Question 1

Would it be a good idea to pair it with a heatsink? Or does it never reach temperatures high enough to need a heatsink to avoid thermal throttling?

Accepted Answer

They wouldn't offer them with heatsink if there wasn't need for them. With that being said, my stepson has no heatsinks on both of his, and he's not had any problems. I think it comes down to choice. My motherboard came with heatsinks and I've yet to see them even get a little warm. Hope this helps.

Question 2

Is this a B key ? I don't know why they don't let people know in specs

Accepted Answer

It's an M key. You can tell because there are only 5 pins on the smaller side. A B key would have 6

Question 3

Can you use this SSD in a Dell Inspiron 15 5502 i5 Laptop?

Accepted Answer

I have the same Dell laptop as yours, but I bought Intel 670P 1 TB NVMe SSD instead.  So, if the WD uses the same protocol as the Intel, it would work in that Dell laptop

Question 4

Is this compatible with PCI Express 2.0? Asking for this Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING-7

Accepted Answer

In theory it should work without an issue, in the same way that a PCIe 3.0 GPU will work in a system that only supports PCIe 2.0.  With just 2 lanes of PCIe 2.0 available on that motherboard's m.2 slot though, you won't get the full performance of this drive (most likely less than half the bandwidth), but it should still be faster than a SATA SSD.  If you're not planning to use this as a boot drive, you could use a PCIe expansion card M.2 adapter to plug the SSD into a normal PCI Express slot and get the full performance.

Question 5

Does it come with one of those little screws to put in your motherboard? if not how do I get one from lowes?

Accepted Answer

If your existing PC has the same type NVMe SSD, it has that little screws at one end to tighten down the NVMe SSD.

Question 6

where can I get the driver for win 7
?

Accepted Answer

Please do yourself a favor and migrate to Windows 10.  You are leaving yourself open to significant security risks by sticking with Windows 7.

Question 7

Does it have D-Ram?

Accepted Answer

Nvme drives like this don't suffer as much from not having DRAM as they can use ram.  However, I have read in some places that it has an SLC cache, but I am not sure whether this is true as I cannot find it on the product page.

Question 8

Am I able to install this M.2 PCIe 3.0 into an X570 board with a PCIe 4.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, PCIe is backward compatible. You can put a 3.0 into a 4.0 slot but it will only run at 3.0 speed.

Question 9

What are the Specifications??  All that are listed are the Dimensions.

Accepted Answer

Interface
PCIe Gen 3
Connector
M.2
Sequential Read Performance
2400MB/s
Sequential Write Performance
1950MB/s

Question 10

Anyone got this working with the onboard m.2 and Intel X99 chipset?  It was one of the first chipsets that did PCIe m.2

Accepted Answer

Shouldn't be an issue, I've used M.2/NVMe drives with X99 and X299 for years without issues.  Just make sure you update your BIOS first!

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