HP EX920 M.2 1TB PCIe 3.1 X4 Nvme 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Max 3200 Mbps 2Yy47Aa#ABC

I never thought I'd be be buying or writing a review about a HP SSD, but it's 2018 and here we are. I knew very little about the EX920 beforehand but I was in the market for a 1TB SSD and immediately went to the 960 EVO like everyone else in the market. However the 1TB 960 EVO was $450 at the time of this review. The HP Ex920 popped up for a paltry $370 for 1TB drive. I had to triple check all of the specs to make sure it was indeed a NVME drive or that there are no hidden issues that would come up. To my surprise, reviews for this drive are all very positive. Performance is on par with the 960 EVO and creeps up into 960 PRO category for certain performance metrics.The chips themselves are Micron/Crucial 64-layer 3D TLC NANDs and the memory are NANYA chips. Both of these are leaders in the SSD/memory game. The controller is Silicon Motion SM2262, the same controller found in many brands of SSDs including Intel. On paper, the HP EX920 does many things right, 3200 reads, 1800 writes. To my surprise, my tests confirmed the specifications.I honestly can't find anything wrong with this drive. Packing was premium, the specs are good, and blazing speeds at $80 less than the leading player in the market. The SSD even has a tiny red LED on the chip to let you know it's reading/writing like old hard drives used to do. This is a nice feature absent from many solid state drives. Helps let you know if your drive is working or not.The only thing I would say is they should have included a heat sink to dispel heat. The 960 series for example, had a copper sticker on the rear to dissipate heat. I honestly don't know if this drive has an overheating problem but consecutive tests don't show a major decrease in performance so far.Kudos HP for knocking it out of the park!***EDIT DEC 2018***My drive is still performing wonderfully. However I recently purchased another one from Best Buy on Ebay for my desktop and the temperature shows a constant 54 Degrees C on the SMART sensors. My original drive that I purchased here on Amazon reviewed here, shows the temperatures changing according to load as it shoud. Apparently all of the new EX920 SSDs from around September/October 2018 and on have been exhibiting this issue. It's not a real temperature overheating problem, just stuck. Many online said it was due to a firmware issue. Thew new firmware is SVN139B and the old firmware SVN101 works fine. My SSD is on a desktop with a heat sink on top and fans creating airflow so I doubt it will ever overheat. However until this issue gets resolved by HP, you may run into this issue with newer versions of this drive as well.***EDIT JAN 2019***There is a new firmware update available now MultiPointe, HP's third party partner version 2262 B16 Update that fixes the temperature issue. I can't link on Amazon, but searching onlien for EX920 firmware update will get you to the right place. After updating, my temps for my 1TB drive (with a heatsink on in a desktop computer) were around 20 degrees which is pretty great. Good luck!

This drive was purchased to fit the extra slot in my laptop. Unfortunately, when you buy an SSD in this form factor, they often don’t include the screw.Not only does this drive outperform others in its price range, but it comes with the tiny m.2 screw that companies like Samsung don’t provide you with.I’ll update my review in the future, but so far, so good.And a word of advice, check the seller you’re buying from to ensure that they’re authorized; otherwise you won’t be getting a warranty, which is 5 years by the way. 6 years if you use the Amazon Visa Signature card. :)

I've upgraded two computers (desktop & laptop) with this drive and the speeds are amazing! I cloned my original 1TB HDD's to this M.2 SSD using Macrium in Windows 10. This even worked on my HP Pavilion 17t-ab200 CTO (X7N62AV) laptop even though the manual says the largest M.2 drive that can be installed is 500GB. I installed the M.2 drive, booted the laptop (no changes to the BIOS except for having the latest version), cloned my original drive to this one with Macrium, shut the laptop down, removed my original drive, and booted the laptop back up with the M.2 drive only and it worked flawlessly! Attached is a picture of the before and after speeds which is a HUGE increase.

Bought this a few months ago for $165 and again this week for $120.The Intel 660p 1Tb is $80-90 right now, but I was happy to pay more for the huge speed increase this drive offers.Pros: Comes with an M.2 SCREW!!!!!Very fast, no real drivers needed for Win10Best price to speed ratio of SSDs right now, MUCH more attractive than Samsung EVO.Cons: Not as fast as top-tier SSDs and will usually not even hit rated speedsVisually not super appealing unless your mobo has a heatsink (or you buy one)Firmware situation seems questionable: "upgrading" to Intel firmware did not help my speeds, your mileage may vary

The media could not be loaded. I installed it in an Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI). I built my PC from scratch.Specs:Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core ProcessorNZXT Kraken X62 CPU CoolerAsus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI)G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB 3200 C16HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280Asus GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video CardCorsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower CaseCorsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply