SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

Arguably the best SSD ever.

Its an affordable, high capacity SSD that just works. Great product. I dropped it accidentally, and it still worked without so much as a hitch.

I installed this into my Alienware M11x R2. There is definitely a huge speed upgrade and my laptop feels like brand new. Works perfectly.

makes my old computer 10 times faster

Worked well with my laptop. I had a lenovo thinkpad with a slow hard drive that for some reason had a boot time of an hour and a half. So i started to look into SSD and found this one. I bought a caddy for this to go in my optical drive so that I can easily transfer my data. Also, no need to look on the internet how to transfer data because this comes with its own software to migrate all the data. Now my pc is lightning fast, boot times are seconds and loading program are instantaneous.

My review will be split up into two portions: The SSD hardware and the Samsung software. SSD Hardware Pros -Easy to mount into my case. Connections were firm and the product itself is built well. -Recognized by Windows without a hitch -Boosted my Windows Index from 5.9 (Seagate Barracuda 7.2k) to 7.7 -Boot up times are seconds instead of the usual minute -Games are running smoother (need to do more testing on this end) Cons -The instructions - All pictures, no text. Shows a SATA-USB cable as the only way to transfer files, which is incorrect for desktop. Made me think I forgot to buy something. -Misc other papers (warranty explanation) didnt seem to be in English. Found that odd. Theres a link to the English webpage at least. Samsung Software Pros -Easy to install with the CD provided -Samsung Magician does have nice but not essential benchmarks and optimization features. It does take up system resources, so I wouldnt keep it on all the time. Cons -Samsung Migration tool! The reason I docked a star on my review. What a mess. I attempted to migrate 3 times - all failed. First time, it got to 91%, program stopped responding, and eventually gave me Failed to retrieve source disk Error 205500 [0322bc]. Not to mention, it didnt error out until an hour or two after it stopped responding. Before my second attempt, I made sure my original HDD was defragged (which it was, didnt take long) and ran a full chkdsk. No errors detected. Started up the second attempt before I went to sleep. Woke up 4 hours in, checked the migration, and another error! I decided to give the tool one more chance, and I ran it for the third time. Again, same result, another error. Last two attempts did get to 99%, which made it all the more worse to see it error out. I decided to go for a free trial of another HD migration program. Got it right the first time. My SSD has only been up and running for 2 days since I got it recently. Im still testing it out and will update my review if anything happens. Some tips: -Avoid the Samsung Migration Tool - If you really want to give it a shot, just give it one go. It may be better with other Samsung products or SSDs. -When migrating your old HD, backup all of your data. I had a trusty external HD around just in-case. -Make sure you have your Windows recovery CD handy just in-case the SSD didnt have a successful transfer of the booting requirements. -I chose to clone my original HDD since I worked on getting it below 250 GBs. The program I used copied all partitions, including the System partition that you usually dont see but it is essential for getting Windows to boot up and work. I then fed back my backed up data into my old HDD after I reformatted it. The Samsung Migration Tool didnt notice the System partition from what I could tell (of course, I never got it to work with my main partition) -Only reformat your old HD after you are certain you are booting from your new SSD (assuming that is your goal). -Finally, check your motherboards SATA connections and also the specs online. I knew beforehand that my older motherboard would only support SATA II, so I would not be taking advantage of SATA III capabilities. You will still see a noticeable difference than a regular HDD.

A year in and still going strong. Really great upgrade if youre still using an old spinning hard drive. NO ONE should put up with long boot times. This one solved it so well.

Easy to install and arrived quickly

Good Product

This little thing is the best upgrade you can make for a struggling laptop. If I had 10 computers I would have one in each of them.