SAMSUNG870 QVO SATA III SSD 2TB 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive, Upgrade Desktop PC or Laptop Memory and Storage for IT Pros, Creators, Everyday Users, MZ-77Q2T0B

If you're looking for a fast, reliable, hogh-capcity 2.5" SSD, this is simply your best option. I own several that I use both internally and externally with my gaming PCs, as well as with my PS4 and PS5 consoles. Yes, they're comparatively more expensive than standard HDD options, but the speed, performance, and durability are unrivaled. Samsung SSDs are simple to install, easy to use, and require absolutely zero maintenance. If your data is important to you and you're in the market for the best solution available, this is your best route bar none. Zero complaints. Very highly recommended.

Works really wellI have a 2018 Mac, 27" with 32gb memory and a 2 TB fusion drive and I try to keep about 350-400 GB free space, but sometimes it isn't easy!The reason why I got an SSD is that I use Parallels for Mac and have three Windows VM's and a few Linux and over time with the fusion drive, I was losing performance from time to time. Seems that I have no issues or complaints until I install an update from Apple or an update from Parallels then it slows down again and I have to go and optimize and then it runs pretty fast for 3-4 days until another update! The intent of the SSD was to remove the fusion issues and just go solid SSD. If I bought a 2 TB drive, it would solve ONE problem but would not solve the needed space to give me more flexibility. I chose the 4 TB, even though it wasn't in my budget, to solve both problems at once and I am glad that I did and would recommend anyone to invest the money and move up to the extra space.This is really interesting for those who have a Mac but don't want to open up the computer to replace the drive.I bought a USB-C enclosure and made sure the cable has USB-C on both ends. USB will work fine, but why not go with USB-C and get better performance? I placed the SSD in the enclosure and after booting up the Mac and logging in, plugged the enclosure with the 4 TB SSD into a USB-C port. I formatted it (don't format as encrypted).I have been using Acronis True Image for a couple years now, so I didn't have to buy any software. I opened the app and chose to "Clone" and ensure that I chose the correct drives! Triple check so you don't lose your host drive. I started the process at 1:45 p.m. and by 7:30 p..m. same day cloning 1.6 TB of data, it was done.Next, I went to the disk utility to rename the cloned drive! Obviously since it is a clone, it will clone the name as well!!!! I put SSD as part of the name so I would be able to verify that I am actually booting from it. I was able to reboot and holding down the option key able to boot into my SSD.Important step - go to the "About This Mac" and verify the startup disk is the cloned one!Now that I had a faster system, I chose to do some more updates on the OS and clean up my Windows 10 VM's. At first, everything seemed a little slow. That was expected as your Mac is optimizing things, as well as the Windows VM.When we buy a drive with more space than we may feel we need, something good happens... we alleviate risks and remove bad habits! With Parallels for Mac, it is essential that you take snapshots and create backups. Parallels will do this automatically, but you do need to ensure that you have the room. I was able to go to the settings and now, I will be able to access a backup up to two months old, a week old, and every other day. I feel better! Of course, backup to external drive but I feel better one of the most important part of my system is now being backed up automatically.The first few hours, I noticed a little bit of speed but not much but I knew why. Before I did the SSD upgrade, I never gave a lot of the VM's room to breathe or do the necessary updates and I had a lot of bottlenecks. I would use one VM for awhile but not another so I feel that Fusion was trying to optimize my experience but because of the size of the VM's (400gb +), it just wasn't getting it.After about 8 hours of updating, uninstalling apps I don't need in each of the Windows VM and just working through it, I am finally able to see some very fast appreciable and consistent speeds on both the Mac and the VM's. Could I have optimized my Mac and Windows experience beforehand and would that have helped with performance? Yes, I do admit that I could've done that and seen some improvements. In fact, my original fusion drive is still inside the Mac, so I could go back to the fusion drive and do all the optimizations!I always trust Samsung for SSD and have used them in servers before without having any issues. I am more than pleased with the performance and performing my work is so much faster now.I may choose to have the drive installed as an internal drive. I am grateful that I am able to boot to the SSD as an external drive and still see a major performance boost. It's well worth it!Overall, very pleased. The 4 TB was a bit out of my price range, but I made it happen and thankful that I did. I would love (as anyone else would be) for SSD 4TB and 8TB prices to come down 50% below what they are now. I have 24 TB of data that I would really love to convert to SSD but not at $800-$1,000 for the 8TB one. Come on Samsung! Let's do it and save the environment!

This SSD has been super reliable. I use it when I’m out traveling for work and I copy hundreds of gigabytes of video footage to it at a time and it’s fast, portable and never lets me down.

After receiving and successfully installing this Samsung SDD (870 QVO 1 TB), I decided to review my experience with this product. I purchased this to install on my HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF desktop PC, that I use for my business. When I purchased this PC it came with a 500 GB standard hard drive.In addition, the buyer will need to download and install the free data migration software from the Samsung product website. It is also very helpful to download the PDF installation and user information files. Another free software program called Samsung Magician, allows the user to tweak and optimize the SDD once it is successfully installed. The magician software likewise allows you to run benchmark tests to establish a baseline for system performance. All software and PDF files must be preinstalled on your computer prior to adding the new SDD.I made the required connections to the SDD and to my PC using the power & data cables that I purchased separately. (Note, this device does not come with a power cable or data cable, so the buyer must research the needed cables for the installation) However, when I powered up my system, it did not “recognize” the Samsung drive. Others may also experience this depending on what type of computer you are trying to upgrade. The fix for this is to make adjustments to your system BIOS. I will not, for this review, go into the technical details, because that are ample online resources or user manuals to refer to for these tweaks. Or ask your teenage child or neighbor how to do this, seriously. Generally, as in my situation, the BIOS did “see” the Samsung drive, so I had to instruct my system to make this drive usable.Here are just a few of the benefits of using this drive:1. Increased speed in boot-up and accessing data for applications.a. My system data access speed increased by a factor of 500% based on read/write benchmark tests.b. My boot speed reduced from 90-120 seconds to 20 seconds.2. The benefits of using a stable drive without any moving parts to wear out.3. Low cost for the size and stability of an SDD drive based on previous mechanical HDDs.4. Allows you to run more and faster applications within a business environment.5. The small size and weight of this drive allows you to easily install even when minimal space is available.a. You could easily replace an existing HDD with 2 of these SDD drives, with space to spare.

Installed and formatted on a Dell Precision 5820 in 5 minutes! Disk management with Magician is a must. This is a fantastic product.