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

I am in LOVE with how fast my computer is now! I did not use magician software to clone my drive (after hearing a few horror stories) but I did have a good experience using it to optimize my system for dealing with my new SSD.

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).

Samsung is the best ssd brand

This drive turned a 2013 Hp Pavilon g7 into a very fast and functionable machine. Ssd drives have come down dramatically in price over the past couple of years and are great upgrades. This Samsung EVO is one of the best.

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.

FAST for a new Windows 10 build. A lot FASTER when booting linux distros (tested with Arch running Gnome3) since W10 is inherently a slow booter. Lets hope it lasts! A little too good to be true.

Upgraded my MacBook Pro 13-inch Mid 2010 with this SSD. The drive is very light and super fast. Here is how I did: 1. Plugged in the SSD to the computer using a USB adapter. 2. Downloaded Yosemite on the existing drive from App Store then installed the OS X onto the target SSD. 3. Let it finish and copy all settings from the old drive to the new drive. 4. Replace the old drive with the new SSD then reboot. Works like charms, I am very happy that it took literally about two hours for the whole thing.

Installed this in new PC build. Loaded Windows 10 on it. Super fast. Less than 15 second boot time. Store games and apps on for fast response time. Well worth it. Will purchase larger capacity model in the future.

4th one Ive bought. All are working great. All are very fast. Ive put in both my laptops and desktops. The laptops get a ton more battery life now as well.

There are 2 issues: 1) You need to buy the USB cable separately. 2) The Samsung migration software is not compatible with Windows 10. You will need to use another software such as EaseUS Todo backup free. http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/download.htm Other that that, the SSD works fine.