Is the GAMMIX S50 Lite fast enough for gaming?

Yes. Load times and level streaming are far quicker than SATA or Gen3 drives, and most games barely use the extra bandwidth of flagship Gen4 drives.

Does it come with a heatsink?

No. It is a bare M.2 2280 drive. It runs cool enough for most desktops, but a motherboard heatsink or aftermarket pad helps in sustained workloads.

Yes, it is backward compatible, but it will run at Gen3 speeds, so you lose much of its read and write advantage.

It fits the M.2 slot, but its read speed is below Sony's recommended threshold, so it is not a good choice for console expansion.

Yes. It uses a DRAM cache buffer plus SLC caching, which helps random performance and everyday responsiveness compared with DRAM-less drives.

It is sold in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, both in the M.2 2280 form factor.

At itdevicesonline.com, for $66.70, 61% under what the other stores charge, as of our latest check.

Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 52 ratings.

5 stores we checked sell it, including itdevicesonline.com, eMazzanti Store, SHI International, Newegg.com, neweggbusiness.com.

$66.70at itdevicesonline.comChecked Nov 9

61% under what the other stores charge

Compared across 5 stores. Prices are checked against each store and labelled with when.