Crucial BX500 120GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive

I have considered switching to an solid state drive for some time now . Now that I have I can't believe I waited as long as I did . My old laptop went from booting in minutes to booting in seconds . I mean that literally . Programs open almost instantly and they run lightning fast . My virus scanner now takes less then a minute for a full system scan . The installation is a snap . The drive comes with Acronis disk clone and it does all the work for you . I was worried because my old HDD was quite a bit bigger then the SSD is was migrating to , but the Acronis software handled it with no problem . You will need to buy a separate cable to connect the SSD drive to USB port so that you can clone your old disk image onto the new drive , but they are only a few bucks . The cloning didn't take long and swapping the drives only took a few minutes , and there videos on YouTube from Crucial that will walk you through the entire process . I would recommend watching the videos before beginning and I highly recommend buying one of these drives .

Only one think to note that you need do know.It does not come with the cable(SATA? I believe) to Migrate your old drive to the new one.I had one so it wasn't an issue.I installed it in my "garage" computer that I only use to find parts for my cars and boat or listen to music programs without going into my home.It is easily 40X faster using just about any program, opening up programs and everything else.Internet, Chrome, programs like Spotify/Pandora, ETC.IT MADE A JUNKER COMPUTER A TOTAL ROCKETSHIP and this computer has a Celeron processor so it's a slackerto start with I paid about $200 for new.I installed it in a 3-5 year old:Toshiba - Satellite 15.6" Laptop - 4GB Memory - with 320GB Hard Drive to start with.I don't store any music/docs or videos so 120 GB easily does the job as far as storage size.I think I'm using 60 GB with Windows 7.It will REALLY speed things up.It's so cheap, it's a no brainer.Just get it.

If you are looking to upgrade your PC, look no further. I was actually debating on going out spending a couple extra hundred dollars on a new PC, but then I thought. Let me try to upgrade this and see what happens, because it doesn't have the best processor, but decent operating System. I order a 4GB Stick of RAM (Crucial of course :) ) along with this SSD and man, this thing is blazing! I don't do a lot of benchmark testing or programming or anything, but this thing is still 10x or probably more faster than your standard Hard Drive. This was my first time using an SSD & Cloning Software, so I tried Macrium Reflect. It was easy, straightforward and it even automatically resized the partitions. I only use my laptop for light webbrowsing and DJing, so this is primary for booting the computer and loading software., and it really gets the job done in a very fast and efficient. I highly recommend this for people who want to have something close to a new laptop, but cannot afford/do not want to pay extra prices for a brand new one. GREAT JOB CRUCIAL ON THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my first SSD and for the money its perfect. I mainly use this to store files for video production and even in USB 2.0 its fast. Its super thin so be careful not to drop it, also its about 119GBs up and running. Im not too sure on using this as a dedicated main drive because i have yet to but as an external drive for storage it works great. 5 stars beybey