Transcend 120 GB TLC SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive

The physical installation was easy as are most SSDs.I used this to replace an old 120gb intel ssd as my main drive for Windows. The SSD Scope software included from transcend failed to image my old drive correctly and I had to manually install windows and all of my software. After that, everything worked perfectly.Performance is excellent for the price point of this drive (got it for $70ish for 480gb version on black Friday).So far been using for 6 months with zero issues, no studders, lockups and very fast load times for games like Forza Horizon 3, Witcher 3 and others.Very happy with purchase! Avoid relying on SSD scope to image your old drive!

While it's not the fastest or the cheapest among the SSDs, it is still way faster than any conventional HD, even the 7,200 RPM models. I chose the 480GB unit over 512GB model because it was significantly cheaper.I cringe whenever people move about with the laptop in their hands while it's on and not in sleep or off mode. A sure way to potentially damage the HD. One of the main advantages of SSD besides the increased speed is no moving parts, thus it gives you the freedom to lug the laptop around without damaging it while it's on. When you've gone SSD, it's hard to go back to using conventional HD. I must have over dozen laptop HDs sitting in the drawer, merely serving as a backup drive in case SSD crashes and burns. I have installed about two dozen SSDs in laptops past four years. Luckily, none have failed thus far. I keep the original HDs because SSDs can and do fail from time to time.This 480 GB Transcend unit is performing admirably thus far in a Dell unit. I've used couple other Transcend SSDs in the past without any problems.

Work very well right out of the box. I used their transfer software from their on-line site. In fact since I didn't have an extra SATA cables for power and data I used those from my DVD drive. Once I transferred the Hard drive to the Transcend I replaced the DVD cables and used those from the old Hard Drive. For a time I simply tied the Transcend using cable ties to other cables and ordered the mounting kit. I was then able to mount my old drive and the Transcend. What made it even nicer was I bought the drive on a one day sale for $86.00. What a deal. Am I sorry about anything? I'm already running out of room. It won't be long before I'll be buying a terabyte drive.

Transcend has been in the SSD game since it started! I work as a computer repair/upgrade tech from home and I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality and speed of Transcend SSD drives.In the past 18 months I have replaced 5 or 6 old laptop and desktop hard drives with these SSD drives.Their reliability rating rivals Samsung for a fraction of the price. Speed tests usually show 550MBps read and 400+MBps write. Most laptop drives have a hard time pushing anything over 100MBps read and write.This helps for fast boot times and quicker launching programs. I have replaced these drives on everything from a low-end AMD E3 processor to an Intel Core i7. Obviously the better the processor the quicker the system.I have had zero problems or failures of these drives to date.I highly recommend this product!