Question 1

Does it come with the screw needed to secure it to the motherboard?

Accepted Answer

No , but laptop screws I had to buy to screw it down because 1 comes with the motherboard and you have 2 slots for the NMVE you need to buy one more.

Question 2

Does it come with Windows 10?

Accepted Answer

No, upon arrival, the SSD is New with No operating System included. You can download the official Windows USB/DVD Download Tool at microsoft dot com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool or Google dot com Windows USB/DVD Download Tool.

Question 3

Have a gigabyte h270-hd3 motherboard. Do I have the slot necessary for the drive?

Accepted Answer

Based on what I have seen you don't have the required m.2 slot on your motherboard.  But if you have the available PCIe slot a PCIe x4 adapter will work just fine.  
Truthfully in /most/ use cases their won't be a noticeable difference between an NVMe SSD and a traditional Sata6 SSD

Question 4

Will this work with a Asus P8B75-M Motherboard with a PCIEX4 slot?  PCIe 2.0 x4

Accepted Answer

Dear ColoradoBob.

Unfortunately given the age of your motherboard, it does not support the M.2 interface. You could technically use a PCIE to NVME adapter card in the lower PCIE slot if you wanted, but that adds to the overall cost and you always loose a bit of performance in the conversion. Its always best to have a motherboard that supports the M.2 NVME interface directly and most motherboards in the last 2 years do come with support for this interface. Your motherboard does support SATA SSD and in most home use general tasks you will not notice the difference between the 2.

Hope that helps.

Question 5

The screw I got with the motherboard isn't long enough to go in the hard drive slot and in to the motherboard. Anybody know where I can get one?

Accepted Answer

I would contact the motherboard manufacturer. or go to their website and contact support and tell them the problem you are having, maybe they included the wrong size screw with the motherboard.

Question 6

Does this works with Asus Gl552VW?

Accepted Answer

My reply is NO !! The ASUS 552VW supports 128GB SSD (M.2 2280) SATA3 .. This WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB SSD is incompatible. You need to look for a 128 SATA3 M.2 .. the connector keying is different from NVMe. Not sure why Asus spec limits SATA to 128GB .. maybe bios firmware

Question 7

Can I use this Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe M2 2280 SSD for my Mini Mac Late 2014 Model Identifier:Macmini7,1 A1374?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as long as your OS can see it. Make sure to get the Western Digital dashboard and install it on your main drive.

Question 8

will this ssd work with my new asus strix e gamming mobo ?

Accepted Answer

It should work as long as it has the M slot on the NVME interface

Question 9

Hi, i would like to know if this ssd is compatible with my alienware 15 R2 laptop? (i7-6700HQ, Nvidia 970M)  i searched  in google but couldnt find info. Thanks

Accepted Answer

Google told me yes 
"Dell Alienware 15 R2 - Specs
CPU.
GPU. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M (4GB GDDR5) 32.
Display. 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS.
HDD/SSD. 1TB HDD, 7200 rpm.
M.2 Slot. 2x 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe (M key)
RAM. 16GB DDR4, 2133 MHz.
OS.
Body material. Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum (Aluminum, Plastic)"

Question 10

does this actually need cables?

Accepted Answer

No. It gets plugged into your motherboard's PCIE NVME socket. Please refer to your motherboard's user manual.

Brand	Western Digital
Series	Blue SN550 NVMe
Model	WDS500G2B0C
Device Type	Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Used For	Consumer

Form Factor	M.2 2280
Capacity	500GB
Memory Components	3D NAND
Interface	PCI-Express 3.0 x4

Max Sequential Read	Up to 2400 MBps
Max Sequential Write	Up to 1750 MBps
4KB Random Read	Up to 300,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write	Up to 240,000 IOPS
Terabytes Written (TBW)	300TB
MTTF	1.7M hours

Power Consumption (Idle)	PS3 (Low Power): 30 mW PS4 (Sleep): 5 mW
Power Consumption (Active)	3.5W
Operating Temperature	0°C ~ +70°C
Storage Temperature	-55°C ~ +85°C
Max Shock Resistance	1,500G @ 0.5 ms half sine
Max Vibration Resistance	Operating: 5 gRMS, 10-2000 Hz, 3 axes Non-operating: 4.9 gRMS, 7-800 Hz, 3 axes

Height	2.38mm
Width	22.00mm
Depth	80.00mm
Weight	6.50g

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