Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM)

how this ssd is very fast. i installed it in my wifes new acer laptop after i bought it. she wanted something quicker and less problematic than her old hp. estimated windows shut down in 5 secs and boots up in less than 10 secs. probably the fact that it is in a modern system (coffee lake laptop) helps with its speed. however, it is for faster than my older crucial ssd in my coffee lake desktop. i did not use samsung software to clone the drive. i read some reviews with persons having difficulty using it but on analysis, they dont quite understand the process. for example, one review had similar specs to my wifes laptop: 1TB HDD. this is a 500GB SSD, therefore, u cannot clone a 1TB (1000GB) HDD on to a 500GB SSD. cloning means to make an identical copy but the sizes are not the same so it cannot be done. the 1TB HDD would have to be resized to 500GB. it just has been a week since it was installed but there is issues. i hope it stays that way. i installed samsung magician to update the firmware and provide information about the drive eg number of TeraBytesWritten (TBW) out of its total capacity.

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Absolutely love this hard drive. I used the free samsung cloning software and copied over my old hard drive via this usb/sata adapter i had to purchase seperately, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_2 ,but now my windows loads almost immediately, MatLab, AutoCad and Solidworks all load extremely fast, probbly 4x faster than the original 5400rpm hdd i had in my laptop (which is the Star Wars edition hp). i also purchased thins in conjunction with a samsung 16gb ddr3 ram kit. which helps. definitely recommend this over getting a newer laptop.

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I switched from a Toshiba hard drive to this beastly solid state drive, and it is absolutely wonderful. It has made the load times of video games much better and of course has made my boot time much faster. And the software Samsung has for transferring data from the old drive to the new one worked great, I didnt have to reinstall my drives!

My swap out is done on a 10 year old Dell XPS L502X laptop. I first learned how to disassemble it to get at the 750 GB HHD drive on You Tube. I watched more than one video and so when I took my machine apart, it came off w/o a hitch. I read some reviews right here on Amazon as regards swap outs, that I have come to realize could be simplified.

I installed this drive on my 2011 MacBook Pro after a friend did this same thing on his old Mac. It dramatically increased the speed on my computer and it really is like a new machine. Not to mention doubling the size from my old drive. I no longer need to carry around three external drives with my files spread out amongst them anymore. The installation was easy (had to go to Autozone to get the special Torx screw driver), and only took a few minutes to complete. There are plenty of guides online that explain how to do it step by step.

Picked up 2 of these to use with my husbands and my Xbox Ones to reduce load times specifically on Destiny 2. Worked like a charm and was quick and easy to install, just took a couple restarts for our consoles. Would definitely recommend!

I was looking something fast and durable so samsung was the obvious choice. Everything works great and magician software is very intuitive and easy to use so i am happy with the purchase.

Honestly you cant go wrong with this SSD, it has the fastest loading times Ive experienced with an SSD and when on sale its a no brainier, even when not on sale its a no brainier. If youre gaming or doing video processing this is an SSD for you.