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Model:
SSD7CS1311-480-RB
SKU:
4825401
Your price for this item is $89.99
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Customer reviews

Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 855 reviews

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Customers are saying

Customers recognize the CS1311 480GB Internal SATA III Solid State Drive's significant performance boost, ease of installation, and improved boot times as major advantages. Many appreciate its affordability and ample storage capacity. While some experienced compatibility issues or difficulties with the included cloning software, the majority found the drive to be a worthwhile upgrade. Positive feedback frequently highlighted the quiet operation and reduced heat generation compared to traditional hard drives.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Solid

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Seems to be a good fast drive and has been reliable so far.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    good drive for the price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    nice drive for the price point works well and performs good

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Boot time

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Improved Boot Time

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I've had a few ssd drives and other than the boot time I really haven't noticed any visually significant speed boosts between them all. It has definitely improved boot up time cutting it in half.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Boot time

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Working well

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive replaced my boot drive in my system. System boots much faster now. The only problem I had was with Windows not initially wanting to install updates, but that was finally resolved.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great carry bag for the price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent lappy carry bag. Had multiple pockets and needed a larger than usual carry bag for my newly bought asus rog which full size is about 18 1/2 inches. A great buy for the price and size

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Little Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased the PNY 128gb Solid State Drive to try out and liked it that I went and bought the bigger 480gb Solid State Drive. If you want a reasonable priced Solid State Drive then this is it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Cost effective performance

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It isn't the fastest SSD out there but at a certain point the speed becomes indiscernible. The performance to dollar ratio very nice on this drive. Plus two of them in RAID 0 is still very fast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    PNY - CS1311 480GB

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very Fast at load up. Put this SSD in my desktop, with 16 GB Ram. Computer now starts up completely and ready to go in 24 seconds. It used to take 3 minutes with HDD. So far its been good !

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    easy to install

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    easy to install, great price and Best buy matched Amazon

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works Great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this item to replace a failed hard drive. I was able to install Windows quickly and get my machine running again without any problems. Works great. Machine is faster than original.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fastest boot time ever.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this for a new computer build, and it's amazing. Boots up in under 30 seconds and installs and loads heavy programs like the Adobe Creative Suite and modern games really fast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great SSD and increased performance.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased this SSD for my laptop which I purchased 2 years ago with an i7 4700HQ processor and a 5400 RPM HDD, laptop always seemed to be holding back since purchase and finally decided to upgrade it to the 480 PNY SSD. It's like night and day, boots to windows in under 10 seconds, application launches in half the time, and working with multiple windows open does not seem to bother it at all. Great item and was on sale for $106, looking to buy another for my other laptop with an i3 processor. Only bad thing was that the cloning software which came with it sucks and was outdated, so ended up purchasing the cloning software with cable Apricorn sold by BestBuy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Super fast disk speeds!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    If you're still using a spinning drive instead of solid state, you're REALLY in the past. The difference is NIGHT and DAY and this is the BEST upgrade bang for your buck on ANY computer!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Boot time, Ease of use

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    good

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    very fast booting up. and it was very easy to install

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Beats any HDD! End of paragragh!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this drive and installed it! The difference was clear! If you can open the fridge and take a Coke out of the fridge,you can install this SSD in your laptop or desktop computer!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for increasing system speed.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After installing this hard drive the performance exceeded my expectations. The machine feels like a totally new computer. At least twice as fast. I would highly recommend this brand.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good SSD

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought 2 of these in store. System build is Asus ROG Ranger board, I7-6700k, 32gb Corsair Vengence, 2x1070 GTX. They benchmark in the 520-540gb/s range which is good. Would buy again.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fast and easy to migrate to.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The ssd is fast, not the fastest but for the person who I installed this for it's miles beyond the 5400rpm hard drive it replaced. It came with the Acronis backup software, but you still need to figure out how to connect this to the computer to transfer data to the ssd if you're not doing a clean install.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great SSD

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this drive to update my main computer and later got my job to buy 2 more drives to update desktops needing new drives to keep them up and running longer and more efficiently.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Boot time, Speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Gets the job done

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Really sped up my internet access and boot up time.

    I would recommend this to a friend