Great buy!My 1TB external HD was beginning to die a slow and painful death and was trying to take me with it! So I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a 1TB SSD.I always read comments and reviews on here before buying anything and was unsure to buy this or not due to a lot of people returning the drive do to there computer not detecting it. This being said I bought it anyway.It arrived the same day (thanks Prime) so I unboxed it and placed it in my spare external caddy. Powered up the MacBook and plugged it in.................... NOTHING HAPPEND, it was not even showing in my Disk Utility.... GREAT!Ok did a little bit of Googling and found a possible answer to why I was having this problem...The caddy (external enclosure) was at fault as it was not Sata III ... MoreGreat buy!My 1TB external HD was beginning to die a slow and painful death and was trying to take me with it! So I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a 1TB SSD.I always read comments and reviews on here before buying anything and was unsure to buy this or not due to a lot of people returning the drive do to there computer not detecting it. This being said I bought it anyway.It arrived the same day (thanks Prime) so I unboxed it and placed it in my spare external caddy. Powered up the MacBook and plugged it in.................... NOTHING HAPPEND, it was not even showing in my Disk Utility.... GREAT!Ok did a little bit of Googling and found a possible answer to why I was having this problem...The caddy (external enclosure) was at fault as it was not Sata III it was in fact Sata I, while the drive itself is backwards compatible the enclosures themselves are not forward compatible if that makes sense.So back on to Amazon for a Sata III enclosure (which I got again on next day for £6.99).It arrived so I installed this SSD and plugged it into the MacBook... BOOOOOM! straight on!Initialised, formatted and now receiving all the data from my old drive!So if you are having problems check the caddy first! Great buy!6 people found this helpful

2017 iMac Runs Much Better with This SSD as External Boot Drive

My 2017 iMac was very slow and frustrating. Saw a YouTube showing how to use this solid state drive as an external boot drive for the iMac. Bought the SSD. Installed it in an enclosure purchased from Other World Computing. Set this external SSD up as the drive my iMac boots from. It made a world of difference. This mac is now a pleasure to operate. Pretty much all operations are faster and more reliable.

Amazing difference and a must have.

My first experience with this SSD was using it as an external portable drive because I had a lot of files to transfer back-and-forth. I was amazed on how much of a difference I instantly noticed. It was simple to setup for me. I inserted it into an external drive adapter, plugged it into the laptop and then formatted the drive and I was set to go. The 4 different phones file transfers processed in a speedy short time and the computer had no lag when I plugged the SSD in.The interaction was snappy and I've never gotten that with other HDD's, flash drives or SD cards. It was instant gratification and made the whole process smooth. I planned to install it on one of my laptops or use it on my PS4 Pro, but the effortless speed of using it as a portable external HDD is ... MoreMy first experience with this SSD was using it as an external portable drive because I had a lot of files to transfer back-and-forth. I was amazed on how much of a difference I instantly noticed. It was simple to setup for me. I inserted it into an external drive adapter, plugged it into the laptop and then formatted the drive and I was set to go. The 4 different phones file transfers processed in a speedy short time and the computer had no lag when I plugged the SSD in.The interaction was snappy and I've never gotten that with other HDD's, flash drives or SD cards. It was instant gratification and made the whole process smooth. I planned to install it on one of my laptops or use it on my PS4 Pro, but the effortless speed of using it as a portable external HDD is just something I can not live without now.Instead, I ordered 2 more of these SSD's to install on the PS4 & my laptop & will be upgrading all my devices with Samsung SSD's from now on. Needless to say, the read/write speeds of an SSD compared to a regular HDD is like night and day. And my afterthoughts on reading other users experiences have deemed it also very reliable.The response times are snappier, almost instant and if you're a hi-tech junkie like me, then this Samsung 860 QVO is definitely the way to go to get more out of your devices.My final conclusion on this Samsung 860 QVO SSD is that you will not regret the investment and in the end makes it really worth it.

One Fast and Reliable SSD

I had a privilege to test out Samsung's Solid State Drive (SSD) that came with 1TB of storage and I decided to put it into a good use and test it out in two different systems: a PC and PlayStation 4.First of all, it is amazing that storage technology has evolved and advanced so far that the end users are able to store more data as well as make their PCs to run faster and more efficient.I have originally installed 1TB SSD into my all-in-all PC. The installation was pretty easy and involved plugging the cables in the drive and booting up the PC. I used the drive to install a fresh copy of WIndows 10. Installation went pretty quick just because it was a solid state drive and data writes were fast, compared to my regular 3.5" HDD which took a longer time to do the ... MoreI had a privilege to test out Samsung's Solid State Drive (SSD) that came with 1TB of storage and I decided to put it into a good use and test it out in two different systems: a PC and PlayStation 4.First of all, it is amazing that storage technology has evolved and advanced so far that the end users are able to store more data as well as make their PCs to run faster and more efficient.I have originally installed 1TB SSD into my all-in-all PC. The installation was pretty easy and involved plugging the cables in the drive and booting up the PC. I used the drive to install a fresh copy of WIndows 10. Installation went pretty quick just because it was a solid state drive and data writes were fast, compared to my regular 3.5" HDD which took a longer time to do the same task (I did a test run on a similar PC). The best part, the boot to Windows desktop took only 5 seconds and Boom! My PC was up and ready to perform tasks. Chrome browser fired up quickly as well as other programs I threw at it like Adobe Photoshop, MovieMaker software, etc. I also ran a couple of read and write tests and transfer rates were sufficient enough running around 400 MBs.This drive used a V-NAND technology which means that Instead of having flash memory cells stacked horizontally, V-NAND technology stacks memory cells vertically. Different types of NAND architectures are more resilient than others and this one should handle about 35000 write cycles. Write cycles, also called program and erase or P/E cycles, are another important metric touching on SSD reliability. This type of SSD is able to endure a finite number of write cycles. In reality it should serve you many years of service.I have also tested this drive in my PlayStation 4 and I was so surprised how quickly my PS4 was able to start up and the game load times were shorter significantly. So I would definitely recommend this drive for any console that offers a hard drive swap. It is definitely worth it!All in all, once you go the SSD route you will never want to switch to the regular old HDD technology. This drive will offer your PC a new life that is worth experiencing.

Perfect for PS4 Pro Upgrade.

Used this to upgrade my PS4 pro, up from 1tb disk space, and its worked great, it fits inside the console super easy, and has all the right connectors on the drive itself. The PS4 Pro?, was totally fine with all this, its designed so that this procedure is super easy to do, the original one pops right out, the new one, slots right in, with just one little screw, right on the back, the operating system took it all in its stride. All easy enough to do, and it all just fits right in there. The box says its 2tb capacity?, but you never get the full amount any memory promises anyway. On this, it needs the system software adding to this new drive, via a free sony download, from a USB stick, that takes up around 1Gb on the USB stick, and around 10Gb once its all installed ... MoreUsed this to upgrade my PS4 pro, up from 1tb disk space, and its worked great, it fits inside the console super easy, and has all the right connectors on the drive itself. The PS4 Pro?, was totally fine with all this, its designed so that this procedure is super easy to do, the original one pops right out, the new one, slots right in, with just one little screw, right on the back, the operating system took it all in its stride. All easy enough to do, and it all just fits right in there. The box says its 2tb capacity?, but you never get the full amount any memory promises anyway. On this, it needs the system software adding to this new drive, via a free sony download, from a USB stick, that takes up around 1Gb on the USB stick, and around 10Gb once its all installed and un-compressed, this hard drive also reserves around 15Gb, as permanent free space, to guarantee this drive will last you for years and years, this keeps it efficient for far longer. Once this is all up and running from fresh install?, this leaves you with around 1.70tb storage on your PS4 Pro, that's around 60 games capacity, (20 HUGE games, and 40 regular sized games). This SSD hard drives life expectancy?, is basically forever!, versus a regular hard drive, that lives for roughly 5 years. This has no moving parts, and lasts around 100 full loads to the very brim, that's 200tb, and 100 full erases of everything in it, if your just playing a game?, that doesn't affect this at all, that's just reading. So basically?, this will thing last you forever, it will almost double your memory capacity, and (with regular dust cleaning), make your PS4 Pro, live forever. My load times are 'drastically' speeded up using this too. Loading times, when playing a game, went down from 2 minutes, to just 20 seconds. This is expensive, but a wise investment, the life of an SSD hard drive?, is 100 times that of your original HDD hard drive. I recommend this very highly.

Solid State Drive for the masses!

Samsung exceeded my expectations with the 860 QVO ssd. Right off the bat the packaging is elegant and makes a professional impression. The directions to install were straight forward and I had no trouble connecting it to my computer. There was a paper insert inside the packaging that directed me to the Samsung website to download the SSD software to clone the drive (Data Migration Software) and the SSD utility software (Samsung Magician). Using the migration software allowed me to easily copy over my existing operating system install and after cloning my information it even added the extra space on the drive to my existing partition. This was very useful as other cloning software tools usually don't do this and add extra steps for the user. The Samsung Magician ... MoreSamsung exceeded my expectations with the 860 QVO ssd. Right off the bat the packaging is elegant and makes a professional impression. The directions to install were straight forward and I had no trouble connecting it to my computer. There was a paper insert inside the packaging that directed me to the Samsung website to download the SSD software to clone the drive (Data Migration Software) and the SSD utility software (Samsung Magician). Using the migration software allowed me to easily copy over my existing operating system install and after cloning my information it even added the extra space on the drive to my existing partition. This was very useful as other cloning software tools usually don't do this and add extra steps for the user. The Samsung Magician software if very feature rich and shows you all the information about your drive including software/firmware updates and it even allows you to provision a portion of your drive to extend the life of the drive. I tested the SSD right after I finished cloning the drive and a few weeks later and the performance was still as advertised (be sure to run the trim command from time to time). The simple setup process along with lightning fast transfer and access time speeds is backed by a 3 year warranty which made my decision to make the 860 QVO my main data drive a no brainer.

What A Different It Makes

I have been curious about SSD for a while now. I usually see them as 256/512 GB. I have a desktop that has a hybrid SSD HD with a small SSD storage allotment. Personally, I did not notice much of an improvement on that system from four years ago. I installed this drive into my gaming rig replacing a standard SATA Drive. I cloned it with Acronos without any problem. I disconnected my old drive and fired up the box. It did seem to boot up faster, but truth be told I did not pay much attention to the first time. I had always heard that you should put the operating system on the SSD and use the standard HD as a “storage drive” for data and rarely used programs. I assume that was due to the smaller SSD drives. With the 1TB to use I kept only my most frequently used ... MoreI have been curious about SSD for a while now. I usually see them as 256/512 GB. I have a desktop that has a hybrid SSD HD with a small SSD storage allotment. Personally, I did not notice much of an improvement on that system from four years ago. I installed this drive into my gaming rig replacing a standard SATA Drive. I cloned it with Acronos without any problem. I disconnected my old drive and fired up the box. It did seem to boot up faster, but truth be told I did not pay much attention to the first time. I had always heard that you should put the operating system on the SSD and use the standard HD as a “storage drive” for data and rarely used programs. I assume that was due to the smaller SSD drives. With the 1TB to use I kept only my most frequently used programs and games on the SSD and of course the Win 10 operating system. I moved all the video’s, music and junk over to the standard HD (I kept my original HD intact, just in case). Upon firing up the box after a little bit of housekeeping, I noticed a substantial decrease in the booting time, also by the time I got past the password screen everything was ready to go in less than 30 seconds, very impressive. Details: No cables included, no directions, compatible with 2.5 7mm Sata drives in laptops, desktops and PlayStation. Very happy with the performance, should have done this years ago. The Samsung 860 QVO 1 Tb is worth buying, you will be so happy you did.