BIWIN Black Opal NV3500 M.2 SSD 512GB

The BIWIN Black Opal NV3500 is a 512 GB M.2 2280 NVMe solid-state drive designed to deliver a meaningful performance upgrade over traditional SATA storage without requiring a high-end PCIe Gen 4 platform. Built on the PCIe Gen 3 x4 interface and compliant with the NVMe 1.4 specification, it achieves sequential read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s — a figure that places it firmly in the upper tier of Gen 3 NVMe drives for everyday computing tasks such as OS boot, application loading, and large-file transfers. The drive adopts a single-sided PCB layout, meaning all NAND flash and controller components are mounted on one face of the board. This makes it compatible with a wider range of thin laptops, compact desktops, and small-form-factor systems where double-sided M.2 modules may be obstructed by the chassis or a heatspreader plate. The standard M.2 2280 (22 mm × 80 mm) form factor ensures it fits the vast majority of M.2 slots found in modern motherboards and laptops. At 512 GB of usable storage capacity, the drive offers enough headroom for an operating system installation, a suite of productivity applications, and a library of games or creative project files, while remaining compact enough to pair with a secondary high-capacity storage device if needed. For users looking to stay within the Biwin Black Opal ecosystem, the NV3500 is also available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, and the brand’s higher-tier X570 series offers PCIe Gen 5 performance for next-generation platforms. Verified Specifications: • Model: BIWIN Black Opal NV3500 • SKU: BNV3500512G-RGX • Capacity: 512 GB • Form Factor: M.2 2280 (22 mm × 80 mm) • Interface: PCIe Gen 3 x4 • Protocol: NVMe 1.4 • Sequential Read Speed: Up to 3,500 MB/s • PCB Layout: Single-sided • Brand: Biwin