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TeamGroup MS30 M.2 2280 TLC SATA III Solid State Drives: 1TB $40, 512GB $21

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Model: TEAMGROUP MS30 512GB with SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC M.2 2280 SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 530/430 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop TM8PS7512G0C101

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jwoodeals4u
05-06-2023 at 01:18 PM.
05-06-2023 at 01:18 PM.
M.2 or SATA?
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yoshi222
05-06-2023 at 05:09 PM.

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05-06-2023 at 05:09 PM.
Quote from jwoodeals4u :
M.2 or SATA?
Both. M.2 is just the physical interface, SATA is the protocol.
There are M.2 NVMe (PCIe) drives and M.2 SATA drives.

Apart from some external SSD enclosures that support both, you can only use the appropriate type of M.2 SSD for the corresponding slot on the motherboard, NVMe is not backwards compatible with SATA or anything.
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05-07-2023 at 06:59 AM.
05-07-2023 at 06:59 AM.
Quote from jwoodeals4u :
M.2 or SATA?
They are used on old laptops and PCs. Acer I still think uses them. It has something to do with the way WiFi works I think.
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05-07-2023 at 12:52 PM.

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05-07-2023 at 12:52 PM.
Quote from jwoodeals4u :
M.2 or SATA?
This is a SATA drive with SATA limitations.
[Uses SATA III 6Gb/s transfer interface. Read/Write speed up to 530/430 MB/s]
[TEAMGROUP MS30 SATA M.2 SSD is B & M key SSD]

This may be fine IF it's what you are looking for.
If you want PCIe x3/x4 NVME performance, you do not want this drive.
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hardwarefailure
05-07-2023 at 04:05 PM.
05-07-2023 at 04:05 PM.
So close! Im waiting for $20/40 (512/1TB) PCIe NVMe drives for some builds...
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blofeld007
05-08-2023 at 07:34 AM.
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Tell me why an M.2 NAS is a bad idea
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05-08-2023 at 12:10 PM.
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Quote from blofeld007 :
Tell me why an M.2 NAS is a bad idea
its not a bad idea, just hard to justify the price per GB in most cases given the bottleneck of current affordable network speeds. Unless you absolutely need faster random reads/writes over network or have a hard limit on power consumption, it can be a bit of a waste depending on desired capacity. If you just need something like up to 2TB, then it absolutely can make sense to just grab an old thin client or intel core T series powered USFF PC and a sata m.2 drive to stick in it.

For me, its getting harder to justify the cost of another always on device so I have settled for a basic external hard drive (soon to be replaced with an SSD for slight performance gain) plugged into my router and increasing local storage where possible and using much faster and cheaper external USB where it's not.
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Luigis3rdcousin
05-08-2023 at 07:59 PM.
05-08-2023 at 07:59 PM.
You'll find Intel 6th and 7th gen laptops will have m.2 sata ports on them. Nice cheap upgrade option for them
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05-08-2023 at 09:42 PM.
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Quote from blofeld007 :
Tell me why an M.2 NAS is a bad idea

M.2 NAS is amazing if you need it for your workflow.

For instance, if you have 10gb networking, you can ingest video footage onto the NAS and edit directly off the NAS. If your NAS is for archival storage, it doesn't make much sense economically.
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mrdizle
05-09-2023 at 04:52 AM.
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Can I use this on the minisforum computer and still have room for a wifi card ?
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Redmont
05-09-2023 at 05:21 AM.
05-09-2023 at 05:21 AM.
I just bought the 512gb one of these a couple of weeks ago to replace the 128 GB SSD for my 2015 Dell 2-in-1 (after wasting $25 on a M.2 NVMe drive ). The lesson being that if you have an older laptop with an M.2 2280 SSD — then be sure to check to see if it is a SATA drive (like this one) or an NVMe drive before you replace it!
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05-09-2023 at 10:07 AM.
05-09-2023 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from Curtis1964 :
They are used on old laptops and PCs. Acer I still think uses them. It has something to do with the way WiFi works I think.

Can confirm. Currently using a team group hard drive for my Acer predator 500 from 2019. Other hard drives were not compatible for this one particular slot
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05-10-2023 at 11:07 AM.
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Quote from yoshi222 :
Both. M.2 is just the physical interface, SATA is the protocol.
There are M.2 NVMe (PCIe) drives and M.2 SATA drives.

Apart from some external SSD enclosures that support both, you can only use the appropriate type of M.2 SSD for the corresponding slot on the motherboard, NVMe is not backwards compatible with SATA or anything.
So, if I have a OptiPlex 3060 and the spec sheet just says "M.2 for storage" can I physically use an M.2 NVMe IF I don't care about speeds or anything? The owner's manual says:

● SATA AHCI, Up to 6 Gbps
● PCIe 2.0 x 4 (NVMe SSD)
Up to 16Gbps.
● SATA C20 SED SSD

I guess that means yes even if the spec sheet is not specific.

Been researching this stuff for months and just get more confused. I just want to get a new M.2 drive for it since the original one is a refurb with a lot of TBW. I'm using a 2TB MX500 2.5 SSD for the boot drive and don't care about speed on the M.2 slot. Thanks.
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bieberwhole69
05-10-2023 at 11:29 AM.
05-10-2023 at 11:29 AM.
the gateway for $280 uses m.2 sata.. so this would be prime for that laptop
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