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Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars with 25 reviews

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Customers consistently note the 840 EVO 500GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive's excellent performance, reporting significantly faster laptop speeds and smoother operation after installation. The ease of installation and user-friendly migration software are also frequently praised. No significant drawbacks were reported by customers.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent SSD for the price

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

    High capacity and fast at an affordable price. Works great in my late 2008 MacBook Pro and was incredibly easy to install. All of my programs launch so much faster and everything runs much smoother as well. I should have upgraded sooner! Highly recommend this SSD for anyone looking to speed up an older sluggish computer.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Upgrade

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

    I used this to upgrade my laptop. The laptop runs like new with the SSD in it. It is a great deal and made the life of my laptop longer.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product for the price

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

    This SSD hand drive breathed some life into my mid 2012 MacBook pro. It was slow and taking long to load up but now boots in seconds and applications are quicker. I am sure you can go with the pro version of this ssd, but I didn't need what people say is a relatively unoticeable increase in speed for the extra 100$

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Made my wife's old slow laptop faster

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

    I bought one and installed it in my laptop. It worked so well, I bought another for my wife's laptop. Her laptop used to take one minute get to the login screen and two minutes to load up her icons and finally allow her to run a program. Now it is ready to go in 1 minute and twenty seconds.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It works Great in Early 2008 Mac Pro (tower)

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

    I got this to speed up diet perforce speeds. (SSD Experience) However, after instal, I did notice the Speed difference from a regular HD drive…but I'm not getting the full potential of the drive. Im learning at this point that I should have installed it on the (ESATTA ports to get (6bgs) per second Load Speeds) instead of the Standard Hard Drive Bays (3gbs). I will do another review on this later after I make that change. This is a good buy.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast drive!

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

    This drive is a great upgrade for any computer. The read/write speeds are insanely fast!!

    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.

    bought quite a few of these to upgrade the laptops within the house and absolutely amazed at their performance, even the mSATA drives are amazing and small so not alot of space taken up (pending your machine has an mSATA slot) completely worth the price for the performance

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    An efficient upgrade

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

    This is the second SSD made by Samsung that I have purchased from Best Buy. Just needed a little more storage for my laptop to run the OS on. It makes starting up Windows and apps super fast.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good SSD for upgrading a laptop

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

    Purchased this 500 GB drive to update a 3 year old Dell laptop. Samsung software to transfer data from present hard drive to new SSD was very easy to use. Kit included a USB 3 cable to connect to the laptop. Pretty much a hands off operation once you started the transfer. Laptop performance is much faster after installing this SSD.

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

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Might need another ssd

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

    it works decent, should've gone with the 840 pro because I use Adobe illustration and final ur which is high in demand for ram and read and write speeds. I guess it's nice that programs and the computer boots quickly.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use

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

    The drive is fast; and the migration software is so easy to use; and effortless

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Hard-Drive

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

    This SSD drive is awesome. So fast and easy to install. A must get.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    So far it works great!

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

    Needed a new hard drive. Cheaper than new laptop. This solid state hard drive completely changed the laptop---rocket speed now. Great idea from my tech guys at work to get solid state drive.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Solid

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

    I never really got into SSDs until now. This drive blows away the competition. Best place to get it. You guessed it. Best Buy.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Zoom zoom

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

    Installed this in my notebook and noticed a huge difference in speed. SSDs are the way to go, and you can't go wrong with this model.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent SSD

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

    ultra fast SSD, i am very happy I upgraded it from a HHD to a SSD. Should have done it earlier.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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

    A great Solid State Drive - fast, reliable, and quiet

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    awesome made my macbook superfast

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

    awesome made my macbook superfast then ever! I would buy again

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

    Easy to install, very fast hard drive

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

    Very fast, very quiet, easy installation. Samsung seems to be on top right now

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Exactly what I'd hoped for

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

    Replacing a spinning hard drive with a solid state drive had been expensive, but this was a good deal. Installation was pretty easy, and now my two-year-old Dell Vostro starts very quickly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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