Question 1

Does this product come with a mounting bracket for desktop PC drive bay?

Accepted Answer

Yes! The box comes with a mounting bracket and screws so that the drive can fit in a full 3.5" bay.

Question 2

Is this backward compatible with a SATA II interface?

Accepted Answer

I believe it is, but it won't run at it's full potential. It will only run at 3 Gbs/s instead of 6 Gbs/s.

Question 3

I have Toshiba Satellite P775-S7100 . Can I replace my primary 500GB HDD with this, also does it come with software & transfer instructions for the Non-nerd ?

Accepted Answer

The short answer is no, unless you reinstall windows. 
It comes with no transferring software. In fact downsizing from 500 to 240 even if you have used less than 240 is very hard because all your information isn't in the first 240. 
I tried to do this on my PC and wasn't able to get it to work. 
If you find a downsizing transfer program please post back!
I really don't want to have to reinstall windows and am yet to install this drive.

Question 4

I need to return and replace the hard drive I bought last Dec. 10 2013 due to overheating.  I would like to buy a faster replacement.  What do you suggest?

Accepted Answer

I just benchmarked my drives the other night. This is faster than my OCZ and my Samsung EVO. Significantly faster than the OCZ. I kept hearing good things about Intel SSDs on some of the podcasts I follow but they were so much more $ than the Samsung. This one went on sale, $139 I think. I'll be buying Intel and Samsung SSD's in the future: reliability and speed.

I hope to never buy a non SSD drive. The performance is WAY beyond mechanical spindle drives.

Question 5

Can this SSD fit inside a Gateway laptop and work?

Accepted Answer

I put my ssd drive in my Asus laptop (g74sx) and it fit just fine in the 2.5" drive bay. I am guessing it is a standard sized notebook drive so if your laptop has a standard bay (and it should) you will be fine.

Good Luck!

Question 6

Does it work well with amd fx cpu's?

Accepted Answer

Sorry I was answering for the wrong product above. Yes it will work with FX CPU's or any motherboard that has a SATA port. To get the most speed you should use it on a board that has SATA 6G if possible.

Question 7

Will this drive work in a Mac Pro. OS 10.6.8?

Accepted Answer

Not sure. I am running it on a MacBookPro. OS 10.9.2 and it works perfect.

Question 8

Will this drive serve/fit as a replacement for a 128Gb SSD now in a MacBook Pro, vintage circa 2011?

Accepted Answer

I'm not sure.  There are 2 thicknesses of SSD, a 9.5mm and a 7mm.  The 9.5mm works great for desktops.  I believe the 7mm is for laptops.  Check the thickness of your current SSD.  The Intel 335 is 9.5mm thick.

Question 9

I'm not that computer savvy so here's my question:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1764 laptop and would like to know if this SSD will work in it?

Accepted Answer

I believe your first  step would be to check Dell Web site for your particular laptop To handle Sata devices but more importantly will it accommodate A Sata 6gb transfer rate of this SSD and if you get the right answer go for it.  I hope this helps you.

Question 10

may laptop using Dell Inspiron 6400 running windows 7 ultimate , is this drive work?

Accepted Answer

Of course it will work :) Same 2.5 size as your current hard drive in the laptop. Make sure your bios HDD controller is set to AHCI (it already is probably) for best performance.

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