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Transcend Ultra compact M. 2 SSD 430S, adopting the SATA III 6GB/s interface and DDR3 DRAM cache, is well-suited to address the high-performance needs and strict size limitations of small form factor devices. By using only high-quality NAND flash and enhanced firmware algorithms, Transcend M. 2 SSD 430S delivers peerless reliability.
Space-saving M.2 Type 2242 form factor
Up to 560 MB/s Read; 500 MB/s write
3D NAND Flash memory
Raid engine and LDPC coding for data integrity; DDR3 DRAM cache for short Access times
Supports DevSleep Ultra low power state, s.M.A.R.To., trim, and NCQ commands
T W –
Affordable and Quality storage.
Purchased for use in a MiniPC. This is 2242 size so 22mm wide and 42mm long. Make sure you confirm slot or “key” type. Fit my system perfectly. It was recognized instantly and is plenty fast. No issues so far, but can’t speak to longevity. Definite improvement from stock. (Asus CN60 Windows 10 conversion)
Just another sane, rational Floridian –
Perfect boot drive for my Hackintosh
I got this for my Hackintosh (HP Elitebook 840 G2). The Hack already had a Crucial SSD (500GB) that I was using for the boot drive, which is fast and works well, but I was using less than half of the drive’s capacity.I added the Transcend and cloned my Mac partition to it using SuperDuper!, and then manually copied the EFI partition over. I pulled the SSD and booted up to see if it would work. Worked on the first try. I reinstalled the SSD, then added 2 more partitions to the SSD, one which will eventually contain a copy of my iTunes library, and the other which will be used for auxiliary storage. I now back up the Transcend to the SSD, which is very convenient, plus I can boot up from the SSD if anything happens to the Transcend.The Transcend boots about as fast as the SSD does. I thought it would have booted a lot faster, but that may be because I need to reconfigure something. It’s still WAY faster than even a 7200 RPM traditional hard drive.The most difficult part of the process was getting the computer to recognize the Transcend drive. While I was researching what type of M2 drive to get, I found a very old post on the HP web site that explained how to do it. Can’t remember the exact details, but it involved going into the BIOS and enabling RAID (go figure…), rebooting and getting a BSOD, rebooting into the BIOS and putting things back they were before the the RAID thing, and then letting the system come up normally. THEN the computer could see the drive.In my research I saw some posts about people not being able to use an M2 in this computer as a Windows boot drive. I don’t use Windows, so I can’t speak to that subject.Recommended.
Bravo Mike –
Good value for a relatively uncommon form factor
m.2 SATA drives aren’t exactly the most common devices on the market, and finding a decently priced one isn’t always an easy task. Although they’re pricier than a full size 2.5″ SATA drive, there really isn’t any performance benefit to them.Regardless of the price difference, this drive has performed just as expected. Completely plug and play, and is currently serving as secondary storage for a couple of VM’s on my linux box. Drive went in, was detected, and has provided more than enough throughput to serve at least two Windows 10 VMs concurrently. While this is a one-off case for my needs due to the form factor, if I ever DID need another m.2 SATA, I’d definitely come back and look at this drive again.
KL –
Good value Ssd albeit one that runs very hot.
Bought this for my Thinkpad x240 to be installed into the spare M.2 slot next to the RAM slots. All seemed to go well. A clean install of Windows 10 went without incident and the machine ran beautifully. A few days later, the machine started to display error messages on boot up, namely, that the ssd was missing. Knowing that this was potentially a driver issues, I rolled back to the standard windows driver (instead of Lenovo’s) and everything has been fine since. Boot up times and general use is much faster. The only negative is that this drive runs very hot. With an ambient temperature of about 25c, the drive was reporting an operating temperature of 62. Under heavy load, for example, when installing software, running virus scans, the temperature can shoot up to 76c. I’m going to try and fit some heatsinks to reduce the temperature but this might not be possible given the lack of clearance between the top of the ssd and the thinkpad case. Thank goodness for the 5-year warranty.
proffy7763 –
Does wonders for the HP Chromebook 14 (Falco ~2013)
I bought the 128gb version to replace the horrendous 16gb ssd that has always come with most Chromebooks, and WOW it is so refreshing!!Came in exactly as expected, and now there is sufficient capacity for a modern OS, so I can say goodbye to the days of constantly clearing my cache and avoiding large programs in an already small OS like Arch…Sequential read and write speeds are very close to advertised speeds, but obviously randoms are going to be slightly worseYes, it can run quite hot like most others say but that should be normal for an SSD being crammed into such a small laptop with little to no airflow.In terms of reliability, it seems quite promising as a result of the DRAM cache that the SSD has, but for now, I’ll just have to wait and see how this thing goes on
Pitchy –
Just what I needed!
A few years ago I bought two Dell Inspiron i3050 Micro computers to set up as streaming devices. Out of the box they were pretty limited with just 2gb of ram and 32gb of storage. With Windows 8.1 installed, you just didn’t have a lot of room for anything else, much less updates… so every so often, Windows would try to do some major updates but could not due to the incredibly limited storage capacity of 32gb.So to upgrade these little guys to Win10 and add some functionality, I needed a bigger drive and that’s where the Transcend 256GB drive comes in. Very easy to install… a fast little drive and has a lot more storage than I started off with, but in 2019, 256gb seems small. This drive though meets and exceeds the needs of what I am doing with those little Dells.I ordered 2 and the first one worked perfect… the second one how ever never could be recognized in Bios and therefor Windows could not be reinstalled. Sent it back and quickly got a replacement that worked perfectly the first time.
A. J. Watson –
I’ve been using this in an Asus CN62 Chromebox running Windows 10. This is one of the few M.2 2242 SATA SSDs available (most are the superior NVMe type) and none of the big brands (Samsung, Crucial, etc) make them. So far (3 months in) it’s been working very well, with typical fast SSD performance, although the machine isn’t doing anything too taxing. If you need a SATA M.2 42mm drive, this is a great choice, from a reputable brand.Update: This has been running for over a year and a half now. It is in a low usage machine but is on 24/7. The drive was running very hot (60-70 C), but this is within the manufacturers limits (75 C) and it has had no ill effects yet. I purchased a small metal heatsink on ebay a few months ago, and with this fitted it’s running at 50-58 C.Update (2023): This has just been semi-retired as I’ve replaced the system it was in with a newer one. The drive has been running at 50-70C for 4 years and has 37,615 hours of uptime. Crystal disk info reports health at 98% due to 5.3 TB reads and 7.6 TB writes (3.8 TB NAND writes) with all erase/error counts at 100% health. Would definitely buy Transcend again, this has outlasted some Crucials and Samsungs for me!
ELDERGOD –
2242のM.2タイプのSSDスロット用の製品は、トラセンド一択だと思う。価格comその他で検索すると、他にまったくない訳ではないが、聞いたこともないメーカーの商品を使うのは論外なので。この商品は廉価版の425と違って、キャッシュが搭載されているため、少々値段は高くなるが、こちらを選択した。そもそも425であっても容量当たりのコスパは非常に悪いので、430との価格差はキャッシュによる速度向上、寿命の延命効果を考えると元は取れると思う。（実際大差ないかもしれないが、精神安定剤として）実測度はシーケンシャルリードで約360～370ｍｂ/s程度であり、SATA 6ｇ接続用としては標準的だと思う。発熱が酷いとのレビューが多いので心配したが、1月なので最高40度未満にしかならない。これに、気休めでヒートシンクを付ければ夏場も凌げること期待したい。約10年前に購入した、トラセンドの256GBの製品はMLCであったこともあるのか、夏場に酷使してもまったく問題なかった。TLCである本製品はどうなのか、試して問題があれば、その際またレビューしたいと思う。
Rodrigo Mercado –
Lo instale en un Barebone HP Thin Client t520 Flexible y funciono perfecto, la instalación fue en un Linux LOC-OS y se reconoció el M.2 instantáneamente; velocidad de inicio de sistema en menos de 10 segundos; sistema potenciado por la velocidad de escritura.Pros:- Se reconoce instantáneamente en equipos compatibles ya sea en Windows como en Linux, buena velocidad de lectura y escritura.- Perfecto para revivir equipos viejos o con limitaciones de hardware.- Marca con prestigio con precio asequibleContras:- De momento no me e encontrado con alguno.
Paweł –
Dobry dysk, działa prawidłowo w porcie WWAN w Dell Latitude 5480 jako drugi SSD obok SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe. Działa z procesorem 7300U, więc nie powinno być problemów z pracą i z takimi oszczędnościowymi procesorami, wbrew temu, co można przeczytać czasem w Internecie. Zainstalowałem Batocerę na nim i bez problemu odpala (ale w trybie zgodności, nie z UEFI).
Maurice –
Type court 2242 de 512G, remplace avantageusement un autre court 2242 de 128G, dans une clé usb M2 qui accompagne le smartphone en déplacement.Tiède en mode normal, mais chauffe assez vite selon le volume transféré. Comme tous les boitiers M2, c’est le corps qui dissipe la chaleur.Bon achat, marque connue.