ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 256GB

Great for operating system

Put this in as my operating system drive, works brilliant

Snappy little thing

Bought one for my mate, he's a professional gamer. He says it's dramatically faster than a standard SATA SSD and he's very happy with how snappy his rig is. No complaints, no hassles.

performance at a small cost

Not all M.2 disks are created equal and it can be confusing reading all the theoretical manufacturer's specs and the breadth of real world findings. I was tempted to do what everyone else does for a performance disk and get a samsung pro, but when I chanced upon a reviewer that showed this ADATA pro with 80 percent of the performance at half the cost, (of the Samsung Pro that is) I gave it a shot. And the speeds are more than I could hope for in my i5 Intel NUC used for general home use. a crystal disk mark score (standard settings) of 2652 sequential read and 1278mb sequential write!