A great nvme m.2 with mid to highend performance at a lowend price

For $85 it's hard to really say anything negative about the hp ex920 512gb m.2. I get 2800MB read and 1600-1700MB write which is the advertised speed and really boosts startup speed if used as an os drive. I was previously using a 500gb 860evo for windows and this is noticeably faster. I really didn't expect to notice much in regular use but the ex920 made mostly everything a good deal snappier in the os and shaved another few seconds off of the boot up time. It was incredibly easy to install and seems to stay fairly cool. I haven't had it long enough to comment on reliability but it does have a 5 year warranty which puts most of my worries at ease. The only reason why this isn't a 5 star product is because of the flashing red light and just last week bought the 1tb version for $130 which performs slightly faster. The red light isn't that much of an issue for me since I can use the m.2 below my gpu and mostly hide it but even then you still see the red light flashing slightly. To be honest it's pretty ugly with the sticker that covers the entire top of it. It would look nice with that removed but I worry about any warranty issues I would have if it was removed. Even at $85 for the 512gb version it's a good deal. You don't normally see drives this quick and this size under $100.

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