- 2.5"
- 120GB
- SATA III
Nice laptop upgrade
09/21/2013
This review is from: SAMSUNG 840 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW
Pros:
This drive is relatively cheap as SSDs go, but is big enough for a primary OS drive with all your applications. I trust Samsung parts, and they make all the main components of these drives themselves.
I haven't done any real benchmarks, but I will say the overall performance of my Dell Vostro 3350 is noticeably better. The Windows performance rating on the disk speed is 7.9 (max score).
Newegg was awesome, as usual. Order shipped next day, and free shipping arrived 2 days early.
Cons:
none
Overall Review:
I cloned my existing Win7 hard drive to the new disk using WinPE. The Intel RST software caused me some initial problems - after booting to the Win7 desktop the system would freeze. I assumed it was a driver issue because when I booted in safe mode everything worked fine.
I didn't want to re-install Windows from scratch, so to fix the problem I had to use the device manager from safe mode to remove all the Intel related chipset and storage devices. Then I rebooted and uninstalled the corresponding Intel software from the control panel. Instead of re-installing all the Intel software, I downloaded and extracted the latest Intel drivers, then installed just device drivers by using the device manager with "Update Driver Software" for each unknown component. After all this, my laptop is stable and fast.
I also replaced my wife's laptop drive with one of these. There were no issues with that replacement - just cloned the drive and all was well. The performance difference on her laptop was also significant. Windows is just much more responsive for all tasks.
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- Chris S.
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Verified Owner
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Owned For:
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