Nedd to find a budget m.2 2242 sata 3 ssd

[YouDontHaveToKnow]

Hello,

my dad has a Lenovo E540, and he wants some faster storage...I wanted to place in there a m.2 ssd(specs: M.2 2242, 200-500gb,budget, also NVMe won't work, needs to be sata) but I can't seem to find a brand that i know...Only some chinese shit that will probably die in a week. Also would it be better to just remove the optical drive and replace it with a standard 2.5"  ssd?

 

Thanks in advance,

Erik.

[Alex Ushigome]

Western Digital Green m.2

Green is Sata, Blue is nvme.

[SupaKomputa]

Crucial MX500 M.2 edition.

[SupaKomputa]

5 minutes ago, YouDontHaveToKnow said:

Also would it be better to just remove the optical drive and replace it with a standard 2.5"  ssd?

Yes, who use optical drive in 2020?

[minibois]

10 minutes ago, Alex Ushigome said:

Western Digital Green m.2

9 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Crucial MX500 M.2 edition.

OP asked for a 2242 size SSD, these seem to only come in 2280, unless I am missing something..?

10 minutes ago, Alex Ushigome said:

Green is Sata, Blue is nvme.

Untrue, there are NVME and SATA Blue drives. Example
SATA M.2: https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-3d-nand-sata-ssd#WDS250G2B0B

PCIE M.2: https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd

[Tan3l6]

I bought M.2 2242 SSD from Aliexpress (KingDian) and it works well, though I'm only using it as a backup USB stick.

Prices have lowered a lot, now a 1TB stick only costs € 76,91.

[SupaKomputa]

5 minutes ago, minibois said:

OP asked for a 2242 size SSD, these seem to only come in 2280, unless I am missing something..?

Ok, samsung and toshiba still have some 2242 size. But it's used part nothing new.

And small size mostly 128 up to 256gb only.