DELL 400-BLCK internal solid state drive 480 GB M.2 Serial ATA III

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At £708.77 ex-VAT for a 480GB M.2 SATA SSD, this is hard to justify in 2026. For that money, most UK B2B buyers can usually get noticeably more performance and/or capacity in drives that aren’t stuck on SATA-class limits. The only time I’d feel comfortable recommending it is when you’ve got a specific Dell-approved platform requirement (e.g., a Dell server/laptop that only behaves well with their supported SSDs) and downtime/compatibility testing matters more than squeezing out every last bit of throughput.

Who it *does* suit: organisations standardising on Dell parts for managed fleets, where “it works in our devices” beats “it’s the fastest on paper.” Who should generally avoid: anyone building a new upgrade plan on value alone, or anyone hoping for a snappy jump in workload performance—especially compared with NVMe options at similar price points. If you’re using it for general business storage/VM boot (light workloads), it’ll do the job reliably, but at this price I’d expect better value unless Dell support constraints are the real driver.