High Tech SSD 256GB Solid State Drive, M.2 SATA 2280

High Tech's solid-state drive dramatically improves the responsiveness of your existing system with incredible boot, loading and transfer times compared to mechanical hard drives. Powered by a latest-gen controller for read and write speeds of up to 455 MB/s and 437 MB/s, this SSD is 10x faster than a traditional hard drive for higher performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall faster system. Also more reliable and durable than a hard drive, also the High Tech M.2 SSD is built with Flash memory. There are no moving parts, making it less likely to fail than a mechanical hard drive. It is also cooler and quieter and its shock and vibration resistance makes it ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices. You can also replace your hard drive or a smaller SSD with a drive big enough to hold all your files. This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads and is not intended for server environments. 1.Based on out-of-box performance using a SATA Rev. 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage.