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HDDs are based on magnetic spinning platters, a technology that has been in use since the mid- 1950s. The data is written to and read from these spinning platters or disks via moving heads. HDDs are mechanical devices with many moving parts and are more prone to mechanical failures and failures due to environmental conditions such as heat, cold, shock and vibration.

Yes. KingSpec SSD drives in upgrade kits that include all the necessary items required to replace a notebook or desktop HDD with a KingSpec SSD, including software to easily transfer the OS and important data. Please note that SSD-only SKUs do not include the software. If you need to clone your HDD to a new SSD you will need the bundle kit.

Yes, it is backwards compatible, but it will be running your motherboard’s SATA 2 rated speeds.

S.M.A.R.T stands for “Self-Monitor and Report Technology”, is built in hard drives and solid-state drives to indicate condition of drives. All Kingspec SSD series support S.M.A.R.T. The S.M.A.R.T contains Average P/E Cycle Count, Total Power-on Time, Power-on Cycle Count, Total Host Writes/Read and other specific information.

NVMe stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express. Non-Volatile Memory means that it does not require power to retain information.NVMe takes advantage of pipeline-rich, random-access, memory-based storage. It provides significantly higher data transfer rates than traditional disk interfaces such as SAS and SATA.

The NVMe protocol can be used with most standard interfaces which includes M.2 / PCIe / and SATA express.

No, they are different; M.2 supports both SATA and PCIe storage interface options, while mSATA is SATA only. Physically, they look different and cannot be plugged into the same system connectors.