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Samsung 850 PRO - 512GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-7KE512BW)

Capacity:512 GB  |  Style:SSD Only Product Description The Samsung 850 PRO SSD redefines storage with the world’s first drive based on 3D VNAND...

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Expect

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Work

(31 reviews)
Install

(48 reviews)
Upgrade

(46 reviews)
Price

(66 reviews)
Computer

(43 reviews)
Performance

(98 reviews)
State

(41 reviews)
Speed

(72 reviews)
Boot

(38 reviews)
Thing

(42 reviews)
Software

(48 reviews)
Drive

(521 reviews)
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(29 reviews)
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Reviews around expect (5.00 of 5)

  • Great SSD, works as expected on the mid 2010 Macbook Pro.
  • Worked as expected to replace my factory Dell installed drive in my Precision laptop after that SSD failed, which I was suprised failed after 6 years.
  • Works as expected, but we would prefer that it didn't use quite so much power.
  • Works as expected with no issues (used on an both Mac' and HP laptops) -- perfect.
  • When I looked at my "this PC" window, there was the new drive C, with a huge cornfield's worth of space waiting for me
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Reviews around work (4.80 of 5)

  • This has been working great for a long while and I'm glad I got the pro version
  • Then the SSD was easily installed in my computer, and has been working great since
  • Installed on my macbook pro (Late 2011 ) , Its working fine !
  • This was a great fix for my Mac--the hard drive is working great and my computer is faster than ever!
  • I then used Samsung Magician to optimize the drive and its been working fine ever since.
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Reviews around install (4.75 of 5)

  • I was able to enable by Googling around for the correct machine code (don’t need extra software), and Office took a few calls and online chat sessions to figure out, but that’s not Samsung’s fault.
  • Just plugged the SATA cable in and did a clean install of Windows 7 from a USB
  • Just make sure you have a windows or other OS key as its a clean install.
  • I installed this SSD and did a clean install of OS X El Capitan with no problems
  • The performance is just incredible after a clean install of the OS in this drive
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Reviews around upgrade (4.73 of 5)

  • After being a fairly avid PC gamer for the better part of the past 10+ years, I decided it was time to give my system a long overdue performance upgrade
  • Nevertheless it is a good upgrade and no regrets what so ever
  • If you are upgrading a machine, the two best upgrades are to upgrade the boot drive to an SSD and to max out your RAM
  • and I guarantee it will be the best upgrade you ever did for your MacBook Pro!!!
  • Fast hard drive upgrade for my desktop PC.I had to add a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter.
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Reviews around price (4.38 of 5)

  • Great product, great quality, and a decent price for size ratio.
  • Very high performance, very high capacity for an SSD, and decent price.
  • Awesome performance at an unbelievably reasonable price.
  • Looking for a drive with speed with a great price pick this baby up
  • You have no choice but to pay Apple's outrageous prices up front, and be stuck forever with whatever you buy.
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Reviews around computer (4.34 of 5)

  • It's like getting a new computer for a fraction of the price.
  • After cloning my hard drive and installing in my already fast notebook computer, boot up time went from 3 minutes down to 45 seconds
  • Computer is now smoking fast again, partly due to a clean OS install, and partly due to the new hard drive.
  • A very fast hard drive, i'm impressed with the speed of this unit, in less than 4 seconds, the computer is booted up and ready to go
  • With the old drive, it would take a minute before my computer was ready for work
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Reviews around performance (4.34 of 5)

  • It installed easily and improved performance significantly
  • Super fast great performance never have a problem when using SamsungGreat for 6mb/s drive
  • I bought this since my os drive was pos and was tired of its poor performance
  • Excellent performance and no issues after all these years.
  • decent performance, tuning is a bit confusing since windows AND samsung both tell you different things about setting up Cache, page file etc.
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Reviews around state (4.28 of 5)

  • I was able to enable by Googling around for the correct machine code (don’t need extra software), and Office took a few calls and online chat sessions to figure out, but that’s not Samsung’s fault.
  • I'll never buy another computer without a solid state drive.
  • At 2017-01-11 09:18:43 the Windows Event Log - HD Bad Block (7) service transitioned from a Normal state to a Failed state
  • Third, I waited to write this review primarily because it's been in my experience when reading reviews that drives especially - be it hard disk or solid state, that are going to fail, tend to have a tendency to fail within a month or two after purchase
  • Very good solid state hard drive, I do have it for for a couple years now, very fast, efficient and make big difference on PC boot up
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Reviews around speed (4.27 of 5)

  • Gone are the heat issues, throttling back to painfully slow speeds, thermal shutdowns, cheapo plastic cases that fall apart, broken hinges, broken keys, failing drives, and other problems
  • Amazing speed and with a Manufacturer 10 year warranty, you cannot lose
  • The read and write speeds are horrible when compared to the speeds of my OLDER and NON-PRO Samsung drives
  • Love the speed in opening Windows 10 and all my applications
  • Working great for over a year and has greatly improved my computers speed
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Reviews around boot (4.10 of 5)

  • A cold boot up has dropped form 5-7 minutes to 50 seconds with the 850 PRO
  • Windows boots from hibernation to usable in under 8 seconds and it destroys any game I put on it
  • After installing the 850 PRO 512GB SSD it now takes 90 seconds for a cold boot to complete
  • Performance with SSD is much faster, especially initial boot, than standard HDD
  • It's another thing entirely to see your system, which probably takes upwards of 30 seconds on a standard HDD to start up, boot up from a cold boot in less than 10
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Reviews around thing (4.00 of 5)

  • I use the external drive for iTunes music, books, installable software, and use the SSD for critical things that need speed
  • For SATA SSDs, the 850 PRO range is still the best thing going
  • I just hope this thing does not explode like some other Samsung devices
  • Easy Install instructions, Can't say enough good things about this drive
  • And if you do need to worry, just return the damn thing and get another one.
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Reviews around software (3.95 of 5)

  • Unfortunately, Samsung won't just send you a new drive, even if you can demonstrate the problem using their software
  • the CD has outdated software and doesn't work with Windows 10
  • Been almost six weeks and not only is it still running as fast as at the beginning, this upgrade as solved some errors with buggy software issues I used to have.
  • The cloning software that comes with it gave me trouble because it would not clone SATA to SATA and it didn't like my PCI-E USB 3.0 ports either.
  • After 10 minutes of waiting, windows 7 popped up and warned me that the software had become unresponsive.
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Reviews around drive (2.40 of 5)

  • I had a real pro try to clone my 'old' hard drive to this
  • Great drive, works best with Samsung magician software (included)
  • So, I cloned my hard drive to this new solid-state drive
  • Great drive, works best with Samsung magician software (included)
  • Great hard drive for the price and couldn't be easier to install!
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Reviews around disk (1.88 of 5)

  • And I tried to connect the cable to the SSD to my other hard disk, and its showing in hardware status
  • I tried to use the cable to my other hard disk (which is showing in the hardware status) to connect it, not good
  • I tried to use the cable to my other hard disk (which is showing in the hardware status) to connect it, not good
  • The desktop is running perfectly with an incredible fast disk read/write cycle
  • The included disk was not working, but I easily ddownloaded it from Samsung web site
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Reviews around block (1.54 of 5)

  • At 2017-01-11 09:18:43 the Windows Event Log - HD Bad Block (7) service transitioned from a Normal state to a Failed state
  • Windows showed many bad block errors and I couldn't create a new system image backup since reads kept failing
  • Here are the details of the Windows Event Log - HD Bad Block (7) service
  • When I looked at my "this PC" window, there was the new drive C, with a huge cornfield's worth of space waiting for me

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More about Samsung 850 PRO - 512GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-7KE512BW)

  • Capacity:512 GB  |  Style:SSD Only Product Description The Samsung 850 PRO SSD redefines storage with the world’s first drive based on 3D VNAND flash, offering exceptional read/write performance, reliability and power management efficiency
  • The 850 Pro delivers up to 2x the speed, density and endurance of conventional flash
  • The next leading SSD for performance, endurance and energy efficiency. Seller Warranty Description 10 Years/300TBW