Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0A, Solid State Drive

Great upgrade for my Win7 Lenovo Thinkpad E530-C, which with a standard 260GB hard drive. It has only 4GB RAM and was glacially slow trying to run Office 2016, backups, Windows updates, etc. First the good news: with SSD installed, I'm seeing the following performance gains: Boot up: <1 minute, down from 3-4 minutes. Shut down: 30 seconds, down from 3-4 minutes, more if Windows updates were installing. Start MS Word: 5 seconds, down from 2 minutes Start MS Excel: 5 seconds, down from 1+ minutes Start MS Access: 5 seconds, down from 2+ minutes Start MS Outlook: 7 seconds + mail server sync, down from 2+ minutes Photos: Instant load of 4-6 MB photo files, 30-150 MB video clips in Windows Live Photo Gallery - using Next/Prev arrow controls is instantaneous also. Stream video from Youtube, Amazon Prime, etc. also load and start noticeably quicker, I assume due to much faster buffering. Windows updates: These download and install in about 20% of the time with the SSD. One day after install, I went to shutdown and it downloaded and started to install 8 Win updates. Both download and install after next startup took only a minute or two. Now the downside: Cloning HDD to the SSD took much longer and was more confusing than it should have been, mostly due to rather sketchy instructions on WD site re the Acronis True Image WD Edition software provide for cloning. For some reason, you can't install the ATI WD version unless you already have a WD or Sandisk storage device attached--otherwise it stops the install. Fortunately I had a blank Sandisk Cruzer USB drive handy -- stuck one in and voila, ATI installed. ATI has two clone modes--automatic (recommended) and manual. Automatic clones all your existing partitions, and if you're installing an SSD with more capacity than your old HDD--I was adding a 500GB SSD vs my old 260GB--the automatic option proportionately increases all HDD partitions when cloning. I did not want my 30 GB Recovery partition blowing up to over 60 GB, so I went back and selected the manual cloning option, which allowed me to specify just enough space for the remaining files. It also let me move the recovery partition to the "end" of the partition sequence on the disk, which allowed the C: partition, where all the files go, to use all the newly available space. My C drive went from about 228 GB to 466 GB with the SSD. Awesome. Time to prep and clone the drive: 3.5 hours to do a total Windows backup to external HDD 1+ hours fiddling with the Acronis install 3.5 hours to clone the drive <1 hour to open PC, remove HDD, install SSD, close PC. Total time: between 8.5 and 9.0 hours, most of it just waiting for stuff to happen. Your time may vary...I'm no pc hardware expert, although I know a bit and can follow instructions. The Acronis software interface is a little light on instructions and status updates both while setting up the clone and while cloning was proceeding. For example, the cloning status screen has a field for estimated time remaining, but it said "Estimating time remaining" when the cloning began, and it never updated with an actual time remaining. From what I've heard from others who've done SSD cloning and installs using other brands, my experience was typical. At least the WD SDD was recognized at the first boot after installation. I was forewarned to have another PC or tablet handy to access the web to get help if there was any incompatibility issue or BIOS problem. Most users would have to clone using a USB-to-SATA cable (I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJZJI84/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) Most laptops have at least one USB 3 port--be sure to use that to speed the cloning up a bit. SSD is a great way to boost performance in an older laptop. This WD Blue is highly rated both on Amazon and other sites. I'm very pleased with it so far, despite the time involved in setting it up--it's well worth the trouble.

You can damn sure install windows 7!!! Don't let anyone fool you!!! You just can't clone. You have to do a fresh install of windows 7 and it works fine. WD SSD's have TRIM support, amungst other things. It pretty much means you can run win 7 off of their SSD's. I've had it installed for over a month and so far so good. Pc used for video and audio editing/recording. Also used for gaming.. I have an hp p-1010 desktop that I bought in 2011 for 800$ brand new. I upgraded to an AMD Phenom X6 1065T six core 2.9ghz, A 2gb EVGA Nvidia GeForce gtx 750 Ti and 4x8gb RAM sticks. It's a great pc, I've rarely had a problem, if at all and if so it was probably my fault. It runs smoothly to this day, Startup time is about 2 minutes and the HDD I have now (500gb WD) runs very slow at only 50 some mgbs read/write. But It runs mostly any game as of 2016 anything newer usually maxes out my system but will still run it. I just don't like maxing out my system for hours while I play a game. Anyway I decided to finally upgrade. Bought the 500gb Solid State Drive to run my OS only. And I bought the 1tb for installating games/programs. I am extremely happy I did! Startup time is now about 10 seconds and my read/write speeds are significantly higher, 250mbps and could be more if my motherboard was 6gb sata. I'm not sure what mine is. Running windows 7 ultimate, the os uses all of my 32gb RAM and runs much more lighter than win 10. 10 runs heavy, at idle its around 15 to 25% while 7 runs around 5% at idle. At first I Installed windows 10 fresh because of everything I read about 7 not being able to run on an ssd. È8i%^+awww 7 ess 6 0îűInstallation of the ssd was very easy. I didn't want to switch to windows 10 but I did. And HATED it!!!! And you can't turn off windows update, which killed me lol so I did more research and found out that you actually can run win 7 on an ssd as long as said ssd supports TRIM. Still, an insane improvement. Almost instant navigation. Programs open in 2 Seconds. And my gaming experience is significantly higher, I can max out my graphics settings while gaming and it looks awesome.

I opted to convert my 500gb 7200 rpm hard drive in my 5 year old Dell 3647 computer to a SSD drive. The computer was slowing down quite a bit, and I thought I'd take a chance on the drive upgrade first to see if that helped. The install was not that hard. I have a micro case, so only room for 1 hard drive. Thus I had to purchase a SATA to USB cable compatible with 2.5 inch drives. Hooked that up to my USB 3 port. Used Windows Computer Management to initialize the drive. Downloaded the free home version of Macrium Reflect to create a clone of my existing hard drive, which took a couple of hours. Since my computer had a 3.5 hard drive, I did have to buy a tray to put the SSD in. Then swapped out the old hard drive in my case for the new SSD drive, and everything booted as expected. I did combine this with a memory upgrade from 4gb to 8gb at the same time. I have to say, these two upgrades have made my computer feel and act like a new, fast computer. Amazing results. I did some benchmark tests before and after. Bottom line, for about $100, I upgraded my computer's memory and drive to SSD, and now it's amazingly fast. Boots in about 10 seconds, versus 60 seconds before. Programs launch almost instantly. Highly recommended!

Excelente produto, marca reconhecida no mercado.

De Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND SSD (500 GB) is een uitstekende keuze voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een betrouwbare en snelle interne schijf. Sinds ik deze SSD heb geïnstalleerd, is mijn computer aanzienlijk sneller geworden en werkt alles een stuk soepeler. Wat direct opvalt, zijn de snelle lees- en schrijfsnelheden. Dankzij de SATA III-interface en 3D NAND-technologie laadt mijn besturingssysteem in een fractie van de tijd op, en grote applicaties, zoals videobewerkingssoftware en games, starten bliksemsnel op. Voor mensen die werken met grote bestanden of gewoon een snellere dagelijkse computerervaring willen, biedt deze schijf indrukwekkende prestaties. De betrouwbaarheid van de WD Blue SSD is een ander groot pluspunt. Western Digital staat bekend om zijn duurzaamheid en kwaliteitsproducten, en deze SSD is geen uitzondering. Hij is ontworpen met lagere stroomverbruik, wat zorgt voor efficiëntere werking en minder hitteontwikkeling. Dit betekent niet alleen dat mijn laptop of desktop koeler blijft, maar ook dat de batterijduur van mijn laptop wordt verlengd, wat een groot voordeel is als je veel onderweg werkt. De installatie van de SSD was heel eenvoudig. De 2,5 inch vormfactor past perfect in de meeste laptops en desktops, en met een snelle installatiegids was het klonen van mijn oude schijf en het overzetten van bestanden een fluitje van een cent. Deze schijf is ideaal voor zowel beginners als gevorderden die op zoek zijn naar een probleemloze installatie. Met 500 GB opslagruimte biedt de WD Blue SSD meer dan genoeg ruimte voor je besturingssysteem, apps en persoonlijke bestanden. Voor de meeste gebruikers is dit de perfecte balans tussen capaciteit en prijs, met meer dan genoeg ruimte voor belangrijke programma's, documenten, foto's en video's. Pluspunten: Razendsnelle prestaties dankzij SATA III en 3D NAND-technologie Betrouwbare kwaliteit en duurzaamheid van Western Digital Eenvoudige installatie met een 2,5 inch vormfactor Laag stroomverbruik voor efficiëntere werking en langere batterijduur Ideale opslagcapaciteit van 500 GB voor dagelijks gebruik Al met al biedt de Western Digital WD Blue 500 GB SSD een uitstekende combinatie van snelheid, betrouwbaarheid en prijs. Het is een geweldige upgrade voor zowel oudere systemen als nieuwe builds, en zorgt voor een aanzienlijke verbetering van de algehele prestaties. Ik kan deze SSD zonder twijfel aanbevelen aan iedereen die zijn computer een boost wil geven!

Disque Dur SSD parfaitement conforme à la description. Fonctionne superbement après un clonage avec le système d'exploitation du disque précédent. Je recommande sans réserve ce produit Western Digital.

Ottima SSD, veloce ed affidabile anche dopo parecchio tempo di utilizzo. Consigliatissima

It's true, what they say about this: if there's one upgrade your laptop needs, this is the one. My (8GB/ Core i3 7th gen/ Win 10) laptop was hardly a year old when it started having issues because of the hard disk, the disk usage was always at 99% no matter what i did. And this was affecting just about anything that i did on the laptop. Turning windows update services off helped but they always found a way to magically turn themselves on again. Tried everything under the sun (including several clean formats) and it looked like i had no other option but to try a hard drive replacement. Was going to buy a HDD but then I read about SSDs and all the love they were getting and i decided to go for this one. True to the folklore this thing is magic. I always thought it's the RAM & processor that have the biggest say in performance and speed, but boy was i wrong. Here are some points based on my experience: 1) Everything is just fast. Never faced the 99% disk usage problem again. If you have been on a HDD you'll feel the difference instantly. 2) Booting up never takes more than 10 seconds, never. 3) One could buy a 2TB HDD at less price but am so used to this now that i am never going back to those spinning discs even if they're sold free. 4) If you can, then go for this the blue one and not the green one as that is just bare bones and pretty basic. You can compare the specs and the differencences but for the extra money i think this is a better buy. Sure there are even higher variants but this one sits in the middle. 5) It is super light in weight and that makes sense if you think of what it really is: an SD card in a hard drive case! Installation is DIY if you know your way around opening the laptop. 6) 500 GB might seem less but don't consider this just as your primary storage. Instead think of this as the disc your apps and OS are going to be running on and can benefit from the speed. For your storage needs you could always buy an external hard disk of whatever capacity you need. Even better, you could go for a hybrid disc where the SSD is used by the OS and HDD for storage. My laptop is singing now and i would highly recommend this. I could do the benchmark tests and put the numbers here, but there's no point in reiterating a well established fact. SSDs are faster than HDDs. It is all about whether you need one and if you're ready to pay the price.