Kingshark Gamer KingShark Gamer SSD M.2 2242 256GB Internal Ngff SSD 42MM SATA III 6Gb/s (256GB, M.2 2242)

The media could not be loaded.  This drive is working well in this adapter. I bought these two items because someone had already done a test quite a good while ago with this combination, but nothing to show how much speed it could give to an old system requiring an ide drive. So, I wanted to experiment cheaply. I already had an adapter to plug in to my faster system so that I could connect these up and clone the hdd I had in an old Dell 2650 laptop to these items here. I mean an old computer likely isn't using to the full potential of this adapter and drive, but there was still a HUGE benefit. Windows XP loads up super fast and if it wasn't for the CPU being a P4, I feel doing anything with this combination would be awesome. Definitely a gig of ram would be nice on fit in this laptop, but it's not one of the versions of 2650 that allows it sadly. Maybe, eventually, that will change somehow. So, I could say that having a not so cheaply done up old laptop can get some really good life back in it. All in all, between the both of these by the way, I think I spent 25 dollars maybe?

Decent for gpu mining boards

Basic testing indicates drive is working as expected. Nice low price, but am also aware that actual / perceived quality may be lower than other company's products.

I don't expect this thing to see a ton of writes. Nor enough activity to warm it up even. It is sitting in a firewall/router appliance. Everything installed well, and it boots fine. So job done. I wouldn't call it a great value, but it is doing the job.

Just installed so I have not been able to evaluate longevity. Also, the head of the included screw was not really large enough in the PC that I installed the M.2 in

They make a nice hard drive fast enough for what I see them for.

I have a Dell Vostro 3460 with a msata slot. So i installed the 128gb in the msata slot and booted to BIOS. The BIOS recognized the drive. Got to windows and it did not show up either in File Manager or Disk Manager. I scratched my head for a bit and then tried DISKPART. It was there. I CLEAN the msata drive and formatted the msata drive. Rebooted back to windows. Still no Joy. When back to DISKPART. This time I turned on AUTOMOUNT for the msata drive. Powered down. I disconnected the HHD and booted from a Windows 21H1 install USB, Build the System, Booted into the new image on the msata drive.All was great. I the reinstalled the HHD and reformatted it. The msata drive is now the boot drive and the HHD is for data.As an aside, when the HHD was not installed Windows showed battery time of just under 4 hr.

What can I say? I installed it in the SATA radio slot to serve as my Lenovo ThinkPad X270's main SSD. Installed it on August 30, 2021, and my ThinkPad failed to boot past the Lenovo logo on March 17, 2022. I tried several different methods to get past the logo, but I also knew that Lenovos can be finicky about drives that fail...drive fails and you can't even get to the BIOS screen. I removed the main battery, removed the KingShark card, and tried to boot again. I immediately got to the BIOS screen.I know this SSD is supposed to have a four-year warranty, but I'm not going to go through a bunch of hassle for $40. I just ordered a Transcend unit to replace it.UPDATE: I borrowed an external reader and the unit was not recognized at all on two other computers. It seems completely inert now. Fortunately, I had imaged it a couple weeks prior and was able to restore virtually everything to the new Transcend unit, which is working perfectly.