SanDisk 2TB SSD Plus 2.5" SATA SSD, Internal SSD, Read speeds up to 545 MB/s, SATA III 6GB/s, Easy Upgrade

I’ve had this drive for over a year now, and it’s still running like a champ! I used it to upgrade an old laptop that I turned into a game server for several different games, and the performance boost was night and day. The setup was super simple — I used free cloning software with an external drive reader, swapped it in, and it worked perfectly on the first try. If you’re looking for a reliable, affordable drive that delivers long-term performance, this one’s an excellent choice.

Fast, Easy Upgrade for an Old Computer I put the SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB into an older desktop that had been running off a traditional hard drive, and the difference was night and day. Boot times dropped from several minutes to under 30 seconds, and programs that used to crawl now open almost instantly. Even browsing feels snappier, which is a big quality-of-life improvement. Installation was straightforward—it’s a standard 2.5" SATA drive, so all I needed was a spare SATA cable and power connector. The 7mm profile fits easily into most desktops and laptops. I didn’t even need to format beforehand; I cloned the old drive using free software and swapped it in. Performance is rated up to 530 MB/s, and while I didn’t run formal benchmarks, it definitely feels in that range for everyday tasks. For a 240GB drive, you’ll want to be mindful of storage—it’s perfect for an OS drive with some programs, but not big enough if you want to store large media libraries or games. SanDisk has a solid reputation for reliability, and so far this SSD has been stable without hiccups or heat issues. It also runs silently compared to the hum of the old HDD. Bottom line: If you want an affordable, high-impact upgrade for an aging system, this SanDisk SSD is one of the easiest ways to breathe new life into it. Great speed boost, simple setup, and solid value.

I received this 240GB SSD in yesterday's mail on the 1st day of the 4-day promised delivery range. I was able to clone my C: harddrive to the SSD using the "HDClone 4" software (free version) that I have used for several years to backup the harddrive. It was as simple as cloning another harddrive, in fact, the SSD appeared just like another harddrive -- no change to anything (it plugs-in the same as any IDE harddrive). After a simple swap with my laptop's harddrive, it booted the 1st time into Windows XP with no glitches. My system is a 2007-vintage Toshiba A105-S4384 laptop, Windows® XP Pro Media Center Edition (SP3), Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5500 (1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB), 4GB DDR2, 160GB 7200rpm SATA Revision 2 harddrive, The SSD drive performs admirably. I've tested several different application's load times as well as cold boots into Windows. Results are consistently 50% to even 40% of the time taken by the replaced 7200rpm harddrive. With SATA Rev. 2 support, you should not expect the blazing speeds advertised -- they are based on an SATA Rev. 3 system (the SanDisk website explains this). Nevertheless, this SSD drive kicked my system into high gear -- it is much faster than it ever was. I was not able to download the "SanDisk SSD Dashboard" software, as Windows XP is not supported (Vista and forward are supported). Apparently, Dashboard is required to download firmware, so I wasn't able to do that. It may not be beneficial anyway, as XP is so old. The SSD drive itself is smaller than a standard 2 1/2" harddrive, and is almost weightless. It generates almost no heat. For the price ($67), this is a very good deal. It's an excellent product, and if you have SATA Revision 3 (see the BIOS), this will be a blazing fast drive with no risk of a head crash, and no need for defragmentation.

I added this SSD to my mini PC and compatibility was perfect. Install was easy. It fit in the chassis perfectly and connectivity was instant. It performed flawlessly and with remarkable speed. Nothing special about its looks other than it appears solid. Recommended.

If you're going all SSDs and don't want to rely on external drives, storage is still a bit of a problem. Most boards only have one or two M.2 slots, so if you want to keep going you need SATA drives too. Especially if you don't want it to cost an arm and a leg. These SATA drives aren't as fast as NVMe, but they're still pretty fast. For just about any normal task they should still exceed any reasonable requirements. Games run just fine on this drive and it's still fast enough for most high performance tasks like video capture or etc. Maybe UHD in uncompressed video couldn't keep up, but I think for most normal people this drive will do just fine. So far this drive seems to be reliable. It doesn't run especially hot or anything, so I have no complaints.

One of the best inventions of my lifetime: SSD's are fast and dependable. I only use name brand SSD's and have never had one fail, cannot say that about hard-drives.

I already have one of these that was used as a Windows 7 boot disk in an older HP tower desktop system where the motherboard died. I bought this to replace the 460gb mechanical hard drive in a used Windows 10 HP i7 3rd generation laptop to provide faster booting like the other desktop. The increased boot speed using these SSD's is astounding compared to the old mechanical drives. I am right in the install process, so I will return and update this when done. Newer systems like my new Intel i7-8700K build have ability to use even faster NVME m.2 SSD drives, but this type of SSD works well for most older systems that don't have M.2 capability, and they are CHEAPER! I plan to use my older one as a video editing scratch disk in the 8700K system because it still works great. SanDisk is a good name in memory and SSD's, so you can't go wrong for the price. The biggest issue with installing these in an older desktop computer is that it may not have mounting brackets or holes and screws to fit in the older style 5.25" drive bays, or even the 3.5" bays. Another issue is older PC's may have four pin power cables, when this SSD uses a more modern connector, thus you need an adapter. So plan accordingly and either research the cable and mounting issues early, or allow time to deal with them when you install the drive. Another issue is the drive does not come formatted, or with a CD with user guide, drivers or info on formatting, so you have to find and download the manual, and know how to format the drive (called initialization). As soon as you get the drive running, I suggest you find a way to make a backup, and ALSO a clone using Acronix software. If this drive replaces an existing one, you will need to first clone your existing drive to this one AFTER formatting this new drive. That will require a cable or external device to run the drive while cloning it, then you remove the old drive and insert this one as the boot drive (I assume). I will post an update once the drive is running. My old laptop seems to have a slot for a second drive, so I can move the original mechanical boot drive to that slot (using a cable and kit I had to find and order) and use it for data only. Then setup an automated backup system using Acronix (the one I standardized on).

All right a few things to establish before I get into this: 1.) I installed this hard drive on a laptop I only use for writing word documents and browsing the web. I do not game or do any video card intensive things on here. Just admin and work purposes. 2.) I didn't rate easy to install because the hard drive itself is easy to install. However, the device you install it to will make a huge difference in how easy it is. If you're sticking this in a desktop case, it's as simple as 1, 2, 3. In my case, I was installing it on a Dell laptop with touch screen capability. The amount of steps took me at least an hour or two because I had to follow a Youtube video. So, I have a old Dell laptop that I bought in 2014-2015 that I needed to use while riding the train to work. It served me well until recently when I started to notice that the laptop was taking longer and longer to boot up and run applications. Boot up time would be about 3 minutes into Windows 10, then launching an app could take anyway from 7-10 minutes before it was ready. So we're looking at almost a total of 15 minutes just to do something basic like open word or a website. I assumed it was because I bought a slow laptop, but when I went into task manager I saw that the HD was always hitting 100% usage the entire time the computer was on. In task manager, under performance, your PC should be between 1% if you're not using anything or running any background programs. But my computer was at 100% with absolutely awful read and write speeds. Meanwhile my CPU was at normal values. So I bought the Sandisk SSD which was compatible with my laptop and went through the process of opening up my laptop to take out the original drive. I highly recommend using the IFixit toolkit with magnetic pad to not lose the dozens of screws you will be messing with and to keep notes. Once I got the original laptop drive out (a Seagate ST1000LM024) I plugged the Seagate and the Sandisk drive into my desktop PC and used a software called AOMEI dynamic disk manager pro edition. (Yes you have to buy this software but it's relatively inexpensive at around $50-$60. I cloned the original Seagate drive to the Sandisk drive. Plugged in the Sandisk, reassembled my laptop, and voila works like a charm. Now the laptop takes less than 30 seconds to boot up and be ready for me to use apps. It's even faster than my other work laptop I use strictly for my job which is newer and more expensive than my old machine. Great little drive that has significantly sped up my laptop which I was going to trash and sell. Really happy with this purchase.