Solid reliable SSD drive. I use it to replace an older and smaller, 500GB, Crucial M500 SSD drive. This 850 Pro drive is much faster to boot and run programs.

So far so good with my scheme for updating a very indifferent and slow laptop. 2 mins to install, just goes exactly where your HD went, in my case attaches to small caddy using same screws that HD used.

I've had this SSD for 3 days now, I put it in with a new z97 motherboard and i7 4790k. The performance boost I had from switching from my old hard drive to this was honestly insane, would recommend this drive to anyone.

Degrading performance had me take the step to upgrade the hard drive. Glad I did, faster loading, quicker responses have enabled me to do more work in less time.

Makes any PC come to life and boot up 'instantly'. This is very suitable for top range i7 Laptops (or PCs) and works well with fast Vengeange DDR ram. Like turning your PC into a top end Mac Book Pro. Result is top score on Windows performance ranking.

Time will tell, however from past purchases the Samsung's have proven very reliable. This drive comes with system copy software as well as health analysis software.

Installed it in a mid-2012 MBP unibody A1278 with macOS sierra update, 16GB RAM, after the factory HDD crashed. Reinstalled Yosemite on the SSD. EtreCheck went from "very poor" to "excellent". MBP boots up very fast.

Make sure all your drivers & your BIOS are up to date. Make sure you know your passwords & pin numbers, and attempt to delete using them to access the computer in the boot up sequence.

10 year warranty; Magician software; Fast as greased lightning on a wet lawn; Computer boots from a cold start to ready in 14 seconds; Rugged, and less likely to fail due to mechanical problems, as these don't have any moving parts

Maybe the price, but you only cry once with buying the high quality items; If the drive goes bad, you will lose your data, IT'S GONE! There is no putting the disc into another working drive and recovering the data.

The 850 Pro is Samsung's new flagship consumer SSD, and the follow-up to the wildly popular 840 Pro, which was one of the best performing SSDs money could buy when it launched in September 2012. We're reviewing the 512GB model here which is priced at ￡232 (US$399, around AUD$420).

Easy to install, and the results are immediate. My laptop is lightning fast now, and the only downside is that I can't go to the restroom on loading times anymore. Definitely a must-buy!