Dell Desktop Computers With Ssd Drives

Allowed me to easily mount an SSD drive in a an older Dell desktop computer.

We installed these drives on our Dell workstation computers as replacements for the SATA drives that came with the system. The workstations now have a quick boot time & the performance in Windows 10 Pro is substantially quicker. I'd highly recommend this product for any PC user that's looking for a performance boost in the older systems.

This SSD is fast and easy to install to either a laptop or a compatible desktop motherboard. I have it installed in my Dell Precision 7550 laptop, to replace the older 1TB SSD that was there. Just clone your existing (OS) SSD to this new WD_BLACK SN850X, then update BIOS settings accordingly and you are good to go.

Bought this to repair my Dell desktop. The same one that was in it.

We just made the switch from a desktop PC, which contained several NVME SSD drives, to a Mac Mini M2 Pro. I chose these enclosures so I could continue using those drives for sample loading and audio file storage. If you have spare drives, this allows you to save money because you may not need to spend the extra dough to get larger storage on your Mac product. The form factor and the build quality are both perfect and we get about 900 mb/s transfer using the USB-C/TB4 ports, which is about 25% of what I get with the internal SSD drive on a my Mac Mini, but which is quite acceptable for this kind of drive and the applications for which I use it.

I was nagged for this review, which I feel is a despicable practice that needs to end. Making it even worse is I haven't even used the SSD or cooler yet (and, if I'm lucky, I never will). I bought this one for use as a spare SSD so I could quickly replace one of the ones I already have in use if one should ever fail. I bought the combo because it was the same price as the SSD only. However, the heatsink I'm using already is not likely to ever fail. I have five identical SSDs and one cooler already in use so I'm basing this review off of them. So far, they have been working well. I use them primarily for data storage: four in a desktop computer and one in a laptop. In both computers, one of the drives in each also serves as a boot partition. For booting and running a computer from, they run as fast, if not faster, than the Samsung 970 Pros they replace which is remarkable considering that the Sabrents are TLC and the Samsungs are MLC. Write life for TLC drives are generally around half that of equally sized MLC drives but are still high enough to make it unlikely for anyone to exhaust the write life before replacing the drives for newer technology. The heatsink appears to cool better than the one used on the motherboard of my desktop computer. It just barely clears the graphics card (your mileage may vary).

I bought this WD 2TB My Passport drive because I had already bought a 1 TB for my laptop and really liked it's size and usability. The 1 TB I bought while in Florida to back up (clone) the SSD. It fits easily in my laptop carry bag. When I got home, I really needed one for my desktop SSD as I had been using a full-sized WD HD & always had to attach a clumsy connector device. This one is SO MUCH EASIER! Plug it in and run my cloning software. BTW, I have ALWAYS used WD drives because I had a failure with another MAJOR brand and I couldn't get satisfaction for their service department. I have 4 always connected to my desktop for photo backups, and a couple of loose, bare drives.

I plan to use this on my other computers when I upgrade to SSD.

Dell is reliable, and the Optiplex 7020 gives me what I need in a desktop computer.

I installed an SSD drive in my desktop.