TEAMGROUP GX2 512GB 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read Speed up to 530 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop T253X2512G0C101

Replacement for failed laptop HD, works very well, no issues,

I have used Team Group CX2 and EX2 those writing speed were moderate (about 100MB/s) but this AX2 writing speed is about 200MB/s copying same 22,000 files totaling 206GB using USB3 adapters

These Drives arent necessarily good for transferring files but if you just want to have a fast boot up drive that can hold a bit of storage this is definitely the cheap solution to go for

So I have installed this particular drive in three separate system. It doesnt perform as fast as a Samsung but it reaches 90 percent of the speed. So fast enough seems pretty good on longevity as well

Ive used it for a week on my PS4 Pro, the general speed and response has improved, overall Im pleased with it

I do not know if this is one of the fastest drives available but it works great for my everyday needs. Much faster than a hard drive and the price for this SSD is not much more than you would pay for a 1TB hard drive. I would recommend it for basic storage or gaming. If you are upgrading from a hard drive, your PC will feel brand new because it will boot much quicker.

This is my second TEAM SDD. Works great. Could have used installation procedures for initialing drive.

I bought this 2tb SATA III internal SSD for $72. Amazing value. I was a little worried that the performance would be poor but I am getting sustained writes just below 500MB/s and sustained reads just over 500MB/s. Very, very large writes eventually slow down but I was able to get decent speeds even when writing 500gb consisting of several hundred thousand of files for a big backup task – took about 30 minutes or an average of half the smaller sustained write speed which isnt spectacular but perfectly fine. And completely expected. Reads never slow down, its only writes that eventually get slower. In normal operation where you are writing only small amounts to the drive at any one time even if youre reading very large amounts, you will never see the speeds drop below about 500MB/s. This is a great archive, backup, and general storage drive. It cant compete with really fast modern SSDs with faster interfaces but the performance is right in line with other inexpensive SSDs using a SATA III interface. Most of those other inexpensive SSDs are more expensive than this one, sometimes a lot more expensive. I have it in a USB 3 gen1 enclosure and I can boot my computer with it just fine. Its certainly not the best boot drive but youd pay quite a bit more for a better boot drive let alone a best one. Just got it today so I cant speak about longevity. The TBW specified by the manufacturer for the 2tb version which I got is pretty good. I dont plan to ever fill it up more than just a bit past halfway and its for incremental backups so after today the writes will be pretty small and therefore I expect it will last me for as long as I care to keep it in service.

Ive done a bit of heavy reading and writing to this drive and it maintains a high speed throughout a heavy write op of many GB of data and thats all I care about, that and maintaining a excellent read speed while reading say 500GB of data from the drive and it does that just fine. I dont know how it will hold up over time because I havent used it enough yet but so far so good. FANTASTIC value for what I paid which was under $100 USD. If you can find these under $110 its a good deal. Prices fluctuate of course because of market forces and this seems to happen more so with memory and storage devices, so dont expect prices to always get lower just because its an older model. If its under $110 its a good price for this quality. It it were a top end SATA SSD it would be more like $130 - $140 and be a good deal.