PNY CS900 500GB 3D NAND 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS900-500-RB)

Upgraded from a Hitachi 2TB HDD to this 1TB SSD and the difference is night & day. My cold boot time is 25sec from 2 min, shutdown is even faster (12 sec). It's blazing fast when it comes to moving data. No more intermittent freezes or read head chatter in my PC! Great quality, performance, capacity & price!

Reliable, Affordable Upgrade for Everyday Storage Needs This PNY CS900 2TB SSD turned out to be a straightforward and satisfying upgrade. Installation was quick—just a standard 2.5" SATA connection—and the drive was recognized immediately without any hassle. For general use, it’s a night-and-day improvement compared to an old spinning hard drive. Boot times are nearly instant, programs open faster, and overall system responsiveness feels much snappier. The 2TB capacity is a sweet spot for those who want a roomy but reasonably priced drive. It’s plenty for storing a mix of games, videos, photos, and work files without worrying about space. Performance is solid and consistent; while it doesn’t reach the speeds of NVMe drives, for most desktops and laptops that still rely on SATA, this is more than enough. I also noticed that it runs cool and quiet, with no issues under heavy file transfers. One thing to keep in mind is that this is more of a budget SSD—so while reliability has been great so far, it doesn’t come with some of the advanced endurance ratings or extra-long warranties you’ll see in higher-end models. That said, for typical consumer workloads, it’s more than adequate. Bottom line: A dependable and affordable way to breathe new life into an older machine or expand storage on a newer one. It delivers fast, reliable performance without breaking the bank.

This SSD has been a great upgrade. Installation was simple, and the difference in speed compared to a traditional hard drive is huge—boot times are much faster, and programs open almost instantly. For everyday use, it makes a computer feel brand new again. Performance has been consistent, with no hiccups or slowdowns, and the 1TB size offers plenty of space for both system files and storage. It runs quietly and stays cool, which is another plus for long-term reliability. Affordable, fast, and dependable—an excellent choice if you’re looking to breathe new life into a desktop or laptop.

This works great for replacing the hard drive on my PS4. It is pretty fast for a budgeted PS4 drive. It is thinner in height compared to most 2.5 disk drives but it will fit in your ps4 without much issues. I has a standard aluminum case and I had no trouble installing it. I did want to see how this would perform on on both Mac and PC so I tried it with that first also was my way to test the speed. The drive was able to work without any issues. It did not require any additional software and it was just a plug in play (minus the initialization. It also fit the sata port pretty well. The only thing I would say if you are installing this in laptops with a holder is that you may need to hold it up slightly as it is thinner than your normal 2.5 disk drive but honestly it would not be too much of a difference in installation. You always need to initalize it even with external. I did want to test the transfer speed using a 3.0 enclosure and the transfer speed is not too bad which is good. There was no extreme heat up to an alarming. I did a memory verification just to be safe and the storage memory is correct so you can be sure your data is safe. The speed works pretty well for my ps4. The games load faster and the PS4 does not lag during intense cut scenes which is what I wanted. I test it against some other 2.5 solid state drives (Samsung and WD) as well as the Seagate Hybrid drive and it was not bad. It is pretty on par with the most brand solid state drives. It is definitely a good drive to use for an upgrade from a disk drive to a higher capacity and faster storage. Unfortunately with so many games being big files 1 TB does fill up pretty quick. I was able to transfer all the data from my old PS4 drive to my new one but it did take time to back up and restore everything. Overall I like this drive. It has been reliable and fast. I have not had any issues with it slowing down or failing.

10x speed increase from my HDD I used Macrium Reflect (free 30-day trial) to clone my HDD to the new SSD which was easy with the help of a couple YouTube videos. The results are impressive. Timed my old boot process at over 3 minutes until I was able to use my laptop. Even after 3 minutes, it was barely usable, and the disk was running at 100%. After installing the SSD, boot time was 33 seconds, and the laptop was ready to go. It runs better than it did out of the box. Highly recommend this upgrade to any older laptop.

seems fine, works as intended, nice item

Ssd muito rápido, sem nenhum tipo de erro de leitura

Fungerar som den skall...

Excellent rapport qualité prix, j'en ai pris un pour mon raspberry Pi et l'autre pour redonner vie à un vieux laptop

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J'ai acheté ce PNY CS900 1 To pour remplacer l'ancien SSD de mon PC de bureau, et franchement, je suis bluffé par les performances. Les vitesses de lecture/écriture annoncées (jusqu'à 535 MB/s en lecture) sont bien au rendez-vous dans la réalité : démarrage de Windows en quelques secondes, chargement des jeux et logiciels ultra-rapide, transfert de gros fichiers en un clin d'œil. Installation très simple (format 2,5" classique SATA III), il s'intègre sans problème dans n'importe quel PC ou laptop qui a encore un port SATA. Aucun souci de compatibilité. Côté fiabilité, après plusieurs mois d'utilisation intensive (jeux, montage vidéo léger, stockage de milliers de photos), zéro secteur défectueux, zéro ralentissement. La marque PNY est reconnue pour ses SSD entrée/milieu de gamme solides, et celui-ci ne fait pas exception. Rapport qualité/prix imbattable : pour moins de 60 € le To, c'est clairement l'un des meilleurs choix en SATA actuellement si vous n'avez pas encore passé au NVMe. Bref, je recommande à 100 % à tous ceux qui veulent redonner un bon coup de jeune à leur machine sans se ruiner. 5 étoiles bien méritées !