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The tested unit then; you should easily be able to place the M.2 unit into a compatible NVMe protocol motherboard. Most motherboard chipsets support it. You should, however, check out with the motherboard manufacturer if you have an x4 lane PCIe Gen 3.0 version with NVMe protocol support. Of course, these SSDs are backward compatible thus PCIe Gen 2.0 will work as well, however, the interconnect is halved in bandwidth per generation and that has an extensive effect on performance.
The latest Windows 10/11 iteration natively has an up-to-date NVMe 1.4 protocol driver, so you do not need to install a 3rd party driver. The 2TB model has a DRAM cache, and TLC written NAND chips.
The compact M.2 2280 form factor ensures compatibility with the next-generation desktop and mobile platforms that support the M.2 PCIe slot and interface. The 80 on 2280 is short for 80mm, aka, that is the length of the card, and 2280, you guessed it now .. 22mm for its width. The heatsink does raise a new concern; it's higher. Very low PCIe devices could be blocked, albeit there was enough clearance for graphics cards that we quickly inserted to check that out.
Alternatively, you can purchase the model lacking a heatsink, as most motherboards these days offer some form of cooling for M2 units anyway.
