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£479.11 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
At £399.47 ex-VAT for a 1TB Lenovo-branded M.2 NVMe drive, this is “reasonable but not a slam dunk.” For day-to-day business use—Windows desktops, VDI workloads where allowed, general file serving for smaller offices, and laptop refreshes—it’ll feel fast and stable, and Lenovo drives are usually painless to integrate in Lenovo-managed environments. The real question is whether you can get a similarly performing, equally reliable 1TB NVMe from a non-brand vendor for notably less. If you’re buying purely on price/performance, this feels more like a convenience/compatibility purchase than a best-value one.
Who should buy it: teams standardising on Lenovo hardware, procurement that wants fewer variables in support calls, and anyone with mixed Lenovo models where “drop-in and go” matters. Who should think twice: buyers chasing the best £/GB or those willing to spec a proven high-end alternative from a major NVMe vendor—because at this price, you’re likely paying a bit of a premium for the badge. I’d only “recommend without hesitation” if you have Lenovo-first support expectations or you’ve seen this specific model priced competitively in your catalog; otherwise, it’s worth shopping around before committing.

Lenovo
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Kingston
Kingston KC600 - SSD - encrypted - 1024 GB - internal - mSATA - SATA 6Gb/s - 256-bit AES - TCG Opal Encryption, Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)

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Kingston
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