SSD PLUS 480GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 535 MB/s - SDSSDA-480G-G26, Black

Fast, Easy Upgrade for an Old Computer I put the SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB into an older desktop that had been running off a traditional hard drive, and the difference was night and day. Boot times dropped from several minutes to under 30 seconds, and programs that used to crawl now open almost instantly. Even browsing feels snappier, which is a big quality-of-life improvement. Installation was straightforward—it’s a standard 2.5" SATA drive, so all I needed was a spare SATA cable and power connector. The 7mm profile fits easily into most desktops and laptops. I didn’t even need to format beforehand; I cloned the old drive using free software and swapped it in. Performance is rated up to 530 MB/s, and while I didn’t run formal benchmarks, it definitely feels in that range for everyday tasks. For a 240GB drive, you’ll want to be mindful of storage—it’s perfect for an OS drive with some programs, but not big enough if you want to store large media libraries or games. SanDisk has a solid reputation for reliability, and so far this SSD has been stable without hiccups or heat issues. It also runs silently compared to the hum of the old HDD. Bottom line: If you want an affordable, high-impact upgrade for an aging system, this SanDisk SSD is one of the easiest ways to breathe new life into it. Great speed boost, simple setup, and solid value.

All right a few things to establish before I get into this: 1.) I installed this hard drive on a laptop I only use for writing word documents and browsing the web. I do not game or do any video card intensive things on here. Just admin and work purposes. 2.) I didn't rate easy to install because the hard drive itself is easy to install. However, the device you install it to will make a huge difference in how easy it is. If you're sticking this in a desktop case, it's as simple as 1, 2, 3. In my case, I was installing it on a Dell laptop with touch screen capability. The amount of steps took me at least an hour or two because I had to follow a Youtube video. So, I have a old Dell laptop that I bought in 2014-2015 that I needed to use while riding the train to work. It served me well until recently when I started to notice that the laptop was taking longer and longer to boot up and run applications. Boot up time would be about 3 minutes into Windows 10, then launching an app could take anyway from 7-10 minutes before it was ready. So we're looking at almost a total of 15 minutes just to do something basic like open word or a website. I assumed it was because I bought a slow laptop, but when I went into task manager I saw that the HD was always hitting 100% usage the entire time the computer was on. In task manager, under performance, your PC should be between 1% if you're not using anything or running any background programs. But my computer was at 100% with absolutely awful read and write speeds. Meanwhile my CPU was at normal values. So I bought the Sandisk SSD which was compatible with my laptop and went through the process of opening up my laptop to take out the original drive. I highly recommend using the IFixit toolkit with magnetic pad to not lose the dozens of screws you will be messing with and to keep notes. Once I got the original laptop drive out (a Seagate ST1000LM024) I plugged the Seagate and the Sandisk drive into my desktop PC and used a software called AOMEI dynamic disk manager pro edition. (Yes you have to buy this software but it's relatively inexpensive at around $50-$60. I cloned the original Seagate drive to the Sandisk drive. Plugged in the Sandisk, reassembled my laptop, and voila works like a charm. Now the laptop takes less than 30 seconds to boot up and be ready for me to use apps. It's even faster than my other work laptop I use strictly for my job which is newer and more expensive than my old machine. Great little drive that has significantly sped up my laptop which I was going to trash and sell. Really happy with this purchase.

If you're going all SSDs and don't want to rely on external drives, storage is still a bit of a problem. Most boards only have one or two M.2 slots, so if you want to keep going you need SATA drives too. Especially if you don't want it to cost an arm and a leg. These SATA drives aren't as fast as NVMe, but they're still pretty fast. For just about any normal task they should still exceed any reasonable requirements. Games run just fine on this drive and it's still fast enough for most high performance tasks like video capture or etc. Maybe UHD in uncompressed video couldn't keep up, but I think for most normal people this drive will do just fine. So far this drive seems to be reliable. It doesn't run especially hot or anything, so I have no complaints.

I received this 240GB SSD in yesterday's mail on the 1st day of the 4-day promised delivery range. I was able to clone my C: harddrive to the SSD using the "HDClone 4" software (free version) that I have used for several years to backup the harddrive. It was as simple as cloning another harddrive, in fact, the SSD appeared just like another harddrive -- no change to anything (it plugs-in the same as any IDE harddrive). After a simple swap with my laptop's harddrive, it booted the 1st time into Windows XP with no glitches. My system is a 2007-vintage Toshiba A105-S4384 laptop, Windows® XP Pro Media Center Edition (SP3), Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5500 (1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB), 4GB DDR2, 160GB 7200rpm SATA Revision 2 harddrive, The SSD drive performs admirably. I've tested several different application's load times as well as cold boots into Windows. Results are consistently 50% to even 40% of the time taken by the replaced 7200rpm harddrive. With SATA Rev. 2 support, you should not expect the blazing speeds advertised -- they are based on an SATA Rev. 3 system (the SanDisk website explains this). Nevertheless, this SSD drive kicked my system into high gear -- it is much faster than it ever was. I was not able to download the "SanDisk SSD Dashboard" software, as Windows XP is not supported (Vista and forward are supported). Apparently, Dashboard is required to download firmware, so I wasn't able to do that. It may not be beneficial anyway, as XP is so old. The SSD drive itself is smaller than a standard 2 1/2" harddrive, and is almost weightless. It generates almost no heat. For the price ($67), this is a very good deal. It's an excellent product, and if you have SATA Revision 3 (see the BIOS), this will be a blazing fast drive with no risk of a head crash, and no need for defragmentation.

One of the best inventions of my lifetime: SSD's are fast and dependable. I only use name brand SSD's and have never had one fail, cannot say that about hard-drives.

Why I ordered this item: My old laptop still had the original spinning hard drive in it and it was slow to boot. I wanted a cheap way to speed things up without buying a whole new machine. Likes: * This thing made my laptop boot up in what feels like ten seconds. Going from a spinning drive to this is a crazy good jump. * Install was easy. I cloned my old drive over with some free software and swapped the drive in my laptop. * It's light and feels snazzy for how cheap it was. The case is metal, not some flimsy plastic shell. * Programs open instantly now. Chrome, Word, whatever, it just pops open instead of chugging along. * It runs cool. I was worried about heat in a laptop with bad airflow but the case stays barely warm to the touch. No likes: * 480GB fills up fast if you have a lot of games or media on there. I already had to move some files off to an external drive. * It's SATA, so it's not going to touch the zippy speeds you get from an NVME drive. For a laptop upgrade thats fine, but dont expect the same numbers you'd get from a newer drive. Would I pay full price for this product: Yes Final thoughts: This is a good pick if you have an older laptop or desktop with a spinning hard drive in it. It won't compete with newer NVME stuff but for the price it turned my sluggish old laptop into something that feels new again.

Very good

I got this Samsung 2Tb SSD to upgrade my 2012 Dell XPS 8500 tower with Windows 10 Pro. The machine is perfect for my needs, but boot-up, shut down. and loading programs was like watching paint dry. I didn't need the 2Tb, but my machine came with a 7200 2Tb HHD. Research and advice from experts suggested I match size to avoid cloning problems. Quick delivery and competitive price. I advise that you order the companion mounting bracket and USB to SADA cable. The cable makes it so easy to clone the SSD from your HHD without opening the box. I only used abut 480Gb of the 2Tb. I don't know enough about computer hardware to attempt to open the box and start moving cables, resetting the Bios, etc. to set it up to clone. With the USB to SATA cable, just plug into an open USB and follow the video instructions. I downloaded Macrium Reflect 7 Free Home version to clone the drive. Macrium has a Webinar they converted to a Youtube video that gives step by step instructions for making a Boot Drive and cloning a drive. It even shows how to clone drives with more or less capacity. I used the free version, but when I get help with making my old HHD a backup drive I can clone, I plan to purchase the software, then every month I can create a reserve drive. My research indicates that SSD's are not as reliable as the old HHD's and booting from a clone is a breeze. When the cloning process was complete (less than an hour), I disconnected and opened the box. removed the open bay, attached the SSD inside the bracket, reinstalled the bay and connected the old cables from the HHD to the new SSD, closed the box, reattached power, video and sound and powered it up. In about 40 seconds boot-up was complete. The old HHD took about 4 to 5 minutes and shut down in 15 seconds or less compared to about 2 minutes before. I wish I had not waited so long to upgrade. I recommend upgrading to SSD if you are unhappy with the slow performance of your computer and are using a HHD. Everything you need to do the job is Macrium Reflect, a USB to SATA, a USB stick for Boot Drive and mounting hardware (dependent on your box).

Lo he comprado para cambiarlo en una torre por un HDD, la verdad que tras mirar diferentes páginas y comparar precios, este es el que mejor calidad/precio tiene, más barato que en otras páginas exclusivas de componentes electrónicos. En cuánto a la calidad, he usado también el SSD de esta misma marca pero de 480 gb, y la verdad que van como un tiro, faclísimos de instalar y ni un solo fallo. Además lo reconoció la placa, que era bastante antigua. Y pasar de iniciar el S.O. casi más de 1 minuto, a tardar entre 5-10 segundos, es una maravilla. Lo recomiendo

Great ssd works well as expected, fast reliable

I work in film and television creating 3D animation and VFX. I bought this SSD to use as a dedicated video playback Drive. It's incredibly fast and reliable. Great value!

Good product we use long time

Very fast and solidly performing SSD, the best we have owned to date.