LexarNQ100 2.5” SATA III (6Gb/s) 480GB SSD, Up to 550MB/s Read Solid State Drive, Internal SSD for Laptop, Desktop Computer/PC (LNQ100X480G-RNNNG), Grey

I recently upgraded my home PC and picked up the Lexar NQ100 2.5” SATA III 960GB SSD as a backup drive. I've been running it via a USB 3.0 enclosure rather than internally, and I'm genuinely impressed with its performance.The speeds are excellent, consistently hitting up to 540MB/s read and 500MB/s write. This makes transferring large files a breeze. The build quality feels very similar to a Samsung Evo, which is a testament to its solid construction.What truly sets this SSD apart is its incredible price. Under £40 for a near 1TB SSD is amazing value. Additionally, the rated write endurance is listed at 168TB (which equates to approximately 96GB per day for five years). This is more than enough for average users who use their PCs for web browsing, document editing, light gaming, and general tasks. Or, like myself, need a back-up drive. If you're a content creator (video editing, graphic design), frequently perform large backups, or run data-intensive applications, you might prefer an SSD with a higher TBW rating for your main drive.If you are looking for a budget friendly drive that does not sacrifice speed or build quality, this is the drive for you.

Does the job. Used as a backup in an external caddy. Nice and quick over usb 3 and a very good price.

Working well so far. Revived my old laptop. 10x faster.

It's an SSD hard drive. Does the job. Price reasonable.

The unit itself seemed well made and worked as expected. Easy to install but if you are using as a relacement laptop drive and you want to transfer data you will need a separate USB to Sata adapter and appropriate software.

Great value SSD. Used it to upgrade an ageing iMac and it worked a treat.

My laptop is so much faster now. Excellent value and arrived on time.

I can't recommend these drives, there's a consistent issue using them under Linux on various desktops and laptops that I manage.I've bought about 8 of the 240GB drives over the past months and 4 of them (so far) have suffered from filesystem errors when under heavier read/write load, say when compiling applications.This is the case across desktop and laptop machines that I've installed them in.Linux remounts the filesystem as "read only" due to filesystem corruption, the machine has to be rebooted in single user mode to clean the filesystem and then the machine boots and runs fine - until it happens again maybe 30 minutes to an hour later.I do not get this problem with other SSDs like the Patriot ones and I am moving from these Lexar drives to them - there's something not right with these drives.