HP EX950 M.2 512GB PCIe 3.1 x4 NVMe 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5MS22AA#ABC

Came within a few days by Prime in new packaging. Left on my porch in the sun. Easy install, fits perfectly, and is much faster than my spinning drive. Needed to use "computer management" to allocate the disk, but then cloned Windows. It booted right up with no problems in about 1/5 of the normal time. Looking forward to more testing. Computer was slow to start up, slow to open programs, etc. due to read/write speed (I assume), since it has plenty of RAM and CPU speed. Problem seems to be solved.

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Compre la SSD de 512 GB para mi HP Omen DC0005LA y funciona correctamente. Instale el Windows desde cero sin problemas, tengo 1 semana utilizándolo con programas pesados y sigue funcionando bien, desde que lo prendo hasta que funciona demora 13 segundo a diferencia de lo mas de 2 minutos que demoraba el HDD. El HDD lo sigo utilizando para guardar archivos y la SSD para instalar los programas.Hasta el momento 100% recomendable.Volveré a escribir después de un tiempo para informar que tal sigue funcionando.

It is easy to install and noticeably very fast compared to HDD. However, the screw has a gap once tightened which makes the NVMe is not securely tightened. I do not know whether it is my hp prodesk g5 motherboard issue or this particular NVMe issue.

This is one of the best performing SSDs for the price. Even without any specified cache it still performs insanely well. Using this as a drive for your OS and favorite games is definitely the way to go.

The price is not that bad , but if you are buying this for macbook, the power consumption is too high

I installed this HP Ex950 in a Asus rog Gl503vs, the laptop came with a Sata m.2 and sshd drive. I wanted fast as possible and larger main drive so went with this HP Ex950. Install was simple, I cloned my m.2 ssd to the sshd, then installed the hp ex950 and cloned the os to the hp nvme. Reformatted the sshd and all was great, boot time is now 9 seconds. The 512gb ex950 states 3,500 and 2,000 read write speed. I did numerous tests and all I am getting is 2,735 and 1,940. I see older ex920 nvme getting 3,000 so I know something is off. The HP ex950 does not come with any software or info how to get software like driver updates. The 950 I am not getting in speed is like a ssd Sata speed, instead of 6+ times the Sata m.2, mine is about 5x so it is kind of disappointing. Under the nvme win10 says best driver installed, but date on driver is from 2006. I found drivers on MultiPointe website that has the HP 920 and 950 drivers and 920 firmware. But I am confused on how to install it. I attempted to update the drivers with these and my first attempt the ex950 would not boot up, went to blue win screen and nothing I tried could get me back into windows, so I just re cloned the original m.2 ssd. I believe this nvme can do stated speeds, I seen speed tests that say this ex950 is overall fastest nvme available right now, but no customer support is bad. This EX950 I can't even find on HP website. If I fix the drivers I will update this review. I would not say not to buy this, but can't give 5 stars due to poor support. Every other manufacturer has ssd tool software. The speeds I am getting are Fast, don't get me wrong, just a little more like advertised and I would be happy. Now price vs performance this is probably the best deal out there for a nvme m.2 out there. I can live with a little slower speeds and honestly in real every day use I might not even notice a the lower speed, but if you buy something that claims one thing and you see another, I expect what the claim is(at least close to claimed speeds), if HP would update drivers using the HP update software it would sell much more of these. Never understood a company that puts so much into making a great product and ruins it by not providing a simple way to update or get info. Is like HP just made this nvme and forgot they manufactured it. This is supposed to be the fastest mvme out there currently along with the adata using simular chipset.

My daughters laptop came with a 256gb nvme which is way too small for modern games and applications. After installing, besides having more space, the fact her laptop supports nvme, the machine runs fast. I highly recommend it!