Pros: Good price
Faster than my Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
Cons: SSDs are becoming more and more commonplace. Prices really need to come down (though this one was half of what I paid for the 850 when I got i awhile ago and is still about 120 less now.)
Overall Review: If I had to choose only a 2.5" 1TB SSD, this one would be it.
Somebody mentioned ugly sticker... I can't see the drive inside my case so maybe not good for people with clear plastic windows on their case.
Windows 10 saw it immediately, as did 7, 8, & 8.1 - next item will be my sound card.
Pros: May not be the fastest ssd on the market, but I truly don't notice any substantial difference. For the price, this drive can't be beat.
Cons: none
Overall Review: Copied my old C: drive using easeus tools. Stuck my windows 10 install disk in to "repair" the mbr on the WD Blue and it booted right up. Easier than easy.
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The IT guy6/11/2017 12:14:47 AM
Pros: This ssd works perfect. I had no problem using the WD migration software.
Cons: None do far. Glad WD is in the ssd game
Overall Review: I'm getting almost the same read and write speeds as my evo
Pros: - Drive is fast
- Free Acronis does good job migrating old to new drive
- I'm IT service provider and install a LOT of these drives for customers - they love them!
- Price is really good
- TBW is 400, yielding a 27 year life expectancy, meaning $3.33 cost per year. Not bad.
Cons: None comes to mind
Overall Review: Many people are complaining about the Acronis software. The free version is limited and suites most people's needs. Need more options, then pay for the real version. Also, as I said, I install a LOT of these as well as Samsung 850 Pros. I see Acronis fail about 20% of the time with either brand because of issues with the original hard drive. Then I use Drive Copy Pro from Paragon. It takes a lot longer to run because it's fixing problems, but does the job. So, don't be so fast to condemn Western Digital. Their drives are spot on!
It's a 1TB SSD. Blue or Green? Pick a color and go with it.2/16/2017 1:20:47 PM
Pros: - Didn't arrive DOA.
- Pretty good speeds.
- Recognized and formatted with no issues.
- SanDisk internals, WD warranty and support.
- Not S*msung.
Cons: - Speed performance isn't perfectly competitive with M*shkin. Not that I can notice a difference.
- The label is IBM blue.
Overall Review: - Loaded it up with a few hundred thousand tiny PCM files for realtime audio applications, no faults during operation (yet).
- It's fast enough to feed a few dozen Kontakt instances streaming Orchestal Tools stuff from disk, so it suits me just fine.
- I initially went with my usual M*shkin and would up getting 2 of their 1TB drives DOA. The stars must have aligned badly for that one, but their support was swamped so I had to dig elsewhere for replacements. WD has been fine so far.
Pros: Fast- My desktop with this instaled takes 15 sec to boot and my laptop takes less than 2 seconds.
Good price
Durable- I have owned one for a year now and I have noticed no drop in performance
Cons: No problems as of this current moment
Overall Review: I definitely recommend this product.
I will continue to purchase ssds produced by WD as long as they remain this reliable.
Pros: Ordered this in August of 2017 to replace my existing OS. Its great when it works.
Cons: It was exactly what I needed. I used macrium reflect to clone my hard drive.
I was cloning the drive again recently, the process took 3 days. Usually takes an hour max, and now the drive wont register whatsoever, tried everything. I went on the WD website for support and they provided a diagnostic tool, it could not find the drive. So I can only guess its dead, It seems to register for a couple min then disappears. I don't know what is wrong with it.
I am hoping western digital can provide some help regarding this issue. I unfortunately do not have the money to buy a replacement.
Manufacturer Response:
Hi there Luis M,
We are sorry to hear about your experience while connecting the WD Blue SSD and thank you for reviewing our product.Please let us confirm that there can be multiple factors that may work with or against the drive and we would like to have the opportunity to address your concerns directly as we think there were greater underlying causes that needed to be investigated with care resulting to a positive outcome.
In the meantime, we placed some useful links regarding the specific device.
''General Information and features for WD Blue Solid State Drives (SSD)'':
https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=17071
"Downloading WD SSD Dashboard": https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=15240&s=
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Pros: Good price Faster than my Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
Cons: SSDs are becoming more and more commonplace. Prices really need to come down (though this one was half of what I paid for the 850 when I got i awhile ago and is still about 120 less now.)
Overall Review: If I had to choose only a 2.5" 1TB SSD, this one would be it. Somebody mentioned ugly sticker... I can't see the drive inside my case so maybe not good for people with clear plastic windows on their case. Windows 10 saw it immediately, as did 7, 8, & 8.1 - next item will be my sound card.