SK Hynix via Amazon [amazon.com] has the SK Hynix Gold P31 Internal Solid State Drive for $166.59 shipped.
About this item
Top-tier performance – Read speeds up to 3,500 MB/s and write speeds of up to 3,200 MB/s with proprietary SK hynix HYPERWRITE cache technology
Pioneering thermal efficiency – allowing the Gold P31 to run extremely cool while being primed for performance
5-year warranty, superior reliability and stability – Tested and validated through 1,000 hours of HTOL (Stress Test) with MTBF reaching 1.5 million hours, up to 1,200 TBW (TeraBytes Written)
Easy installation across multiple devices, pairing with our custom SK hynix edition Macrium cloning software
*This product is Gen3 PCIe NVMe SSD with M.2 2280 form factor and is NOT compatible with SONY PS5. Please contact us with Amazon Message for further inquiries regarding product compatibility. The product does not include screws/cables or any other accessories.
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Fast as can be, cool and power efficient.
BTW, I have both the 1TB and 2TB versions. The 1TB is about 2 years old, first installed as a boot drive on an Asus laptop. Migrated it to a new LG Gram earlier this year and then bought the 2TB to fill the 2nd slot on the LG Gram. Works great, no issues, would buy again. .
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Laptops almost always have ASPM/LPM enabled and idle wattage is what consumes battery the most over a charge cycle. While P31 was exceptional without ASPM/LPM (and so better in a desktop where those may be off by default), with ASPM/LPM on, P31 isn't the power efficiency leader. Both Samsung 970 pro and 970 EVO plus beat it.
Where the P31 saves most battery is in long sustained read/write use or peak transfer use. Both of which are typical desktop replacement use and likely to be connected to a dock or a power adapter for such use. For a typical mobile use of a laptop for browsing, email, document handling, etc, it really doesn't provide much if any of an advantage.
The thermals are related to power draw.
The WD SN730 has become a much more widely used Gen 3 OEM SSD for a laptop as the best compromise between efficiency and performance. It doesn't even have a DRAM.
P31 is a great SSD but I wouldn't pay a premium for it over the SN750, 970 Evo Plus.
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