SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)

Best hard drive I have ever bought, upgrading from a hybrid drive and this thing is just ridiculously fast. For the quality youre getting it is a steal.

Installed into my early 2011 15 MacBook Pro one year ago and its going strong. Performance improved greatly. I even moved the original spindle drive into the superdrive bay for the extra storage on the slower SATA connection. It really extended the life of the Mac along with a memory upgrade.

Works like a dream. I use a Lenovo Z510 Laptop, wanted to get rid of the stock 5400rpm Hard drive because it was the only thing holding back the overall performance. I popped this bad boy in, booted from a windows 8 install disc and it fired up with ease. tl;dr: 1. Its FAST. Boots in less than 10 seconds and programs are just as fast (64bit versions of photoshop and illustrator both open within 15 seconds or less) 2. Its quiet. The only thing I hear from my laptop now is the fan. But of course, its a Solid State so thats expected. Im just not used to it. 3. Its lightweight and small and easy to install. Pops right in. Overall I love this product. No problems whatsoever. Well see if it stands the test of time though.

Coming from a 64GB SSD, this 500GB SSD is amazing. I put my OS and some of my frequently used programs/games on it, getting great speeds and I still have space to spare!

My first review on Amazon and I chose this product to review because it is one of the best purchases I’ve made. My laptop’s (Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series 2014 model, i5 4th gen, 4gb memory) HDD was crying. I’m not a gamer or a power user, just a regular user. Yet, SSD has given my laptop a new life. Some approx comparison times I’ve observed: 1) Boot up = HDD 2 mins; SSD 20 seconds 2) Sleep to wake = HDD 2 mins; SSD 3 seconds 3) Opening chrome = HDD 20 seconds; SSD 3 seconds ... and many more such improvements. Worth buying!

Have only had it for about a month so far, but it does its job well. Delivery was fast, too. All around a good buy. The only reason to buy a hard drive over this (or any other solid state drive) would be price.

Fit like a glove in Lenovo E520 laptop. Software did perfect. Instructions amounted to included 1 sheet of paper with numbered images. Real easy to follow. Saved a ton of cash by buying SSD and SATA cable instead of new laptop, Transfer of data from laptop Western Digital hard drive to new SSD and installation took less than four hours.

The SSD arrived promptly and in good condition. The destination is my Macbook Pro. I cloned the drive with CCC using a USB adapter, inserted the SSD, and booted. It came up immediately. Combined with a 16 GB memory upgrade, the performance of the laptop has increased dramatically. Time will tell how well the SSD holds up. When stable, El Capitan will be the OS of choice to avoid Trim issues. RR

I am not the happiest with how you receive this drive, It comes in a paper envelope, with a small carton containing the drive and the directions. Does not come with mounting screws, and really should. I believe I blue-taped my SSD in place, LOL. Otherwise, this drive is stellar, and I expect it to last a long time.

Bought Samsung EVO 500Gb SSD to upgrade my old laptop. Super fast drive at a great price. Samsung software did not work to image my Western Digital drive. Used Clonezilla to copy my Windows 10 image, installed the drive in my old laptop and it worked great. No issues and it increased the speed of my old laptop. Perfect!!!