SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB 2.5-Inch SDSSDA-120G-G25 (Old Version)

This was a great purchase for a decent price. This SSD seems to be a tad cheaper than the other ones of a similar capacity, which is great for me since I only have so much money. Anyway, I bought this to replace the old 120 gig hard drive in my 2008 Core 2 Duo (White plastic) MacBook. I wanted a speed boost and Im sure the old drive was beginning to go anyway. I received the SSD on time without any hassles. To install it in my MacBook, I put the SSD into an external USB enclosure, then used the Disk Utility in Mac OS X to clone the hard drive to the SSD. The process for me took about 2 hours, but that may vary depending on how many files and software you have, whether you have USB 2.0 or 3.0, etc etc. After the cloning was complete it was just a matter of taking the battery out of my MacBook and swapping the drives. Everything worked right away, and even though my MacBook only has SATA I speeds, there was a HUGE difference in the speed of the laptop. Programs that used to take forever to open now started almost instantly, and the computer now takes only ~30 seconds to boot up to a usable desktop. And when I shut down the computer, it turns off pretty much right away, as opposed to before when it would take a minute or so to close down everything. 3 months later and the SSD is still kicking, and I think its safe to say this brought some new life into my 8 going on 9 year old laptop. If anyone has an older desktop or laptop and they want to get some more speed out of it, and theyve already upgraded the RAM and whatnot, I definitely recommend this, or any SSD for that matter.

Its not the fastest SSD out there, nor the biggest, but for most people its perfect. Its a reliable drive and a great value, and these days SSDs are all so good that even a budget option like this is at least as good as the high-end models from a few years ago. I have an old Samsung 840 500 GB drive in my MacBook that I paid $300 for back in the day. Now that I have this SSD in my gaming PC, it no longer feels slower to boot or open apps than my five-year-old laptop. I put another one of these in my grandmas laptop, and even though shes not very computer savvy, she could feel a night and day improvement in speed. SSDs are so much better than mechanical hard drives. If youve been holding off because youre saving up to buy a really high end one, just stop suffering and get this one now. Its cheap, its really fast (because all reputable SSDs these days are), and for most peoples needs, you probably wouldnt notice the difference between this one and the latest high-end Samsung.

If you are comparing many different SSDs like I did to replace your old/slow HDD, you probably stumbled across this one looking for a slightly more affordable option. Do not shy away from SanDisk just because they dont have the big flashy name and advertising like Samsung and others. This thing kicks butt. This SanDisk SSD has absolutely breathed new life into my old 2010 MacBook Pro. No more colorful pinwheels, and boot times that used to take 30 seconds now take 3. If you have a small screwdriver set, this is incredibly easy to install. Just do a video search for your specific computer type and changing the SSD and you will find many tutorials. For those questioning what size they should get, the 240GB is plenty for the average user who has a good chunk of saved files and overall applications. Those who need the 500+ GB models likely already know who they are (those running high end programs and those who store MANY videos/pictures on their computer). NOTE: Make sure to purchase a USB to Hard Drive cable so you can clone your current HDD and not lose anything (easiest way, in my opinion). I purchased this one and it worked flawlessly:

This SSD was very affordable and it totally revived my laptop. The installation of the drive was very easy. If you are new to replacing a hard drive then I suggest researching what you might need to transfer an image of your existing drive to your new SSD. The bootup time required to boot Windows has decreased. A side benefit if you have a computer with a little amount of ram (4gb RAM or less) is that it speeds up the processes running in the background. An example of this is if your are pushing the limits of your ram the system begins to access your hard drive to act as an expanded ram source. With a SSD drive this doesnt slow down your computer at all, but with a drive that spins it has to spin your drive constantly as it acts as a temporary source for RAM thus slowing down all of the processes. It accesses the SSD similar to RAM because there are no moving parts. I dont want to get technical on the specifics but just want to indicate that the increase in performance is more noticeable when the SSD is placed in an older computer than in a brand new computer that already has 8gb RAM or more. I plan to get several more years of use out of my laptop because of this SSD.

I purchased this to upgrade a circa 2011 Toshiba Satellite which was expensive at the time but had become uncomfortably slow with to the original HDD. The laptop would take a few minutes to boot and the drive was pegged during any application launch. Resource monitor showed disk latency hovering in the 1000s and queue lengths over 50. In short, after logon and you had to start up your apps and walk away until it calmed down. CPU and memory usage were fine so this was clearly an IOPS problem. For under $70 I used this 240 GB SSD to turn the laptop into what feels like a new device. I had a copy of Acronis on a desktop so I used that to clone the partitions from the laptop HDD to the new SSD. Everything worked as expected and its like a new laptop now.

I bought this SSD to breath new life into my 7 year old laptop and what a huge difference! It actually makes the laptop useful again! I used a third party software to clone the HD in the laptop, and once that was complete, swapped out the old HD for this SSD and the laptop fired right up! You can feel the difference right away! Everything is more snappy, not just the power up and power down! Just opening programs and surfing the web is snappy now! I decided on this 120GB SSD since this laptop is used really for surfing only and not storing a ton of data. I dont know the long range life of this SSD however so far so good! I highly recommend this SSD! I know folks are concerned with read/write speeds for an SSD, I am just a normal user and all I care about is the new user experience I have with this SSD! For the $$, you really should move to an SSD for your laptop!

Used this as the boot drive on a new computer build, and I just love how fast it brings Windows 10 up. This is not the most recent version of this drive, so if you want to be cutting edge, you may want to look at the next gen version. But this is a VERY good performer so far, The ONLY issue was that the Win 7 installer had be updated to recognize the drive as I was installing Win 7 and then upgrading it to 10. There are faster drives out there, but this performs pretty well - I really dont think that most people are going to notice a huge difference between this and comparable SATA 2 drives. There are better options for SATA 3 machines, but for SATA 1 and 2 machines, this is a good cost/performance balance so far, especially if you can get it on sale...

I have been using this SSD for about a month now, and so far no regrets. The price point of the SSD was significantly lower that others of similar capacity. Boot time on my system with this SSD is 20 seconds, compared to a conventional HD at just over 2 minutes. Application launch time appears to be about 2-3x faster as well. As for reliability, time will be the judge, but since I have been using other SanDisk products for 15 years without any issues, I am confident this SSD will not disappoint. As other users have noted, this does not come with cloning software, but there are many available for free.

Ive installed two more of these since my last review, and Im happy with all three drives. The 120GB SSD for $40-45 just seems like the right price point for my needs. If prices continue to drop every computer in the house will end up with one. More likely though, well just see the 120GB size fall out of favor, and the 240-250GB size will become the new bottom tier, as the 60GB used to be, and the 32GB ssd was before that. Either way, these are great drives for the money, and in my opinion, the best bet in this price range. I just keep one in my saved for later Amazon folder so I can watch for price drops :)

Who is going to upgrade to an SSD from a standard HDD and not be completely satisfied with the gains in performance. First SSD Ive had and so far, Im impressed. Coming from a HDD to this is like night and day; albeit, the speeds arent stellar but its leaps and bounds faster at everything than running of a standard HDD. I say this because, you dont necessarily have to get the top advertised speed SSD to experience the performance gains if you too switching from an HDD. The only down side is, while theyre great, theyre still expensive for the capacity in my opinion but with time that is going to come down fast as it already has. I just couldnt wait any longer! :)