There are too many M.2 SSDs are available in the market. Intel, Crucial, WD, Kingston, ADATA, etc. Which one to choose. Well, you can choose any brand you trust the most. All brands are good. But the main confusion is some same capacity SSDs are cheap and others are expensive.
Yes, Some M.2 SSDs are using normal SATA lanes on the motherboard, and others are NVMe which are the most expensive use PCI lanes. Normal M.2 SSDs are cheap, But NVMe is expensive. To use NVMe drive on your pc, the motherboard must have an M-Key slot and BIOS also should have support for NVMe drive. NVMe SSDs are 3-5 times faster than normal SATA SSDs.
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So here I am listing some SSDs with price low to high.
120 GB Price:- Rs. 1829/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
240 GB Price:- Rs. 2599/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
The cheapest and trustable brand. This is a normal SATA SSD having a B+M key. It can fit on both the B+M key slot or only B or M key Slot.
- M.2 2280
- 120GB
- SATA III 6Gb/s
- SLC (Single-level cell) caching boosts write performance to quickly perform everyday tasks
- Up to 500 MB/s read Speed
- Up to 250 MB/s write speed
- B+M key
Benchmarks
| Read |
488 MB/s |
| Write |
385 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
30.3 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
105 MB/s |
| Mixed |
357 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
23.7 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
107 MB/s |
SA400M8/120GIN Price:- Rs. 2189/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
SA400M8/240GIN Price:- Rs. 3370/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
This is also a cheap and trustable brand. This is a normal SATA SSD having a B+M key. It can fit on both the B+M key slot or only B or M key Slot.
- M.2 2280
- 120 GB
- A400 is powered by the latest-gen controller which translates to
- Read speed up to 500MB/s
- Write speed up to 320MB/s
- B+M key
- It supports SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) with backward compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s).
Benchmarks
| Read |
481 MB/s |
| Write |
382 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
35.9 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
96 MB/s |
| Mixed |
336 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
40 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
167 MB/s |
120 GB Price:- Rs. 1999/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
250 GBPrice:- Rs. 3135/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
HP is also a very trustable brand. This is a 3D NAND flash type SSD. This is a normal SATA SSD having a B+M key. It can fit on both the B+M key slot or only B or M key Slot.
- M.2 2280
- SATA 6.0 Gb/s
- 3D NAND Flash (makes little cheaper at same performance)
- Sequential Read up to 555MB/s
- Sequential Write Up to 470MB/s
- Power Consumption: 440 mW (Idle) / 2.51W (Max)
- B+M key
- HP India Original Product, Support: 3 Years HP India warranty, free technical support
Benchmarks
| Read |
516 MB/s |
| Write |
442 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
33.4 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
122 MB/s |
| Mixed |
411 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
48.7 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
437 MB/s |
250GB Price:- Rs. 3652/– BUY_ON_AMAZON
250GB Price:- Rs. 5379/– BUY_ON_AMAZON
Crucial is another very trusted brand in terms of quality. This SSD is giving similar performance to WD BLUE.
- Normal SSD SATA
- B+M key
- 3D-NAND
- Sequential Read up to 560MB/s
- Sequential Write Up to 510MB/s
- M.2 2280
Benchmarks
| Read |
524 MB/s |
| Write |
464 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
33 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
118 MB/s |
| Mixed |
410 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
47.3 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
460 MB/s |
250GB Price:- Rs. 4095/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
500GB Price:- Rs. 6699/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
This WD Blue series M.2 SSD is almost 30 percent faster than the GREEN series. Normal SATA lane SSD. It comes with 3D-NAND technology. This is a normal SATA SSD having a B+M key. It can fit on both the B+M key slot or only B or M key Slot.
- M.2 2280
- Enhanced power efficiency, leading-edge reliability, and broad compatibility
- Downloadable WD SSD Dashboard and Acronis software, 3 years limited warranty
- Reliability: Up to 1.75M hours
- 26% fast Read speed | 50% fast Write speed than WD GREEN
Benchmarks
| Read |
510 MB/s |
| Write |
475 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
41 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
116 MB/s |
| Mixed |
336 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
52.5 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
216 MB/s |
Price:- Rs. 8299/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
Price:- Rs. 7069/- BUY_ON_MDCOMPUTERS
Now This is an NVMe PCI SSD. This is expensive. But, gives a mind-blowing performance. NVME drive is a minimum 3 to 5 times faster than normal SSD. You must have an M-Key slot on your motherboard. As well as BIOS is also should have support for the NVMe DRIVE.
- NVMe
- 250 GB
- M.2 2280
- Sequential Read up to 3500 MB/s
- Sequential Write up to 2300 MB/s
- M-KEY
- PCI Express lanes
- 250,000 IOPS Random Read
- 550,000 IOPS Random Write
Benchmarks
| Read |
2613 MB/s |
| Write |
2275 MB/s |
| 4K Read |
68.4 MB/s |
| 4K Write |
191 MB/s |
| Mixed |
1619 MB/s |
| 4K Mixed |
95.1 MB/s |
| SusWrite |
584 MB/s |
Price:- Rs. 9999/- BUY_ON_AMAZON
This is also an NVMe drive. But this drive benchmarked on storageview.com almost 18% lower than the Samsung 970 pr0 plus. As Well as a little cheaper as compared to Samsung 970 pro plus.
- NVMe
- 512 GB
- M.2 2280
- Sequential Read up to 3470 MB/s
- Sequential Write up to 2600 MB/s
- M-KEY
- PCI Express lanes
- 420,000 IOPS Random Read
- 380,000 IOPS Random Write
Benchmarks
No benchmarks are available yet.
So that was my list. Now you can check and compare SSD according to your needs. Performance-wise Samsung 970 pro plus is the clear winner here. If you can do some compromise with performance than WD BLACK is good choice, if your priorities are gaming or video editing. Else for normal regular work, you can go for Normal cheap SATA SSDs.
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