Western Digital WD Green WDS480G2G0B 480 GB, M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive

I have this install in an older Dell laptop I use for digital painting. This drive has done very well so far. Not much to say here - just what appears to be a basic - very sound drive.Follow up: This drive has been - as expected - reliable if a tad sluggish. If you want to add some grunt to an older laptop - this drive will not do it. But if you are not in need of a speed increase - this is reliable. Below is some comparisons for people upgrading older systems.I have a D620atg has the Kingston SSDnow, and a D620 has a HGST Travelstar 7200rpm sata3, and finally - a D820 has a Kingrich SSD sata2 (I use an after market media bay drive and put a 5400rpm sata2 drive in it - so the Kingrich has the OSs - one Windows, one Linux and all files are saved to the WD Blue 320. I also have an alt Linux distro and Windows set up on this drive and can boot to it as opposed to the OSs on the Kingrich - via bootgrub).The Kingston is the fastest upgrade. Next up is the Kingrich 32gig SSD sata2 (which is dirt cheap) was a notch below (no surprise). The HGST HDD is a mild surprise. It replaced a 7200 sata1 drive and the difference was pretty amazing. It also seems not too far behind the Kingrich. Plus the 500gigs of space at a good price - makes it an excellent upgrade option for older systems. Note: The extra speed of the HGST comes at a cost. I manually set the cooling fan to high, and keep the laptop on a cooling pad as much as possible. The Dell D620 id fairly small and doesn't discipate heat all that well. So if you go with a 7200rpm drive - use an after market software - like I8kfanGUI, to manually crank up the internal fan and expect the laptop to get a bit warm compared to using a more modest 5400rpm drive.

Best $51.13 investment for an older investment. This Harddrive is the predecessor to the WD3200BEVT I had in my Dell Inspiron 1545. It burned out in Feb. 2012, the very next week I bought a cheaper $400 HP 2000-427CL and threw my Dell in the closet. It took me 8 months to muscle up the gambling courage to buy another hard drive(actually my cousin reminded me by asking where's the Dell while using my HP). Did some research, I wanted to buy the same company + model, didn't want to take a chance upgrading to a 500GB. Though I should've took a chance on the 500GB, I already have 4 external hard drives(2 WDs - 500GB, 1.5TB; 2 Seagates - 1GB, 2GB). Videos, movies & music, I'm 31 go figure.The best about dusting off the Dell is that it has Intel Core 2 Duo(2x 2GHz) as oppose to the AMD Radeon HD Dual Core(2x 1.64GHz) my HP has which means my: 1. HD PVR 2 records smooth with no pixel flashes nor screen jumps 2. Sony Movie Platinum 12's preview screen plays HD 1080p & 720p 14mb mp4s smooth in "Preview Quality"(no proxy files needed!!)It took a couple hours to re-install Windows Vista + all the necessary drivers. 1 Hour to upgrade free to Service Pack 2(it came with SP1, SP2 is needed for Sony Movie 12).Then another 3-4 hours to install the approx. 90 updates via Windows Update.My newer HP, the cheap one, was so cheap from Sam's Club, it didn't come with any backup Re-installation Discs. I was too happy after purchase I didn't even care.Finally, those with Windows 7 know that Windows Media Player 12 plays MP4s. Well Windows Vista WMP 11 DOESN'T and some of my folders are bunched up with both wmv & mp4. BUT I FOUND THE PERFECT FREEWARE PLAYER THAT DOES, it's DAPlayer([...]), plays all media including blu-ray & wmv. I say this because others like VLC, RealPlayer, Gom, etc. don't play 720p+ HD videos smooth on laptops.

I work on other people's laptops all the time (as a hobby). I have not had to replace a WD harddrive - but have had to replace Toshibas, Fujitsus, and Seagates.The WD Blue 320 GB 2.5" drive is the go-to drive for replacement. Wish it was cheaper, but customers are satisfied with the quality, and I am satisfied that I don't have to rework a replacement. When a customer wants a bit more performance, I go with the WD Black series.I trust WD because they have not let me down. They are a bit more expensive, but it is worth it for the peace of mind, and the limited time I have to repair other people's computers. I guess you could say I don't replace with anything but WD drives, and this one (the Blue 320) is one of my go-to drives for laptop repair. The other go-to drive is the WD Black 320.

I needed this drive to repair a failed laptop drive. It installed fine and works perfectly. I highly recommend this seller and would definitely buy from them again.