General

Yes. Dell sells overpriced products.
Yes. The 970 EVO Plus works, it’s the same form factor (2280) as dell’s and gold keying notches on the end are also the same.
Yes. Dell may have slapped their sticker on it, but that is a SK Hynix PC611. Here’s a link showing it’s speed compared to others: https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=PC6...

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Thank you for the reply. The laptop has four slots for storage (2×2230 and 2×2280). So, if I understand you correctly, as long as it's the same form factor, it should work. My experience is very limited with these things.

Yes. I was able to see the same details when I looked at the storage specs of your laptop using the following link: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-ht/alienwa...


Here's my recommendation for the 2230 slot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&lo...

And 2280: https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&lo...