My SSD Western Digital Blue Purchase
Testy Testman, 12 Oct 2020
So. Normally I don't write too many reviews but felt this one is worthy. First I am a IT tech with 20 years of corporate experience. All you really know is it's crazy fast. Is the Samsung 850 faster? Yes, however, you will never notice the difference unless you have two identical computers running next to one another and running benchmarks.
My computer i7 3rd generation with 16GB RAM 2TB barracuda hard drive. 4 years ago it was fast. However, even after fresh installs still takes too long too boot and just do anything. Popped in the WD drive SSD and I basically have enough time to turn my head for a split second before it boots. Less than 3 seconds.
Works like a charm
Peter Frampton, 12 Oct 2020
Putting this WD SSD in my wife's 1 year old i7 laptop finally woke that thing right up. Before that, she pretty much refused to even use it, much preferring my 6 yr old i5 laptop, with it's retro-fitted Samsung SSD, since that old thing was vastly outperforming her new one! Now I finally have my old laptop back!
The cloning software, from WD's websight worked perfectly to copy her original HD & OS over to the new SSD, along with the use of a portable SATA HD enclosure that I already had on hand. Those inexpensive enclosures are really worth buying, anytime you upgrade to an SSD, since you can then use your original drive as a removable drive or for an OS & file back up.
