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

I have 2 of the Samsung 850 EVO Series drives. The 500GB and the 250GB. I have them under use in both my laptop and desktop. The performance is fantastic, and I got both on sale for an overall excellent value. They are very easy to install. If you are buying for a desktop or laptop make sure you get either a mounting bracket or spacer. Most laptops seem to need a spacer as the SSD's tend to be thinner in profile than a physical spinning disk. For my desktop I purchased the SABRENT 2.5 to 3.5 Inches Internal Hard Disk Drive Mounting Kit (BK-HDDH) and everything fit as expected, the kit included all the screws. For some the lack of a spacer or mounting bracket being included is a knock down in star, it didn't bother me so no deduction there. The 250GB version was so good it sold me on getting a second one. I bought the 500GB for my desktop. The 250GB boots my Toshiba Satellite S55t up in under 23 seconds from a cold start. At the end of that I am able to login and all the services have been deployed and are running at 100%. So that speed and performance sold me to get the 500GB for my desktop. For the 500GB I installed that to my current desktop and it brought my start-up time down to 45 seconds. The reason for the disparity is in my desktop setup and not the drive itself. I am running 6 devices on my sata controller vs 1 on the laptop so it takes slightly longer to get the desktop up to full song. Now how did it help me in my performance for what I do on my PC. My games load almost instantly, my Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator applications load in seconds now if not instantly and I am deploying them with 3400 fonts installed, that would typically drag performance down, but the SSD chews up that loading and spits out fast responses. Pro's: - Speed (Boots to Win7 64 Pro on my laptop in 23 seconds with no optimization, 45 seconds on my desktop fully optimized) - Cost (I picked up the 500GB for $199, thats the best deal possible for the top performing drive in this category for size and speed) - Easy to install, includes software for disk cloning or data transfer if you choose. I like the Samsung Magician overview software that tells you all you will need to know on how to manage and optimize your drive to get the most from it. - Samsung tech support is great. I called them after purchasing the drive to ask about my Performance test numbers post full reload, see what I could do to better make use of the drives full capability. The technician was friendly and patient with me, didnt talk down to me and we talked back and forth for a few minutes. Definitely impressed with the support I received. Con's: - No mounting hardware or spacer for a laptop. If you look at Crucial MX series drives you will see they include a thin line spacer to help secure the drive in place by filling that difference of depth that occurs when shifting from a physical spinning platter drive (HDD) to a SSD. Samsung does not include a spacer, or mounting hardware. Again it didn't bother me as I planned to buy a bracket to mount it to my case anyway and already did my research and knew about the lack of mounting hardware. But for some this is a con. So be aware that you will need mounting hardware for a desktop application, and possibly a spacer for your laptop of choice. I have had both the 850 EVO by Samsung and the Crucial MX100 series. If you can get one or the other at the same price get the Samsung, its faster, by only a little but it is the standard setter for its class in SSD technology. If the price goes back up to the $240 mark, then I suggest you look at the Crucial MX series. They are very close in performance and more cost friendly on average. ------------------------------------------------ Update 10/2/2015 In addition to my previous two 850 EVO drives. I have purchased two more 250GB for updates. I used one on my wife's WIN7 college notebook and the other on my mother-in-laws WIN8 desktop. Both run flawless as expected and increase performance and extend the life of the machines they are in. As the price continues to drop on these drives and SSD's in general as in IT technician I can not stress enough how important it is for you to make the leap from standard HDD to a SSD. You will never look back.

this ssd made such a massive difference in how fast my computer boots up and loads programs i cannot believe i waited this long to upgrade. going from a spinning hard drive to this thing was a night and day difference and i genuinely wish i had done it sooner. install was really straightforward and samsung magician is a nice tool to check on the drive health over time. totally worth the money and one of the best pc upgrades out there period.

My best yet computer Investment I have been a fan of Solid State Drives since they first became available some years ago, installing a 32 GB SanDisk as a program drive in a Lenovo R61 (the SSD is long gone but the Lenovo refuses to die and I am on a mission to see how long it will continue to run). My favorite Laptop is a Lenovo X220 that originally came with a Samsung 128 GB SSD and my intention was primarily to increase storage capacity. From day one the Lenovo has been exceptionally fast with iron-clad stability and reliability. I considered one of the Crucial SSDs as I used several through the years to replace the original SanDisk in the R61, but given the unfailing speed and reliability of the Samsung I thought I would give the new 850 EVO a try. The start of the journey was troublesome, and it has been a long time since I have encountered such frustration in the installation of a new drive. I couldn’t get it to work. I tried Samsung’s migration program numerous times and then resorted to an old stand-by, True Image. I tried almost every trick I have learned over the last 20 years. The migrations would report out as successful, but the drive would not boot. I finally called Samsung Technical Support expecting a 2-week delay but was surprised when I spoke to a very friendly and knowledgeable person after a wait of only several minutes. What he suggested was something I intrinsically knew, but was in territory I wasn’t especially anxious to enter. The problem was with this installation of Windows 8.1, not with the drive. To start with, I am a fan of Windows 8.1. When Microsoft offered version 8 at a ridiculously low introductory price I tried it on an old Laptop – figuring I would get my money’s worth of entertainment from the investment. The old laptop didn’t meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 and after getting bored looking up migration information I proceeded with an installation on blind faith. It worked, and it worked well. I was astonished. I then proceeded to convert 5 of my 6 PCs to Windows 8 (the R61 still runs XP as it drives an old set of midi-hardware, and it took way too long to figure out all the hierarchies). As a free upgrade, Windows 8.1 was yet another successful step for Microsoft. I have also come to prefer downloads vs. a collection of installation discs that end cluttering up the house. But then I made my first realization – I could not use my Windows 8 product IDs to get the updated 8.1 files that I needed. But once I figured out a work around, the repair to my corrupted files only took a few seconds and I got the new drive to boot. To say I am impressed with the new drive is an understatement. My computer was fast before – capable of thoroughly embarrassing my heavily armored Mac Pro that runs Avid’s ProTools and Media Composer. I love to push computers - see how far ahead of them I can get before they crash. Numbers and test results are fun to read but when the time comes I make my decision and hope that what I select provides real-world performance for my investment dollar. The Samsung exceeds my expectations. I paid almost $500 for my first 40 MB full-height hard drive. When you turned on the computer it sounded like the engines starting on a 777: a low pitched whine that grew in intensity – also providing additional warmth on cold winter nights. Move ahead 20 years and you can buy a 500 GB drive that doesn’t weigh much more than a pack of cigarettes (no I don’t smoke) and is a third the size. And I could drop it without cracking the tile floor. So in conclusion, I would say the Samsung 850 EVO is probably one of the best computer investments I have ever made. And how many people would say that a new SSD can genuinely be ‘fun’? For me, it certainly is. Now I will see how hard I can push it.

My Mother in Law had been given a HP Pavilion Entertainment Laptop (See Specs below) which at this point could not be powered on since it was missing the original AC Cord that had come with it so she gave it to me to see if I wanted to use it as parts. Since I myself already owned a newer and more advance version of the HP Entertainment Series of Laptops and I knew how rugged and reliable they were so I found a generic AC Adapter through Amazon that was only 7 bucks and decided to gamble to see it would still power up, needless to say it did. While the Laptop worked it was almost virtually unusable due to the tortoise 300GB WD Mechanical Drive that had originally come with it. At the time I had researched this SSD (Almost a year ago, yes it took me that long to do this review) it was actually at a good price and the reputation for Samsung EVO Series SSD's are stellar so I made the purchase. Once it arrived It was easy to install the SSD (Since this is an older Laptop the Hard Drive Bays are easily accessible unlike the newer ones that are out today) and was up & installing the OS in no time. Needless to say the results was beyond my wildest dreams. Now Mind you this Laptop was Originally Loaded with Widows Vista Home Premium which goes without saying was no longer an option so I loaded it with Windows 10 Pro (I was already going with a Plan B of Windows 7 if this had not worked) and not only did this work but once again exceeded my expectations. PROS: - Surprisingly Overall Performance Improvement (especially on this old of Laptop) - Booting from BIOS to OS maybe 10 to 12 seconds (3 to 4 minutes with the mechanical original drive) - Application Response times are instantaneous - Able to upgrade from Windows Vista/7 to Windows 10, No performance degradation. (Please Note: I loaded the laptop with Windows 7 straight from the Installation Media and then successfully upgraded it from Windows 7 to Windows 10 since there is no upgrade path to Windows 10 with Windows Vista) CONS: - Absolutely NONE! Overall: I could not be happier, Not only did this drive give a new lease on life on this laptop but the SSD allowed me to successfully upgrade it to Windows 10. I would Highly recommend the SSD Hard Drive not only if your original hard drive was in the condition that this laptop was in but in general for overall performance improvement. As of right now I have been using this Laptop as a backup utility Laptop around the house and has been serving me well. SPECS: HP Pavilion dv6700 (2007) OS: Windows 10 Pro (Originally Windows Vista Home Premium) CPU: Intel Duo Core (1.83 ghz) RAM: 4GB (Max capacity, originally 3GB) Hard Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (Originally Western Digital 300GB Mechanical HD) Video Card: Integrated Intel Mobile 965 Video Card (VGA output) Ports: 3 X USB 2.0 Internal Nic: 100mb Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC WiFi Nic: Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter (Broken)/LB1 AC600 Dual Band USB Dongle ROM: DVD/CD Writer Webcam: Integrated 720p Webcam

I only review a product when I have something great to say about it. About myself; My day job is an assistant Mix Engineer in Burbank. I use Apple products 15 hours a day 5-6 days a week and have used macs since middle school. I understand that if you care for and maintain a great computer; like any vehicle will last you a long time. That being said my laptop (2010 MPB) with a 7200 rpm HDD was starting to show its age. I was contemplating a new MBP or pro and I figured I would try a 150 dollar upgrade vs. a 2800 spending spree. I couldn't be happier that i did!! I received this next day shipping for 4 dollars extra. My experience as follows; I unboxed it and at first realized just how lightweight these drives are... this SSD must weigh less than half of what a 2.5in. HDD weighs it would be replacing, yet still didn't feel any more fragile. Had a spare cable laying around from an old external drive SATA-USB and plugged in to format it... It wouldn't read the drive lol... starting to get worried I did what i figured to be the last best option, turning my computer off, pulling the old drive and sticking this unformatted one in... put the cover back on without the screws, inserted my usb mavericks install drive instructions found here: http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html and turned on the machine holding down Command-R I believe and opened up disk utility. Erasing and reformatting the Samsung renaming it, using mac OS X Extended Journal, and GUID partition in options. It took about 5 seconds to do that. From there it was easy to install mavericks once that was done, I ran through the initial mac setup and it asked me if i wanted to use my old drive to transfer all my data basically cloning my old drive, i clicked this option and copying the 100gb took less than an hour with the same SATA-USB connector (same one that would not read the SSD). Once finished it was as if my MBP was brand new!!! it boots in 30 seconds. Runs incredibly quick, can process at Least 30% more data without the fans kicking on... iPhoto runs like a champ and in the background while online or other programs.... It NEVER did that before not even when new... (i've replaced HDD's a few times without any increase in performance) This Thing Kicks Major behind and doesn't break a sweat... the Kicker was when i started up Avid's cpu sucking beast of a program ProTools and ran sessions flawlessly in addition just to try it, I added more processing in the program than it could handle before and all without any problems not crashing the program (which is normal under heavy load) never imagined one simple upgrade could do so much... it will add at least 2 years to the lifespan of this machine and when I'm done with it, Ill give it to my parents and they'll get another 4-5 out of it just surfing the web, facebooking, youtubing etc.. One thing to mention is because apple only supports the TRIM function on THEIR SSDs use a third party TRIM support application such as the great pay what you want; Chameleon SSD optimizer. its a great product please throw a few bucks there way! People deserve to be rewarded for the work they do to help others. You will definitely help your SSD last longer with it! That being said overall; It took 2 hours total to install this, help my gf decorate the christmas tree, and eat chicken noodle soup. So I give this product a 5 star review and would probably give it more stars if they'd let me. I hope this review helps you get up and running with your new SSD! Happy Holidays!!

I own many different SSD's from many different brands - I was interested in the continuous "SAMSUNG, SAMSUNG, SAMSUNG" That I've been hearing for the past few years. Having finally caved, I took the price hike and decided to finally try it out. I'm not disappointed. This SSD is excellent, with solid performance and seems mostly to perform very consistently. However, that being said, I can't in good conscious give this product a five start - Here's why. First of all, there's the price. While not exceptionally more expensive than others in the price bracket, it is worth noting that depending on the weather or something...who knows...The price is pretty much consistently $10-$30 more expensive than similarly performing drives. Speaking of performance, while you aren't going to find many drives that top the reads/writes at the SATA 3 standard (560MB/sec seems to be the max) there are some that can give you that little extra room, at a cheaper price. However, drive consistency is another story, and this drive seems to very consistently stay at a high level of performance over a large period of time. That being said, are most people going to notice? Most decent drives nowadays stay at a relatively steady performance level, and can be quite a bit cheaper. Honestly, those looking for higher capacities, and damn good performance can find great options out there. I've heard great things about the BP5E drives - they are extremely cheap, and while maybe not as consistent or polished are still a great option. In conclusion, the drive is great - it's consistent, speedy, and comes with a good life cycle and warranty. However, for those wanting more storage for a cheaper price, I would look elsewhere. I feel like this product no longer makes sense at its price point. You have great, and cheap drives that offer similar speeds and performance for those who want the extra capacity without breaking the bank. On the other hand, speed demons out there would most likely turn to the Samsung pro line, and/or the ultra fast NVME m.2 drives. TLDR; The Samsung 850 EVO is a great drive with great support, and is otherwise excellent. But, for those out there still deliberating on an SSD to choose, I would look elsewhere. - Peter Bittrick

Installation was simple using the enclosed Samsung migration software (on CD). You will need a SATA to USB cable (not included) to connect the SSD to laptop to clone OS & files. It took a little less then 3 hours to clone a 300GB HDD drive on my Dell Vostro 3400 on to this 500GB SSD. Removed the bottom plate of laptop, removed HD from slot, installed the SSD in the old cage, removed SATA connector from old HD and slid it on the new SSD. Slid SSD in to place, pressed SSD connector in to motherboard connector, screwed SSD enclosure & back plate in to place, and it was over (about 15 mins). Now the real test - How much faster was it over my old WD 280GB 7200RPM HHD. Before installing the SSD I took several timings to establish a start up base line. With the HHD the average time from start up to establishing a Wi-Fi network connection was 3.25 mins. With this Samsung SSD the average was reduced to 55 seconds. That's over 70% start up time reduction - Almost as fast as a tablet. I also ran the Windows Performance Rating which give the old HDD a score of 5.9. This Samsung SSD scores 7.7. My Dell laptop has an SATA II interface while the EVO is an SATA III. If my laptop had a SATA III interface, instead of SATA II, performance would be even greater. Hopefully, battery life will also increase too. Some report as much as a 25% battery life improvement. I'll run some tests and update this review later. UPDATE: Over the last 3 days I've ran the battery dry several times. However, battery life improvement is only about 20%. All things considered that's still pretty good. All I really was looking for was a boost in performance & boy did I get it. Love this drive and would recommend it to anyone. After a week of heavy use the performance & battery life is still excellent. I've noticed the laptop runs over 50% cooler now also, which should lengthen the life of other components also. I was concerned about how long data stored on the SSD would be retained should the battery power drop to zero. I checked some nerdy tech reviews regarding this matter and found my concerns while valid were not a problem with this Samsung 850 EVO SSD. Cheaper SSDs may only retain data for 1-2 years with the power off, due to the extremely thin magnetic wafer used. Apparently cheaper units use thinner magnetic wafers for lower production costs while increasing storage capacity. This 850 EVO magnetic wafer is thicker & should retain data for 5 years with the power off. I'm assuming that's why the EVO series has a 5 year warranty compared to the PRO series (with an even thicker magnetic wafers) has a 10 year warranty. Considering I either get a new laptop or update components every 5 years this should not be a problem. Besides, with this performance increase I'm likely to use my laptop far more often, so the battery power should never go to zero.

Fantastic! At first, I was dismayed that it didn't include a USB SATA hard drive reader--as the instructions said to use. HOWEVER, I just installed it, used my Windows 10 Recovery CD and external USB drive with a system image, and was able to quickly restore my small backup. It only showed 128 GB at first, but opening Windows Disk Management (With Windows Key-X/you may have to right-click My Computer and first choose "MANAGE") revealed about 384 Gb of unallocated space. I tried to create a simple volume with Windows, but was told there wasn't enough disk space (a common occurrence). I downloaded the FREE MiniTool Partition Wizard, and was able to expand one of the non-system partitions to the maximum size--a very quick affair. I right-clicked the disk in disk manager and assigned it a drive letter of F: (make sure no other disk has this letter-including the card readers on your printers--they will cause your disks (including USB flash drives) to randomly disappear! You could always change the drive letters if you have duplicate letters--in disk manager). I just installed this, and so far, so good. It solved my issue of disk storage. I thought about installing a big SD card permanently, but this 500 GB FAST FAST drive was a much better option--plus I didn't like the idea of keeping installed programs and important data on a removable disk. I also thought about installing it as a 2nd hard drive, but that would've necessitated removing my DVD drive--I like having flexibility in a compact package. So I'm EXTREMELY PLEASED! Some others have had problems installing drives larger than 256 GB on this Dell E6420, but my install went fine. I have the Core i7 processor. I didn't need the 7.5 to 9.5mm adapter, either. I DID have to remove and reinsert the drive when one of the 4 screws wouldn't "take"--I figured it was a connection error. This is the EASIEST device I've ever installed--on a laptop OR desktop! Updated--I enabled the TRIM performance optimization via the included "Magician" software. Using the included benchmark, it returned sequential read/write speeds of 2,817 MB/s and 4,543 MB/s. Using the free downloadable AS SSD Benchmark, it returned sequential read/write speeds of 1,496.92 MB/s and 1,583.36 MB/s. The overall READ speed was 611, with 651 for WRITE. It looks like the overall speed is 1,597. Running it a second time achieved 2,887.60 READ and 1,959.7 WRITE, with scores of 761, 687, and 1,1813, respectively.

Usado como disco de arranque externo en un iMac 27", y en conjunción con la caja Inateck, alcanza una velocidad en la carga tanto del sistema operativo como de los programas que difícilmente podía imaginar. Un conjunto ganador, sin duda.

Excelente produto. Foi um ótimo upgrade para meu notebook. Vendedor atencioso e cumpriu rigorosamente os prazos estabelecidos.

Made the world of difference to my aging laptop boot times especially have been cut to a sixth of previous. Highly recommend this especially at the price i paid.

Excellent product TL;DR , get this if to wanna speed up your computer 10/10. The price to GB ratio is high even now but its totally worth it. I've been using Lenovo Y50-70 since I bought it on Dec/2014 and has never been fully formatted (upgraded to Windows 10 from 8.1). By July/2016 my laptop was slow as hell, 5 min to boot up, 10 min to restart,5+min to fully shut down, programs would constantly freeze, games would take 5-8 min to load. Bought this and did a fresh install of Windows 10. I did a restart to test the speeds, in ~15 seconds i was on the desktop ready for work. Its insanely fast !. Booting up takes ~10 secs (Watch my video) ! I am an animator , so i use heavy programs like Maya, Photoshop, Premiere , After Effects etc . Maya used to take 2-4 min to load, now it does in 10 secs. I game a lot too, Battlefield 3 used to take minutes to load a map in online match and now it doesn't even show "Loading level" anymore most of the time. Any system that costs more than Rs.60k deserves an SSD. Tips: Using an SSD is noting like using an HDD , you need you manually optimize Windows to make sure the SSD doesn't wear out with too many unnecessary writes. There are a lot of guides online that helps you to disable features like hibernate, search indexing , superfetch/prefetch, Reduce or disable virtual ram etc. Most of these features are designed to speed up the PC because of the slow nature of HDDs but they are completely obsolete when using an SSD and may even reduce the life and efficiency of SSDs. SUPER TIP: NEVER DEFRAGMENT AN SSD , THIS IS ONLY FOR HDDs.

Article correspondant à mes besoins. Remplacement du disque dur de mon IMAC mi 2011 qui commencait a tirer la langue. Mes conditions de travail on changé un mac rebooster pour quelque temps encore