Customer Ratings & Reviews

Samsung - 850 EVO 500GB Internal Serial ATA Solid State Drive: Pro's: Fast, Fast, Fast and still affordable! Samsung brand is second to none in the world of SSD's. Con's: They aren't buy one get one free? Other Thoughts: I have a pair of these in RAID 1 for my OS, basic software and apps. If you're trying to decide between this one and one from another manufacturer, buy yourself the peace of mind you get with Samsung SSD's... Even if it's a little more than a comparable SSD from another maker, it's worth every single penny. Don't cheap out on the one component that runs everything else on your PC.

I buy a lot of hard drives building out NAS systems and these are by far my #1 SSD drives if I am not considering cost. They are pricey and if you don't mind spending 20 or 30 extra dollars then its a no brainer. The crucial mx300 are also very nice but tend to fade down on speed over time and with large amount of data! Actually just placed one in my 17inch MacBook Pro only complaint with that is they do not provide their magician software for macs!

I have an old HP Desktop and didn't want to shell out over a thousand bucks for a new PC. By adding a Solid State Drive, I'm amazed at how fast my PC boots, basically in about 30 seconds using windows 7. I don't use my Desktop for gaming, but it was frustrating just how slow the mechanical 7,200 rpm drive was. I did an install of Windows 7 using the back up discs and loaded everything onto the SSD. I've read that cloning a drive can be frustrating and this particular drive does not have the adapter needed for cloning. The OEM install is a long and pain staking process, but after all the updates are done, I'm pleased to report that I have no issues. Many users are against loading all of the files on the SSD, I don't plan on overly taxing the drive and if something should happen, I have a perfectly fine OS on the old hard drive. I've seen a lot of shall I say, paranoia of a failing SSD, and why one would load the OS and applications on this drive and use a separate drive for storage. Again, I use my pc for basic tasks only here. The Sales associate did not sell me an adapter to screw this into the bay, so I was a little upset, but I simply zip tied it just above where the old Hard Drive sits. This doesn't seem to be a problem since an SSD has no moving parts.

I have bought several SSD drives ever since they come out. Will not specify the other brands, but I will say NONE were Samsung and I did have issues with them. What I liked the most was the good old 5 year warranty coming back from the good old days. Seems everything was going to 1 maybe 2 and if you’re lucky 3 year warranties. What sold me was not just the warranty but the reviews that I saw everywhere. Not just 1 or 2 places, I mean everywhere. Benchmarks are unbelievable and when I put the drive in the Lenovo Y520 I just bought as its second drive I’m in heaven again until technology changes again in 6 months.

Look: if you're hesitating, pondering, wondering, thinking, or otherwise getting caught up in the dreaded "paralysis of analysis," of whether you should upgrade your hard drive to a solid-state drive… Free yourself! For there are better (faster!) times ahead! Buy this now and install it and love your computing life so much more... that is, if you survive having your face ripped off by how fast your computer has become after you boot it back up post-SSD-install! My Macbook Pro (mid-2012, non-retina) was moving quite slow. I upgraded from 4GB RAM to 16GB RAM a few months back and that helped a bunch. I work hard on this machine, though, and it just wasn't enough. After hemming and hawing about upgrading to an SSD for far too long, I decided I gotta do it. I literally LOL at the thought of my former self, sitting there, waiting tens of seconds for things to happen! Nowadays, I don’t wait for nothin’. I don’t have a face, but who needs one when your laptop goes from off to cruisin’ in less than 15 seconds? Enjoy! :)

Samsung - 850 EVO 500GB Internal Serial ATA Solid State Drive Pros: Excellent read/write speeds, comes well packaged and includes migration software, good warranty in case you should have an issue. Cons: MSRP is pricey... Wait for it to be on sale. Other Thoughts: Samsung's the top brand for SSD technology. I have a pair of these running in RAID 1 as mirrored drives... IF one of them should fail in the next five years, I can send it back and get a new one without losing my data and being without my PC. But with Samsung's reliability, I'm not at all worried that I'll need to use the warranty. Your drive is the brain of your PC, don't go cheap and buy another brand to save a few dollars, buy the Samsung, you'll be glad you did.

This drive turned my laptop from a slow slug to a Bugatti! I used the software that came with the drive and transferred image from old drive to new one without any issue. I would not hesitate buying again and truthfully probably one of he most noticeable differences in anything I have ever bought before. BELIEVE THE HYPE!

I replaced the factory HD in my late 2012 21.5" iMac after watching a few YouTube videos... the performance is outstanding and didn't require any special programming to make the drive compatible. Worked right out of the box!

I have an Alienware laptop and the HDD is only 7200 rpm's, everything else is good enough to play AAA games, just the loading process is way too slow, after i installed this SDD and migrated everything with the Samsung magician software ( included ), to the new ssd and i can see the difference , windows 10 loads faster and i can use my laptop as soon as i see the desktop and all the most demanding games like battlefield 1 load way faster even on ultra settings.

Installing a 5400RPM spindle speed hard drive in a 1500 dollar machine feels like a pretty shameful thing on MSI's part. I installed this and now I have an additional 500GB of high quality SSD on deck for videos, games, and pictures. One of the best things about this is that for my already sub 4 pound laptop, this lightweight SSD shaves a few more ounces off of the laptop's weight! As always, Samsung blows me away with the quality of their products!

This is simply the best hard drive I have ever encountered. Samsung has simply outdone themselves. I have followed reviews for solid state hard drive for a couple of years and finally bought one. This particular drive has always remained top of the heap. I am going to get a Samsung T3 Portable SSD for my Xbox One S next as getting a solid state hard drive is like getting a major upgrade to your computer!

I have a 5 year old laptop, HP Envy 15t 1100 CTO it has a I7 1.73 GHz processor with 6GB memory and 500HD 7200 rpm with Win7 Pro SP1. Really didn't want to spend additional dollars to get new laptop but need speed improvement. It just way to slow or locks up. This upgrade dramatically gave me a boost in performance. Not just boot up but everything, including net surfing. For those do it yourself types like me, only thing I would like to pass along is 1. Remember to get the cable-connector that goes from your USB to this device or buy a SSD enclosure. 2. Your old internal HD must have flat SATA contacts versus pins on older IDE drives. I used an ANKER HHD/SSD USB 3.0 enclosure and slide the Samsung SSD into it then connected it to the USB on my laptop. No problems noted. It was somewhere around an hour to copy about 250GB from old to new SSD HD. For some reason it took longer to download Microsoft updates on my WIN & Pro operating system. I think it lost track of which ones where previously completed. It would take too long to explain why. I do not recommend a novice tackle disassemble of your laptop because there are about 20-25 or tiny screws and internal cables to keep track of. Take it to the Geek squad or someone else. If you try this yourself, keep distractions to minimum and your cats locked up/out because will try to swat tiny screws into every crack and crevice that may be nearly impossible to recover. O the joy! Hope this review helps your decision. This is really a great product; I highly recommend it!

faster than the original drive and its made by samsung-enough said

I read a lot of articles and forums on the best SSD hard drives for Macs, and this one was at the top of everybody's list. Yes, there are a few that are slightly faster than this one, but for the price, the Evo 850 is the best. I was replacing the HD in a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro and I chose this one for reliability, speed, price, and Apple compatibility. Also it was a super easy install. This was my first time to change out a hard drive and it was really easy. Below are pictures of the speed increase I got. The slower speeds were taken with the MBP at 8GB RAM & 500GB HDD. Then I installed the Evo 850 500GB SSD and upgraded the RAM to 16GB. This laptop has an i7 2.3Ghz processor.

I bought this after talking to a Geek Squad associate who recommended over the other SSDs. He said out of all of the SSDs that he has seen come back or had complaints about, he said that with the Samsung he has only seen one. With a 3 year warranty I can see why. I put in my wife's laptop which runs Windows 7. She doesn't want a new laptop. Don't ask why. Anyways her laptop was painfully slow booting up and doing certain things. After installing it made her laptop run so much faster! So for a fraction of the price she got a laptop that's as fast as a new model. I kept the old drive so she can use it back up everything just incase. If a SSD does fail they say that you can't retrieve anything.

I bought a couple of these SSDs after doing a lot of research on them. For the best bang for my buck, I decided on Samsung 850 EVO (x2) to upgrade my 2010 MacBook Pro. For one, I went for the extra space. I went having 320 GB to a TB. The speeds is like night & day...times ten. Using the BlackMagic Disk Speed test I went from like 40 Mbs Read & Write, to over 350 Mbs Read & Write. My old Mac is practically new. By upgrading from HDD to SSD, I saved myself a lot of money. Anywhere from $500 to $1,000, if I had decided to buy a new computer. Here, I spent about $320. I give this two thumbs up.

Chose this based on reviews for my laptop. Easy installation and works very well out of the box. Very powerful and quiet. Allows for faster downloads. Easy to find software online. Very fast speeds. Good warranty and reliability. Also very lightweight. Laptop boots very quickly. Performance is excellent. Plenty of room for OS and programs.

I was originally going to buy the PRO version of this SSD to replace a noisy Toshiba hard drive, but I didn't have enough cash so I bought this one instead. And WoW am amazed by it's performance! At first, I was a bit doubtful purchasing this due to some reviews saying that it slows down or dies after a month or so. But it's now been more than a month and still works like brand new! No more embarrassing hard drive noise!

This was easily one of the best purchases I've ever made at Best Buy. I managed to get it while it was on sale, so I understand that the base price might seem a little steep but believe me-- it's worth it. Solid state drives are faster, more efficient, more compact, have longer lifespans than normal a HDD, and are clearly the direction that tech is heading toward. I do a lot of PC gaming so this SSD provides me with more than enough space for hundreds of games in my Steam library. Load speeds are significantly faster than my old HDD. For instance, it used to take me a couple of minutes to load maps in The Witcher III, Skyrim, and Dark Souls, but after switching to SSD those times have been reduced to less than thirty seconds. If you're even considering a SSD, you've probably done your research. Save yourself the grief of debating brands and get this Samsung SSD; asap.

I bought this hard drive for a 1 1/2 year old laptop that was getting slower and slower by the minute. I was expecting this hard drive to speed it up some but I blown away by just how much of a difference it made! I was so impressed with the difference, I bought another for my desk top. Package came with Samsung software to clone my current hard drive that was easy to understand and worked perfectly. I did have to purchase a SATA to USB adapter to use the cloning software but it was WELL worth it!