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Pioneer 3d Nand Internal Ssd 240 Gb Review

Terminal Updated: May 27, 2020 (Refresh Now)

Pioneer 3D NAND Internal SSD 512GB 2 5 SATA three 6 GB southward Solid State Drive APS SL3N 512

Last Updated: May 27, 2020 (Refresh At present)

Review Analysis - 620 recent, verified reviews

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" ... exceeded manufacturer's advertised read/write speeds.  ...  "

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" ... Performance is a tier below those more expensive SSDs that incorporated a DRAM cache (such every bit Samsung EVO series), but these Pioneer SSD functioning rates equally among the all-time of the low cost SSDs.  ...  "

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" ... Good writing speed ... Good reading speed  ...  "

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" ... Great SSD and easy to install and very fast  ...  "

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" ... fast drive still. ... Bought this SSD as an upgrade from my HDD on my old alienware laptop.  ...  "

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" ... This drive runs very fast.  ...  "

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" ... I hot SSD calendar week ago.  ...  "

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" ... Otherwise, your performance will suffer greatly.  ...  "

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" ... I tried copying 35gb size file from my laptop to Pioneer SSD. ... Then I try and copy the aforementioned file with a ii year sometime HDD (320 GB 5400 RPM) that thing was showing same speed and sometimes even hitting threescore~65mb/south.  ...  "

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" ... Easy to swap out with normal difficult drive.  ...  "

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" ... but 1st I put the drive in an external Hd case to test the drive.  ...  "

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" ... SSD'due south have gotten super cheap and this was a great price for turning it into a portable storage device.  ...  "

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" ... and has enough of storage space. ... Love my new drive!  ...  "

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" ... Bought this drive to add it to my home figurer for extra storage.  ...  "

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" ... Alternating storage in Linux Mint.  ...  "

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" ... An affordable half-terabyte SSD drive.  ...  "

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" ... went from windows 7 to windows ten at the aforementioned time.  ...  "

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" ... one in a Dell laptop, and one in an HP tower.  ...  "

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" ... Put it in an older Dell i3 work PC, & information technology works as expected.  ...  "

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" ... 3) May-2019 a 256GB for a Lenovo T510 Laptop ... 4) Aug-2019 a 240GB for a Dell Studio 1737 Laptop ... five) Jan-2020 a 256GB for a Acer C710 Laptop  ...  "

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" ... I have upgraded my laptop with this SSD and it faster in every way.  ...  "

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" ... Bought this SSD as an upgrade from my HDD on my old alienware laptop.  ...  "

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" ... This is my third 512GB SSD from Pioneer, replacing sometime difficult drives in older MacBook Pros. ... I highly recommend this drive for anyone wishing to update their MBP.  ...  "

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" ... Great niggling pick me up for my crumbling laptop.  ...  "

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" ... I deceit find anything amend for the price. ... This is a premium production for a bargain cost.  ...  "

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" ... Finally something of a good value for the price.  ...  "

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" ... A great value for the money.  ...  "

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" ... Proficient drive for the toll.  ...  "

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" ... Got information technology for a dandy cost.  ...  "

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" ... Its exactly what I needed and price was perfect.  ...  "

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" ... Totally worth the xxx dollars.  ...  "

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" ... I will requite you some good reasons why you should spend your coin on this i, for all the all-time bang for your bucks. ... 3.Delight retrieve that the price doesn't reflect the quality.  ...  "

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" ... Installed easy, worked with Acronis to copy the active partitioning from the existing rotational media -- did have to get online to figure out how to wiggle around and resize the partitions, but information technology was all handled with Windows system software.  ...  "

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" ... I used the free version of EaseUs software to Clone Disk, it's easy and fast.  ...  "

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" ... Piece of cake to install, product does what it is intended  ...  "

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" ... Easy to install and works very fast  ...  "

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" ... Installation, initialization and online service phases went smoothly and effortlessly.  ...  "

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" ... Like shooting fish in a barrel to install, runs 3x the speed of my spinning disks.  ...  "

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" ... Great SSD and easy to install and very fast  ...  "

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" ... Very easy to install and great toll for a 1T SSD.  ...  "

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" ... Loaded and installed easily, working neat so far.  ...  "

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" ... The pioneer is very good and reliable ! ... Not a very recognized brand for SSDs But ane of the best at a existent off-white price !  ...  "

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" ... Received the replacement exactly 1 week from 1st message which was pretty fast. ... Installed new replacement drive dorsum into laptop and everything is working nifty again. ... was working astonishing for the get-go iii weeks then i started getting crashes and eventually wasn't able to boot into windows anymore. ... threw old hdd dorsum into laptop and it started working again.  ...  "

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" ... We demand something more reliable!  ...  "

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" ... My unit was labeled correctly and didn't say "Febtember" on it, and has been reliable.  ...  "

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" ... hope it last long  ...  "

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" ... Now working fine after adjustment.  ...  "

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" ... Seems to be working well .  ...  "

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" ... Installed easily in an sometime Dell laptop and actually screams with Mint Linux 19.two!  ...  "

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" ... Homo it loads Windows 10 fast though.  ...  "

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" ... Prissy and fast, no issues installing Windows/Linux, handles encryption without an issue.  ...  "

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" ... Merely most everything (kick, programs, shutdown) is faster at present.  ...  "

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" ... Put information technology in, Quick Format, Fresh Windows x install.  ...  "

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" ... It turns out cloned disks are not automatically aligned unlike fresh and clean installs of OS on a blank disk.  ...  "

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" ... I would suggest Pioneer and SSD vendors include a blog on their web site on how to install a new SSD.  ...  "

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" ... I can nonetheless run everything I need to through Linux & spider web apps and MUCH faster than in native windows.  ...  "

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" ... Was easy to ready up .  ...  "

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" ... it was easy to install  ...  "

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" ... Easy to install, product does what information technology is intended  ...  "

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" ... clone was piece of cake.  ...  "

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" ... Information technology was easy to install and I put a fresh re-create of Windows on information technology. ... If you lot have never installed a hard drive in a laptop, information technology is not difficult.  ...  "

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" ... It is very very quick, easy to install, and seems to be well built.  ...  "

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" ... Very fast, easy to install, and plenty of chapters (512GB) for my needs.  ...  "

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" ... Very simple to install and a very fast  ...  "

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" ... Hooked upwards, cloned drive, everything went well and works.  ...  "

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" ... I have several those drives now, upgraded all PC's and laptops and equally external drive for XBOX.  ...  "

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" ... For comparing, I used a USB external SSD from Samsung.  ...  "

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" ... Bought this to replace my broken hdd, had heard about ssd SATA beingness faster.  ...  "

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" ... I installed Fedora Linux on it with ZERO surprises, it acts just similar a spindled hard drive only MUCH faster.  ...  "

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" ... I've purchased a couple of these to upgrade from standard SATA drives. ... All the same, I can tell you lot its a huge improvement over the SATA drives.  ...  "

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" ... Got this SSD for an older iMac, I installed OSX on the drive while it was in an external enclosure. ... I booted the drive from the enclosure, and even through USB two.0, This drive was still blazing fast.  ...  "

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" ... I decided to recycle an old iMac 2011 to exist my monitor and needed a hard bulldoze.  ...  "

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" ... Great Value, Great Cost, and Great Service, Thanks!  ...  "

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" ... The fact that the manufacturer (or at least seller) is Pioneer gave me the confidence to trust this purchase.  ...  "

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" ... (Take a await at my pic)!  ...  "

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" ... the seller awesome.  ...  "

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" ... Thank You So Much.  ...  "

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" ... Though, wait for it to keep sale.  ...  "

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" ... Amazon was contacted and a new unit was shipped without consequence.  ...  "

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" ... Got information technology and it was exactly as described.  ...  "

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" ... Currently haven't had whatever issues with it on my gaming PC. ... It just fits 2 games, COD MW and GTA V, but that's skilful enough for me, might buy another one, 480gb this fourth dimension, in the future.  ...  "

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" ... I bought this SSD for a gaming pc and it works great!  ...  "

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" ... my games load very rapidly and run very smoothly. ... I didn't run any tests to run into the Read and write speeds, but just from Visual comparisons of load times in my games on normal hard bulldoze and the SSD, there is a large difference.  ...  "

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" ... From GTA 5 to Curiosity'due south Spiderman all games loaded to title screen in about thirty seconds and then to my saved game in 5 seconds.  ...  "

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" ... I similar this drive, although I only use them for office computers, not gaming.  ...  "

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" ... Installed into a Helios 300 for storing games. ... Would recommend easily for game storage.  ...  "

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" ... Bought this for my Xbox one s in order to brand loaf times fast for games. ... I downloaded the games I use on this. ... My games load faster and it's much nicer  ...  "

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" ... If gaming, always install your games on a divide drive than Windows.  ...  "

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" ... Merely about everything (kicking, programs, shutdown) is faster now.  ...  "

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" ... I referred to the HowToGeek article on SSD migration using EaseUS ToDo Backup free tool.  ...  "

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" ... I installed it on my hp pavilion x360 xiii, now it boots really fast and manages my apps perfectly.  ...  "

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" ... Boot time is seriously under 10 2d now, and from boot to fully loaded startup apps at the desktop, hands nether a minute.  ...  "

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" ... I highly recommend this drive especially if yous're upgrading your OS.  ...  "

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" ... The Laptop is now much faster in selecting files and loading programs including boot up.  ...  "

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" ... AOMEI partition assistant, i don't know how trustworthy that program is with privacy or anything similar that, merely information technology worked groovy, i had to delete the empty infinite before it gave me the option to merge it, i downloaded the plan to a separate harddrive, i don't know if that was necessary, .  ...  "

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" ... Bone installed easily.  ...  "

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" ... the delivered was and then quick!  ...  "

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" ... Aircraft was fast!  ...  "

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" ... The unit arrived on time and was what I ordered.  ...  "

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" ... I liked that the packet arrived a twenty-four hour period early.  ...  "

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" ... Not only a corking deal, just very fast commitment also.  ...  "

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" ... Married woman's viii-yr old laptop needed more than space and life.  ...  "

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" ... Simply fourth dimension will tell if it holds up.  ...  "

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" ... and has plenty of storage infinite.  ...  "

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" ... Perfect, fast, slim, light, and large capacity.  ...  "

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" ... The capacity is higher and is much faster too.  ...  "

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" ... Even RMA information technology and notwithstanding same affair.  ...  "

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" ... In fact information technology failed on the last twenty-four hours I could return it. ... And then I returned information technology.  ...  "

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" ... Amazon refunded and returned it because it was defective.  ...  "

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" ... support and got nowhere so it was returned.  ...  "

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" ... I am returning information technology.  ...  "

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" ... Unfortunately to late to return Amazon.  ...  "

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" ... I returned it and ordered a replacement that had the same trouble. ... I will render this one and order a different make.  ...  "

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" ... I volition not return it but volition not buy it once again .  ...  "

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" ... good build quality .  ...  "

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" ... The merely 1 that does better is SK hynix Aureate S31, which is superior simply it besides costs yous more than money also.  ...  "

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" ... from the structure, it is very similar that way.  ...  "

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" ... Used it in my first build.  ...  "

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" ... This is very durable for most of people. ... Peculiarly finish buying those metallic-looking DRAM.  ...  "

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" ... I have problems with the material used to make most things now days, but it's doing its job, so I tin can't complain.  ...  "

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" ... For comparison, I used a USB external SSD from Samsung.  ...  "

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" ... Using it every bit an external drive.  ...  "

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" ... Nigh important of all, fill-in your data and apply Recovery Media Creator to create a recovery disk (preferred USB) or have a physical copy of Windows x.  ...  "

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" ... Even though I am certain I surrender some speed by using USB 3.0 instead of SATA, it still makes a earth of difference in some game load times, particularly ones with 4K assets (Sea of Thieves went from a 4.v minute startup fourth dimension from boot to playable to 2 minutes or less!).  ...  "

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" ... I put it in a USB 3 enclosure (past Sageant) and hooked it up to my MacBook Pro, and it's fast and has been working flawlessly.  ...  "

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" ... I hooked this to my Xbox 1 via a cheap USB 3.0 ii.5" hdd enclosure and now I can play my backwards comptible Xbox 360 games as well equally Morrowind and Sid Meier's Pirates!  ...  "

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" ... Proficient quality and expert size.  ...  "

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" ... nice and inexpensive with the perfect size!  ...  "

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" ... bought in a 10-pack bulk.  ...  "

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" ... Perfect, fast, slim, low-cal, and large chapters.  ...  "

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" ... Fit and works perfectly in my Dell Vostro 7548.  ...  "

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" ... Worked well for my PS4 arrangement, and fit perfectly.  ...  "

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" ... The bulldoze slid into the holder, I closed the shell back up and it booted correct abroad.  ...  "

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" ... Easy to connect and mount.  ...  "

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" ... I am using it externally and purchased the Amazon recommended case which information technology fit in perfectly.  ...  "

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" ... If information technology won't fall at the beginning yous'll accept wonderful SSD for very long fourth dimension :)  ...  "

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" ... It's been up and running for 6 months and everything is nifty.  ...  "

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" ... I oasis't run into whatever issues with them, and performance is great.  ...  "

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" ... So far 16 hours running, no problems … .  ...  "

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" ... Surprisingly, the fans didn't get crazy and run at 100%.  ...  "

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" ... I have several those drives now, upgraded all PC'due south and laptops and as external drive for XBOX.  ...  "

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" ... This bulldoze has been working very well.  ...  "

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" ... My old drive was 444gb.  ...  "

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" ... I merely replaced my WDC hd on my laptop with this SSD.  ...  "

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" ... Two nights agone my primary hard drive due to a failed cablevision suffered some concrete damage to its SATA port.  ...  "

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" ... (Take a look at my pic)!  ...  "

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" ... Got it and information technology was exactly equally described.  ...  "

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" ... Information technology does give you lot a take chances to exercise a complete cleaning on the inside of the laptop if you lot expect for a bright side.  ...  "

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" ... Those are snake oils.  ...  "

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" ... It turns out cloned disks are not automatically aligned different fresh and clean installs of OS on a bare disk.  ...  "

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" ... Look no farther.  ...  "

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" ... Withal, please remember that some visitor philosophies based on "products sexiness, blueprint-based". ... Especially finish buying those metal-looking DRAM.  ...  "

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" ... Looks good after several weeks .  ...  "

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" ... If yous are looking for robust then await elsewhere.  ...  "

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" ... I am currently typing this review up on a computer that is beingness held together past a cardboard shim and super glue.  ...  "

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" ... As with virtually SSD's, absolutely no audio, and generated no heat at all.  ...  "

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" ... And my laptop is now super-quiet.  ...  "

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" ... Removed old Hard disk.  ...  "

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" ... Piece of cake install, just swapped out the original laptop HD.  ...  "

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" ... I had a 3x HD access speed increase.  ...  "

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