The Transcend 512GB M.2 SSD 430S is a compact SATA III M.2 2242 solid-state drive designed to significantly boost your system's performance. With 512GB of storage, it offers impressive sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s and write speeds of up to 500 MB/s, ensuring quick boot times and rapid application loading. Weighing a mere 0.2 oz, this durable SSD is ideal for upgrading compatible laptops, ultrabooks, or small form factor PCs, providing reliable storage and enhanced responsiveness with a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) of 2.0 million hours.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking. Available from $139.99.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
Common Failure Modes
SSDs have no moving parts, making them immune to physical shock. Failures occur through flash memory wear-out from writing massive amounts of data or sudden controller death.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking.
SSDs have a finite number of write cycles, usually measured in Terabytes Written (TBW). For average consumers, this limit takes many years to reach.
The Transcend 512GB M.2 SSD 430S is available at bhphoto, starting at $139.99.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
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