Gigabyte AORUS 1 TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive

A very good product,easy to install with blazing speeds and capacity through the roof!More than enough space for a operating system, and games that just need that competitive edge in loading times.Couldn't recommend it enough *if* you have a motherboard that can unlock the true potential of this device (PCI-Express 4.0).The onboard heatsink that comes with it is more than sufficient, it's not to bulky but is less 'streamlined' than other M.2 products available; but it shouldn't be an issue with most configurations :D

The heat sink looks pink in the pic but it's actually straight up copper. It encompasses the entire drive and it's very thick. There are chips on both sides of the board so it might be better than the heat sink your motherboard may have come with. If you do want to use the heat sink, check your board first and make sure there is enough clearance for it underneath. Some boards put something there to support an unshrouded drive (aka pretty much all of them). If it's rubber you might be able to rip it out if you so choose.Either way, it's a beast. It holds data and hits the speeds it claims so there's not much else to say. I just got it so I can't speak to anything like longevity, but I'm very happy with it so far.

I haven't taken the time to verify the spec but my experience has been very plug and play set up, the product came with a heatsink which is very nice, I'm happy with the quality so far but I see how it performs in the future

Great ssd

This is one very fast SSD when run with an X570 Motherboard but a word of warning it does run very Hot.Test Rig:1 x Aorus X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI (Socket AM4/X570/DDR4/S-ATA 600/Mini-ITX)1 x Crucial Ballistix BL2K16G36C16U4B 3600 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, 32GB (16GB x2), CL16, Black1 x Gigabyte AORUS NVMe SSD, PCIe 4.0 M.2 Type 2280 - 500 GB1 x Kraken X53 (240 mm) <------- Dump the fans they are very very noisy, buy Noctua 120mm job done

I had two of these a 500GB and 1TB one ... they look really cool with the gold heat sink, but IMO they are not built to last. Both failed after a couple of years in systems running pretty low temperatures. Given the warranty is for 3 years, you'd expect more out of them. Then you have to go through a very tedious RMA process with Gigabyte unless you can by some miracles get the retailer to help you.*** I would definitely NOT buy another one of these and Gigabyte's RMA process seems to be designed to deter people from retuning goods, which has really put me off buying Gigabyte components full stop!!

Gives +2GB/s read speed, very compact (M.2). This is the future of hard drives.After a year I've purchased a second one due to needing more storage space for video editing, amazing piece of tech, this is the end of hard drives. The first one is still pushing strong at +2GB/s. A year on and still the fastest SSD in the market.

While I checked this was in my motherboard’s supported list I forgot to check the CPU, apparently until next year no Intel CPUs can use 4.0x4, they can only achieve x3 - so bear this in mind unless you have a new AMD CPU.Also, you need to check you’ll have physical clearance, which depends on where the socket is on the motherboard. For mine, as close to the CPU socket I had to change the heatsink and fan - from an ARCTIC Freezer 7X Compact to a taller profile Be Quiet BK010 Shadow Rock Slim.I knocked off a star as it gets rather hot, 52C, even though the graphics card has its own heat port out of the PC case and the CPU runs cool as <38C when under full use. With a mid tower case any heat that rises from the M.2 should be pulled out of the class by nearby inlet and outlet fans so it seems to be a hot device, one of my hottest...I’m still happy with it, as it’s providing 5 times the real-word speed than my SATA 6.0 Gb/s devices...... and maybe next year a CPU upgrade will allow it to reach its extreme speeds.