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19.7.2020

I was on the market looking to replace my laptop's 5 years HDD to an SSD, I narrowed my options down to the WD Blue or the Samsung SSD EVO. In the end i went for this due to it being cheaper and reviews saying that this gives Samsung SSD a run for its money.Design and quality wise it was much smaller, lighter and plasticky than i expected. Guess I’m more used to having HDD, however this is completely worth the investment. It is easy to install and performance wise it's amazing. I feel like i can actually use my laptop now, previously with the HDD drive i needed to plug the power in to my laptop to actually use it with the SSD i don't need to plug it in to the power source and it works like a dream.I've been using this for 2 weeks now and have not faced any issues yet.I carried out for some basic tests to see the changes in performance. All the "Previous test" were with the HDD and power plugged in and all the "current test" were done with the SSD without the power plugged in. Please bare in mind the performance you'll get will depend on your own laptop/pc specs.Performance test- Previous boot time - around 21 seconds- Current boot time around 8-10 seconds- Previous opening Microsoft word - around 10 seconds- Current opening Microsoft word - around 1-3 seconds- Previous loading Valorant to home screen - around 1 min 30 seconds +- Current loading Valorant to home screen - around 42 secondsSSD's will give you much better performance than a HDD. It's a perfect minor upgrade to your laptop or pc to add extra life to your machine. I would 100% Recommend this product.One thing to keep in mind i use Macrium to clone my HDD to SSD. Initially i did come across some errors on the first couple of runs. You just got to ensure that there's no dust and is plugged in correctly and it should work fine.
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30.3.2019

HiSo I ordered this SSD as my mechanical HDD was getting on for 5 years old and had done quite a bit of work, so thought before it crashes I will upgrade. The idea being to clone my existing C: drive and at the same time speed the PC up.My mother board is a Z97 from ASUS and has four 6G/s SATA 3 ports. so can handle SSD drives. So before you start this process here is what I recommend.1. Do a 'checkdisk' on your old main drive because if there are any errors it (old C: drive), the drive won't clone.2. If you are using the 'Acronis true image' program that is available free from WD then you need to buy an SSD disk that is the same capacity as your old disk or the clone wont work as it seemed to want to clone the empty bit of the old drive.3.If you don't want to spend the extra £160 odd on an extra TB like me (My old disk was 2TB and the SSD is 1TB) then be prepared to pay for another program that can clone bigger drives to smaller drives like EaseUS Partition Master. (£20 odd ish)4. You don't need to buy an external USB connector to clone the drive just disconnect your other drives inside your PC and use those SATA ports.5. Don't expect the drive to perform as per the MNF claims. WD reckon the is drive reads at 560MB/s and Writes at 530B/s as you can see from the attached picture my read speed wasn't far off but the write speed is way off their claimed speed. (writing may be a more complex process, who knows..)6. This drive is slimmer it seems than the slots in my PC so you might need an adapter sled.Overall I am not disappointed but it was a lot faffier than I expected it to be and it does perform faster than my mechanical drive which is now drive 3 in the picture running at 120MB/s write speed. The product is a a 5 start product, but it got 4 because of the install complexities.T
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19.4.2019

Bought this SSD (500Gb M.2 Blue) to upgrade a new laptop I had bought, a HP Gaming 15 which only came with a 1tb mechanical drive and was sluggish in Windows, but otherwise the specs were great for a low end gaming laptop. (I5 8300h, 16gb Ram, GTX1050Ti £600 US to UK import).Installation was a breeze, and after booting to the drive and installing the OS the machines responsiveness has increased exponentially.The machine went from 1m15s boot time to around 8s.Windows and apps now open instantly where as from the 1tb mechanical drive it could sometimes take 3-5 seconds to open certain windows or apps.This drive series (Blue) is a great mid range,mid price product designed more towards faster random read/write performance than the WD Green series which is more designed towards power saving and efficiency.Both have similar large file transfer speeds but the Blue edition have much quicker random read/write speeds which is more beneficial in an OS environment.If you need balls to the wall performance then the Black series is the one to go for, albeit with an increased price tag.These current series of blue M.2 drives have also just been replaced with newer quicker line of products carrying the same product names, but again at an increased cost.For price / performance these Blue series drives hit the sweet spot especially for boot drives where you'll be storing your operating system.
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30.3.2020

This model has a very good price per GB. Usage examples below are true for any SSD, it's just that this model in particular make it easier to buy higher storage capacity.- 250GB/500GB is enough to put your system/standard apps on it, you just need good partitioning and data management.- 1TB allows you to go full SSD, literally replacing your HDD and sometimes external SSD (useful when you have many AAA games or raw movie files)- 2TB is quite extreme, in general you'd buy a 1TB first and then another one for your second M.2 slot if you need more e.g. a dual boot. In my case though, the 1st slot was already filled with a 250GB SSD,which was a bit small to contain a Windows system and multiple versions of various game engines (especially Unreal Engine).Performance is good overall, but I haven't tried different models of SSD with the same OS, so I'm not sure how it compares to others.As with other M.2 SSDs you'll find on the market, note that the M.2 screw is *not* included, and you may need to buy a pack from a specialist store. In my case, I could not find one though, so I recycled a screw I picked somewhere else in my computer, and that had a similar size to an M.2 (replacing that screw with a standard screw that happened to fit). Once you have the screw, you can install it with very little force.
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13.1.2018

This drive is a fantastic addition to my new build, having used mechanical drives for many years and the length of time it takes to set them up, this was a breeze. The drive is basically a small circuit board with a connection on one end you insert into the M2 socket and a semi circular cut out at the other that the screw goes through. Easy installation into MSI x370 Carbon motherboard (with Ryzen 1600X + 16gb DDR 4 ram). Installed windows 10 with usb 3 flash drive and was ready to go within 5 mins. Once fully set up, Windows now boots to login screen in less than 20 seconds. The drive is fast and responsive, however as this drive is 250gb (Windows 10 comes in at around 25gb),I have installed all my software on to this SSD and set up shortcuts to libraries for each user on to an internal SATA drive to save on space. A simple to navigate dashboard console can be downloaded from manufacturers site, this displays all the details about the drive & updates can be initiated through the software. My only regret is (on a very tight budget ) I couldn't afford a larger capacity, but would not hesitate to purchase one of these WD drives again.
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26.4.2020

At 1TB (effectively 931GB according to my computer) it makes a perfect C drive where regardless of the OS or other necessary software that insists it must be installed to the main drive it will likely not fill up as long as you have extra HDDs available to serve as slow bulk storage for less important data.The m.2 operates faster than a standard sata ssd on paper, but in practice and experience has the same load times for software or operating system. I suppose if you are transferring data to the m.2 such as bulk files being moved around from one drive to the other it would have an advantage there over the standard sata ssd,but this is the only specific case there it has a noticeable advantage.Installation was simple and debatable more or less complicated than installing via sata cable but in all honesty neither sata nor installing the m.2 are anything above a mundane procedure. You might require a small screwdriver or hexagonal tool to lock the drive in place but aside from that, there is nothing more to it.Really all this was to me, was a 900GB ssd.
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17.7.2019

I picked one of these up to use in a Mini ITX build that has limited space for 2.5" or 3.5" drives. I wanted something large capacity that I could use in the M.2 slot to take full advantage of it.SPEED / GENERALNothing too technical here as the super specific details don't matter that much to me generally - its very fast, just like any standard SSD. Not NVME speeds however at a certain point you get diminishing returns on speed (is 8 seconds to boot to Windows instead of 10 seconds really worth spending twice the cash?) and I'd much rather have a 1TB thats still pretty fast than a 500GB for the same price. Windows boots quickly, games load quickly, Adobe software loads quickly - nothing more I could want.I have a 2019 MacBook Pro that are well known for having super fast SSDs however in all honesty I've hardly noticed any difference when booting Adobe on both the machines.OVERALLFor the £115 this cost me it is an excellent drive and I'd buy one again any day of the week. 5/5.
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16.3.2020

My HP Pavilon laptop had a 128GB M2 drive, and it worked very well....but it's getting a little full up, so I decided to invest in a bigger one...say 500GB. I wanted to clone my existing drive to this new one, and to do that in one go I need to buy an M2 SSD enclosure, Amazon do a very decent one for about 12 quid...this one: ELUTENG M2 to USB Adapter M.2 SATA NGFF Enclosure Support All SATA B and B + M key SSD NGFFFirst step is to fit the new SSD drive into the enclosure, a pretty straightforward, connect it to a USB port and see if Windows recognises it. It didn't. So I downloaded a free app called Mini Tool Partition which activated and formatted the new drive, then used Macrium Reflect to clone the old to the new.Then open up the laptop, take out the old drive and stick in the new one, and that's it. It all worked first time, so I now have a 500GB boot drive.
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17.12.2019

I used this as an upgrade to my Macbook Air 2012 which only had 128GB, which was quite a big size SSD back then, but now as SSD prices get cheaper the WD 1TB Blue M.2 SATA SSD becomes a viable upgrade. Using a M.2 NGFF converter adaptor card and an expensive iFixit pentalobe P5 screwdriver I was able to open the Macbook air, and replace the SSD using a Torx 5 screwdriver as well. The WD Blue 1 TB SSD fits perfectly, note that the chips all lie on one side of the board, which means that the drive will fit inside the adaptor. Note that this is a M.2 SATA as opposed to a M.2 NVME SSD, the former being slower technology, but the only one that is compatible with the Macbook Air 2012 chipset.The process of installing Catalina and Windows 10 using partitions was straightforward. If you are looking to upgrade the Macbook Air 2012 then this SSD drive is perfect for you.
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28.3.2020

I changed my laptop a year ago because my old one was over 7 years old. I got a Dell Inspiron with what I thought was a healthy spec. To be honest I was disappointed due to the response and sluggish speed. I tried all sorts to improve and then decided to investigate upgrading the HDD to an SSD. I discovered an excellent tutorial video on Youtube featuring my laptop and upgrading by inserting an M2 SATA card. Until I watched the video I didn't know what this was but my laptop had a slot for it. Installing was relatively easy and after downloading suitable software I could clone my existing HDD and install onto the M2 card. There were a few hiccups but when completed the transformation is truly amazing.All processes are so much quicker it's hard to believe. I can fully recommend this card if you want an instant boost to your laptops performance.
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28.9.2018

Got this to compliment my new gaming PC as had 256gb WD green SSD and 1tb WD green HDD so new i would end up upgrading sooner rather than later, so got this m.2 for my ASUS H310M PLUS GAMING motherboard and was a breaze to pop in and secure with 1 screw (can see on youtube if unsure) also note that i had a spare screw to keep in place as dont get one in the pack, also had to format the drive before windows 10 picked it up and had to change sata port cable for my already installed hdd to another sata port as the HDD also disappears (something about sata 5 & 6 shares ports with the m.2 connection so cant have another drive using it) but once i googled it and changed the sata drive on my existing HDD it was all up and running,easy as that!Worth the 77 quid, as i said, may as well buy and make use now rather than a year down the road
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6.1.2018

I use this as a secondary drive in an alienware 17r3 laptop next to my pcie m2 ssd. Performance is as advertised, this is a fast sata ssd with excellent software bundled together. You can download the WD SSD Dashboard that has real time drive information/performance and temperatures. You also get a basic version of Acronis Trueimage that you can upgrade to the full 2018 version for £20 at the time of writing this review.My only issue with the drive is that it runs a bit hot when under heavy load which can throttle the speed over 74 degrees Celcius (Writing a drive image of 280GB). At idle this drive is sitting at 52 degrees which is fine and short bursts of read or write do not raise the tempsmore than 56 degrees.If you install this on a laptop as a backup drive you might need to use thermal pads.
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5.9.2018

I have installed this SSD in my HP ENVY 15" as the System drive, upgrading from the original 128GB facility. I did test a 1TB Crucial SSD before but it failed after about a month. I have been using a WD Blue SSD as a system drive in my desktop with no issues and decided to go WD for the laptop. What a good choice. Replicated the original with Acronis True Image and it was straight up and running in seconds. I now use the laptop more than the desk system as it is quicker and easier. It has been heavily used for 2 months and there have been no issues at all, which is what you should expect, but it is good to know. My laptop is now operating with 2TB SSD & 2TB hard drive using an Intel i7 processor and it is brilliant.Thanks Western Digital!
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12.1.2019

Didn't find much information about the exact speed difference between eMMC and SSD, so thought I'd include the benchmarks for all three types of storage I'm now using on an Acer Swift 1 SF113-31-P20U laptop. The tests were done after booting, without any other foreground software running.So, quite a profound difference in terms of raw numbers and the SSD benchmark is certainly very good for the money. As for real-world difference as an upgrade... not as much as I expected, probably because it's quite a low end laptop and the SSD is not necessarily the bottleneck. The computer feels smoother, rather than faster, and seems to make more of a difference in terms of loading large files for games,for instance, than snappy responsiveness.
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3.3.2020

Bit more difficult to install m.2 in acer a315 -21 than 2.5 inch (no easy acess panel to m.2 slot) ... had to take back off laptop ... but about 15 screws later ... and a bit of manipulation and persuasion ... i presented m.2 to the slot and screwed it down ... great ... now have massively faster boot time ... and opens programmes/apps in a flash ... also can use 1 tb hdd as "extra storage" whilst booting windows fast from ssd ... Obviously no where near as fast as NVMe ... but my laptop only supports sata bus .Results of crystaldiskmark bench not far off read/write speeds WD claims ... good value @ just over £50 for 500gb ... 3 years warranty once registered serial no. with WD ...A great upgrade for any hdd laptop (or desktop) ...
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