it works quickly and without issues. When hooked up to the USB enclosure, the software did not recognize it as it's drive. Only when hooked up to the motherboard was it recognized as it's drive and it quickly updated the firmware - quicker than any other brand that I am aware of. At the time when I got it, it was the least expensive, name brand, 2TB drive that I could find, so that made it worthwhile. I originally went with a different brand, but it's lifespan was less than half of this one. I would recommend.

Works great easy installation no problems it was a great value for the money very happy that I was able to add extra 2tb to my Alienware R16 thank you!

Works great. Went in no problem and setup easy. Was shipped very quickly.