• Reviews around install (4.71 of 5)

    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)

    • Clean-installed windows 10 home on the SSD
    • Install was easy, it fit, and I got my pressure pad back from the dead caused by the original, swollen battery
    • Easy install too (just follow YouTube videos).
    • My PC is so much faster after having installed this, and if you are someone who has a lot of audio files and is interested in graphic design I would definitely spring for the larger SSD
    • I recommend a clean install.
    • Install is easy, just follow the instructions.
    • Easy to install and all you have to do is install Windows and you are off at blazing fast speeds.
    • Purchased July 2016- easy install and copy OS, now my Mac boots super fast, is more responsive/switches seamlessly between heavy apps, and has plenty of storage capacity.
    • Use disk utliity built in to Mac OS to erase new SSD and reformat in journaled Mac/GUID partition Using Internet OS recovery (Command-Option-R) was a snap for a clean OS install and the data migration tool on Mac worked flawlessly.
    • Great drive easy install on MacBook Pro 2012
    • Very fast and easy install
    • Easy install works great.
    • It was an easy install and my computer now boots and shuts down much more quickly than it used to.
    • Easy install in Macbook Pro 13" (mid-2012 model).HUGE improvement in boot speed and general performance over that of the stock 5400rpm 500GB drive.
    • clean install fixed the issues.
    • Just for a little background - I'm in the process of building a "budget" gaming system (So far: i5-2500K [email protected], P8P67 PRO MB, 650W PU) and decided to start fresh with a new boot/storage drive and a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate
    • Arrives as promised, in good quality, and is easily installed in any PC or laptop.
    • I was worried about migrating things that may have been causing issues and all my friends say "Do a clean install of Windows".
    • I cannot even perform a clean install on Windows on this drive.
    • Easy Install!
    • It didn't come with a sata cable but works wonderfully and easy install.
    • Extremely easy install for my Thinkpad T470 running Windows 10
    • Bout this in combination with 16Gb of RAM from OWC and did a fresh install of OS X.
    • clean install fixed the issues.
    • Make sure that if you're doing a clean install of Windows 10 and upgrading to this SSD that you choose AHCI in your BIOS in safe mode after you install Windows.
    • Did a fresh install of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
    • I highly recommend the Samsung SSD drives, having installed several
    • After purchasing this SDD (the 500 GB version), I did one last clean install on my old HDD and then used Samsung's cloning software (included in the package) to copy the HDD data over to the SDD
    • Easy install
    • Easy install process with no issues encountered
    • I also did a clean install of OS X using a USB stick with El Capitan to boot up into disk utility
    • Its amazing the speed increase after install this piece of gear
    • Upgraded to an SSD finally, should have done it sooner, paired with a fresh install of windows 10 on a flash drive, it was crazy fast.
    • Super easy install too.
    • Easy install for a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro 13".
    • )I got this 850 EVO and did a clean install of everything.
    • I have Win 10 and various programs/games installed on it and everything is lightning quick
    • I found the install a little tricky, but that was because I had some weird partitions on my original laptop
    • Easy install and huge improvement
    • These mid-2012 macbook pro's are built like tanks and now it runs better than it did brand new.....should get 5 more years out of it!Easy Install, but make sure you buy a USB to SATA cable to make data migration easier from your old drive once you have the new SSD installed
    • After the upgrade (I copied my current image to this and did not do a fresh install,) I scored about 5,200
    • Very easy simple install, the most time is eaten up cloning the old hard drive to the SSD.
    • this device has been a great performer, no problems.replaced the slow 5400RPM drive in a dell i7720SE laptop with this SSD.the difference in overall system performance is VERY impressive, better than anticipated.with the fast SSD installed, the laptop's 8GB RAM limitation of no longer seems to an issue since paging from the SSD is so much faster
    • Easy install
    • Install was easy
    • Easy install into
    • Installation was frustrating, had to work with the HP bios some and just do a fresh install of Windows
    • This is the EASIEST device I've ever installed--on a laptop
    • Very easy and automatic cloning and easy install inside the tower.
    • Increased the storage in my Lenovo Laptop, did a fresh install of Windows 10 to get a start fresh.
    • great drive 1 day shipping installed with migration softeware
    • After the fresh install, the Samsung cloning tool was successful in cloning the 2 TB harddrive.
    • Also did a clean install of Windows 10 Pro Creator version
    • Install was a breeze
    • The stability and I/O ratings are what led me to the
    • excellent i like it
    • Love getting that 500mb/s.
    • Purchased a new laptop that came with a 1T hard drive but a bit slow for my taste
    • Boot and application load time are at least twice as fast as before the swap
    • 3 years later still working just as it did brand new.
    • Boot time is now less than 15 secs, thrice as fast as before!
    • Item as described, smooth transaction, highly recommend A+
    • After installation computer works as before only much faster.