SABRENT 2230 M.2 NVMe Gen 4 1TB SSD 4750MB/s Read PCIe 4.0 X4 Internal Solid State Drive Compatible with Steam Deck, surface pro, PCs, NUCs, and Laptops [SB-2130-1TB]

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Global support – Kingston can coordinate SSD deliveries with a customer’s Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) or Contract Manufacturers (CMs) in other regions of the world, if required For this tutorial, I will re-use the metal sleeve and re-paste the thermal compound. Making a Windows 11 Recovery Drive Please also note that the usable space for this drive is 867GB (rest of the space WD already allocated to overprovisioning so it is not accessible by the user. This is done to some extent on all SSDs).

Thermal paste, a prying tool, and rubbing alcohol are not obligatory as it depends on how detailed you want to be with the replacement. Microsoft ships its SSD in a metal enclosure for protection, functioning additionally as a heat sink. It uses a small amount of thermal paste sandwiched between the drive and the casing. SSDs typically do not produce that much heat (compared to a CPU or GPU), so the benefit is likely minimal. While sequential speeds did see a significant bump, random read and write did not, although they did slightly improve. The speculation here is that allocated space is used for Xbox Series X|S storage, and it can't be recovered.Upgrading the Surface Pro 8 with a 1TB SSD brought two enhancements. Storage size increased from ~197GB to 823GB, which is the main point of this upgrade. Additionally, storage performance increased, which is expected. Since the replacement SSD does not have an OS, you will need to reinstall Windows 11 after the swap. The easiest way is to load Microsoft's official Surface Pro 8 recovery files to a USB drive, as this gives you all the necessary drivers for Surface Pro 8. Doing so restores Surface Pro 8 to its factory state. Upgrading your Surface Pro 8's internal storage to a larger, faster drive is easy if you know what you're doing. Kingston® offers a line of design-in SATA and NVMe solid-state drives created specifically for system designers and builders. The line includes

But what about the details around such a procedure? What tools do you need? Should you re-paste the thermal enclosure for the SSD? And how do you get Windows 11 onto the new SSD? System designers and builders rely on consistent storage products. Kingston offers the following benefits with the design-in SSD product line: All other products will be delivered via the fastest available method (excluding bank holidays and weekends) and generally within 3-5 days, depending on customer location. The process is simple. We're going to wipe and configure the USB drive to be bootable and then copy over the Surface Pro 8 + Windows 11 recovery files to it. Here's how: The improved performance is not earth-shattering, but the SSDs in Surface devices are never great, to begin with ( Surface Laptop Studio being the single exception). So, any bit here helps.We use “Kingston” to refer to our trading companies based in the United Kingdom, and their legal successors. Their registered names and principal activities/product groups are listed below:

Design-in SSDs incorporate advanced controllers that automatically perform wear-levelling, garbage collection and other NAND Flash management features. They are a drop-in replacement for hard drives and deliver up to 20x greater performance as well as high reliability. Design-in SSDs incorporate next-generation 3D NAND Flash. Key Benefits A typical 1TB SSD usually has 952GB of available storage with around 913GB available after Windows 11 is installed versus the 823GB you'll have (with Windows 11) in one of these Western Digital drives. That's a loss of about 90GB. Dell Latitude 3300, 3301, 3310, 3400, 3410, 3500, 3510, 5300, 5310, 5400, 5401, 5410, 5411, 5500, 5501, 5510, 5511, 7210 2-in-1, 7300, 7310, 7400, 7410, 9510

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Do not add a lot of thermal paste as it is not strictly needed. Nor do you need expensive thermal paste, as this is not a high-performance CPU. You want a very thin layer when spread out, as too much paste defeats the purpose. Put the thumb drive to the side for now, as it will be used after swapping the SSD. Surface Pro 8: Swapping the SSD

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The "CH" denotes something unique about these, which is they are often used in the Xbox Series X|S. That's why so many of them are listed as "refurbished" or "pre-owned." Dell OptiPlex 3070, 3080, 5070, 5080, 5270 All In One, 5480 All In One, 7070, 7070 Ultra, 7080, 7470 All In One, 7480 All In One, 7770 All In One, 7780 All In One Some people mount the M.2 SSD directly, but it may rattle due to the thinness without the enclosure. Users can add a shim to stop the rattle or put the new SSD into the old enclosure with (or without) adding the thermal paste. PCN support – All generational changes and firmware updates are handled through a controlled and timed process If you do not plan to re-use the SSD metal enclosure, you could slide in the new SSD and secure it with the holding screw. Once completed, move on to the next section on reinstalling Windows 11.