On many budget SSDs, writing is far slower than reading; on the MI500 the gap is smaller. With writes of up to 4000 MB/s, installing a game or saving a video file is almost as quick as opening it. S.M.A.R.T. support lets a diagnostic tool track the drive's condition, so wear can be spotted before it becomes a problem.
Upgraders with a free M.2 2280 slot on the motherboard or in a laptop who want to replace a slow system drive; gamers who keep a couple of large titles next to the system; and office workers who open many large files every day. A rating of 300 TBW means 300 terabytes of data can be written to the drive over its lifetime.
| Brand | INTENSO |
|---|---|
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| TBW rating | 300 |
| PCI Express interface data lanes | x4 |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 1500000 |
| EAN | 4034303033942 |
| SSD capacity | 500 GB |
|---|---|
| SSD form factor | M.2 |
| NVMe | Yes |
| SSD series | MI500 |
| NVMe version | 1.4 |
| Read speed | 5300 |
|---|---|
| Write speed | 4000 |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
|---|---|
| Sustainability certificates | Triman |
| Product Net Weight | 0.01 kg |
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Yes, if the laptop has an M.2 2280 slot with NVMe PCIe support. An NVMe drive will not work in a SATA-only M.2 slot, so check the slot type in the manual first.
PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives are usually backward compatible and work in a PCIe 3.0 slot. Speed is then capped by the slot interface, and 5300 MB/s reads will not be reached.
MTBF is the mean time between failures, calculated by the manufacturer across a large number of drives. It is a statistical measure of reliability, not the lifespan of one particular drive.
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