Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars with 1104 reviews
4.9- Speed (415)
- Performance (212)
- Price (139)
- Ease of use (115)
- Storage (104)
- Heat (19)
- Compatibility (5)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
best ssd
the best ssd, it is easy to install, holds all of my things on my computer and it’s affordable
Posted by BlerinaM
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Upgraded my Dell Inspiron 3793 Laptop
Despite Dell Support telling me that my 3793 laptop would not accept a 1 TB SSD for its present 256 MB C-Drive, I installed this drive and it works just fine. I was so pleased with how easy it was to upgrade, I purchased a second 1 TB drive to hold as a back-up in case I run into that Blue Screen of Death again. I figured this would be a much easier way to recover my laptop without having to reload my entire C-Drive again. BTW the Samsung free Magician software worked flawlessly in mirroring my existing drive.
Posted by BelfairHerb
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
Great speed and reliability for an amazingly affordable price.
Posted by RedHorse
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great option. Outclassed by newer drives
One of the best drives for the money. It isnt as fast as the gen4 drive but if you can get it on sale you will be very happy. its still very fast and reliable storage and its hard to recommend any alternatives as this is one of the best gen3 drives on the market. although if you are able to get a gen4 drive with the same storage at a similar price there is no reason to buy this.
Posted by GaeldeshD
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent drive to upgrade laptop.
I installed the Samsung SSD 980 to increase the internal storage of my Windows 11 laptop. With a NVMe enclosure I initialized the 980, then cloned the existing drive using Macrium 8 (free), and swapped the drive in. Very quick and easy. The SSD 980 is a slim, single sided drive which runs cool and doesn't require a heatsink - important considerations for using in a slim laptop. the SSD 980 performs nicely, with good speeds for a gen 3 NVMe (although I have an 11th gen i7, the sole PCIE drive slot is PCIE 3). While I wouldn't recommend this for someone seeking cutting-edge speed, for most folks the SSD 980 is more than quick enough. Windows boot time is a matter of seconds, downloads, file transfers, and applications zip by quickly. This is a great drive for anyone with a laptop equipped with a smaller/slower NVMe looking for extra storage and speed. *The one star that I took off was due to the Samsung Magician app which would not recognize the drive correctly. I've seen that this is a common problem in laptops (and desktops) most likely due to being initially set up with a RAID controller. I would think that Samsung could have corrected this.
Posted by PeteC