I had an Apple iMac 2013 that was painfully slow. It had a 1TB 5400 RPM stock HDD from when I bought it. The computer took several minutes to boot up and almost a minute to launch apps. I finally got fed up and looked into what I could do with the computer or just get rid of it. I found link talking about upgrading HDD to get big performance boost. The computer has an Intel i5 quad core and 8 GB of DDR3, so not terribly slow, especially for web and office apps. I had to purchase adhesive tape for screen online and perform some surgery, but it worked. HUGE performance increase. Running OSX and Windows 10, both very snappy now. I can't say for other SSD's, but this one seems great to me. Still not a loaded out gaming system, but it gave the old computer some life. I needed another computer working from home and with kids home schooling now and this cost me about $80 total for the system upgrade. Highly recommend.

Works excellently, I really recommend this SSD for all types of computers.

I have bought 3 of these SSDs, they are great, fast, one was installed in a gamers pc for my windows to be much faster and the other 2 I use them to protect more than 200,000 pictures that I had on a 3 terabyte mechanical hard drive and I needed to back up in a reliable drive.

After installation, my computer is night and day difference in speed! Very happy with the purchase. One thing for those not familiar with installing. When you first plug in to USB to clone the drive, your computer may not recognize that it’s a drive. I had to go to disk management and “initialize” it as an SSD. Attached below are pictures on how to do that. At first, I thought it was defective but that fixed my problem.

The WD Blue 500GB ssd offers great value & performance in one small package. Installation was a breeze and since it comes in the 2.5 inch drive form factor you can put it in a desktop or laptop PC. The speeds and access times are MUCH MUCH MUCH faster than your standard old mechanical drives and I was blown away by how fast my PC turned on. My PC start up time went from 20 seconds to 4 seconds! The drive also comes with a 3 year warranty which is a lot higher than the standard 1 year warranty that other companies offer. The drive offers a ton of performance and a decent size of storage (more than enough for your standard user) all at entry level prices I definitely recommend it. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the drive or how to set it up.

ONLY HAVE HAD THE PRODUCT FOR A WEEK OR SO .ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT TECH PRODUCT .I WOULD HAVE BEEN THANKFULL IF THE SALE PERSON WOULD HAVE TOLD ME IN DETAIL WHAT IS ON THE HARD DRIVE AND WHAT IS NOT .