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

I bought this during the Black Friday sale, so it cost me $129.99. Ive been wanting to upgrade for a while, so this was a perfect opportunity. I was getting tired of my PC taking forever to shutdown with Windows 10 and how loud it was during idles (WIndows 10 does a lot more intense background stuff than Windows 7, even after Ive disabled a lot of the services). Anyways, its like day and night. I fully boot to login screen in about 10 seconds (could be an exaggeration, since I didnt measure the time and dont really feel like it) and shut down almost as quickly. Another obvious benefit is the lack of noise from the drive. So far, I have no issues with it at all. It was really easy to install -- I ended up buying Corsair Dual SSD Mounting Bracket 3.5 CSSD-BRKT2 and it worked out fairly well. Though, I wish theyd include a mounting bracket with the drive, considering the price (it would cost them dimes, if not less). I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 on it, instead of porting from the old drive and it didnt take very long. Two thumbs up, if nothing goes wrong in the future.

Easy install and cloning for me! with Samsung Software. I have a USB docking device for cloning. The average user may have to find a computer technician for installation. Works well! Noticeable speed increase loading and performance. This was installed in an older Samsung Laptop.

I place the Samsung EVO 500GB SDD into an external enclosure to use as expanded storage on my Xbox one. This drive has far surpassed my expectations. Games load super fast and rarely do you see a buffer/loading screen in games. I highly recommend it.

Bought this as a replacement for a dying hard drive and it has been a joy. Its fast, quiet, and easy to clone my previous drive.

Had this for a couple years now, still going strong and fast as ever.

This SSD is performing perfectly in my old Dell Inspiron 1520. Installation was text book - 1. clone existing HDD using SATA-USB adapter cable and Samsung Migration software 2. replace HDD with SSD 3. Reboot and configure OS with Samsung Magician. I needed the extra capacity because the HDD (350 GB) was near 75% full. I now have more free space and performance has improved, even though this is an old generation laptop (SATA 2). This is my second experience with Samsung SSD. I upgraded my Dell desktop last year with similar good results. Its also very important to have a comprehensive backup strategy and disk image available.

Made a huge difference in the operation of my lap top. Some difficulty in the transfer of the software from the old hard drive to the new. Had to reload the software in to the laptop. It was worth it the speed from the solid state hard drive is incredible. Try it you will like it..

I upgraded my HP Pavilion dm4 that I bought new in 2010 with 500gb HDD and 4gm RAM. After installing the new 500gb SSD, I also increased RAM to 8gb, the max for my laptop. I reinstalled Windows 10 and replaced the worn out battery. My 6 yr old laptop is like new again! I no longer have issues with slow load times, freezing programs, and unresponsive internet tabs. Im not very tech-savvy and yet I found this upgrade easy to complete in a timely fashion. After installing the disc and plugging in the new SSD to USB port, I followed the prompts for data migration, which copied the data from my old HDD to the new SSD. Then I swapped old HDD for new SSD into the laptop and ran the Samsung Magician software, also included on the disc with the new SSD. The Samsung SSD does come with cloning software, but not a cable for the drive. The Samsung Magician software is nice to interrogate the read/write speeds of all drives, including the old HDD once removed. After installing the new SSD and upgraded RAM, I interrogated the drives. The read/write speeds of the drives were as follows: Old 500gb HDD: Seq Read: 19 MB/s Seq Write: 23 MB/s Random Read: 111 IOPS Random Write: 213 IOPS Samsung 500gb SSD: Seq Read: 268 MB/s Seq Write: 255 MB/s Random Read: 46525 IOPS Random Write: 43658 IOPS Overall, very pleased with the upgrade. I bought a cheap (~$12) case to store my old HDD, which came with a cable, so now I have 500gb external hard drive to backup documents. If youre looking to improve the performance of your laptop without spending a ton of money, this is a great investment and does not require much computer knowledge. UPDATE: I initially was not able to utilize Rapid Mode with Windows 10. I uninstalled the magician software that came on the installation disc and reinstalled a newer version from the Samsung website and am now able to use rapid mode. Rapid Mode is blazing fast, with sequential read speed of 3,126MB/s (268 w/ rapid mode off) and seq write speed of 2,635MB/s (255 w/ rapid mode off).

I have put in quite a few of these. I have not had an issue thus far. They increase performance so much! Make sure you get a mounting bracket with it.

Its one of the best SSDs around... that said, my Windows Experience Index is 8.2, with this drive being the slowest component, which is a bit odd. Miles faster than any HDD and with the 500GB version, more than enough for a typical desktop. Most applications open instantaneously.