Question 1

Specs don't say whether this is SATA III or PCI-Express 2.0?

Accepted Answer

Basically M.2 was formerly know as NGFF (Next Generation Form Factor), which is intended to replace mSATA.  Also the speeds of M.2 are able to handle speeds nearly 3 time faster than SATA III.

The M.2 is connected directly to the PCI-E bus, bypassing a SATA controller allowing the faster speeds.  A handful of newer motherboards have the M.2 slot.

So the complete answer is, it is neither SATA III nor PCI-Express 2.0, but rather just M.2

Question 2

Is it a good idea to use it as a boot drive?

Accepted Answer

There is no reason it could not be used as a boot drive, however, unless you have two in a RAID 1 configuration, if for some reason the SSD drive fails, you had better make sure you have made a backup and have performed at least one restore test to guarantee the viability of your bsckup/restore process. 
To date, I haven't had any failure, and it does not seem to heat up, so I am happy with it.  I use it as part of a tiered storage repository cache system, so for my purposes, i can suffer a failure with only performance degradation as a worst case scenario.

Question 3

What is the size of this m.2 ssd?

Accepted Answer

This drive will fit any laptop including netbook.

Question 4

Do you have this model SSD with 120GB capacity? I want buy it! Thanks

Accepted Answer

I have the 480Gb size one and its great. the only difference would would be the size; the Read/Write speeds are essentially the same.

Question 5

does only the ssd comes in that package nothing else in the box ??

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When mine arrived it was sealed in a static packet inside the box. There was nothing else included. FWIW I just installed on my ASUS H97I motherboard and it was recognized immediately. I set it up as I would any other SSD. That was a few months ago and it has performed flawlessly to date.

Question 6

Is this compatible with AMD processors?

Accepted Answer

As long as your motherboard has a M.2 slot available you should be fine.

Also to note/consider is if this SSD is used on most motherboards it will usually render 2 of your SATA ports inoperable.

Question 7

I want to buy 120GB size with M.2 form factor. So do you have this one? Thanks

Accepted Answer

This was the only M.2 I could find on Newegg. 80GB not 120 though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-167-168

Question 8

Where are the bigger sizes?!

Accepted Answer

So, this is a special kind of SSD, at the time I purchased this device, there were no larger capacity SSDs sold by this company and they certainly were much more expensive.  This board can only be used in very special cases, it is not compatible with the standard SATA connection.  I have used it in specialized motherboards that are compatible with the M.2 MLC internal SSDs and it is used for cache purposes.
If you are looking for large capacity SSDs, look elsewhere.
Good luck!

Question 9

The specs seem pretty bare. What kind of performance can one expect out of this as a boot drive?

Accepted Answer

My best advice is for you to search around the web and see what many of the hardware sites say about this drive. This drive is rated in the top 3-5 (if not at the top) of many reviewer's postings.

Question 10

Does this product fit on Lenovo Y510P's ngff slot? Is it oversized?

Accepted Answer

I don't know about that specific slot, but the drive fits in normal 2.5" laptop  hard drive slots.

Brand	Intel
Series	530 Series
Model	SSDSCKGW080A401
Device Type	Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Used For	Consumer

Height	1.000
Weight	0.08

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Capacity	80GB
Memory Components	MLC
Interface	SATA III

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