Samsung Qx Laptop Ssd Interface

I bought this SSD understanding that even though its speed would be limited by the older SATA2 interface on my motherboard, but wanted the Samsung quality reputation backed by its 10-year warranty. What I did not expect was the incredibly fast performance it gave me even on my older hardware. It has completely breathed new life into my i7-920 system. The drive was incredibly easy to physically install in the computer, though I had to use a drive bay adapter as my case does not support SSD form factors. Still, it was as easy as snapping the drive into the adapter, and snaping the adapter into the drive bay, connecting the SATA and power cables, firing up the PC and reinstalling the OS, which went incredibly fast. The drive seems to run fine without any hiccups or compatability issues. I'm incredibly happy with its performance on a SATA2 level, everything is nearly instantaneous and this drive has no problems saturating the SATA2 interface's bandwith, milking every last ounce of performance out of it, which is something no regular HDD can do. I can only imagine how much faster things would be on a current SATA3 system. My only irritation is that the Samsung Magician software disables Sleep mode on the PC, and sets everything to Maximum Performance in the power management controls, including changing the CPU settings so that it doesn't throttle down to slower speeds when idle (it sets it so the CPU runs at 100% all the time), which kind of negates any power savings the drive itself might have had over a standard HDD. Still, this can be changed back to balanced or custom settings by the pc user, after removing the Magician software, but it is still a hassle, and an unexpected one.

I always choose samsung ssd's for upgrades for the speed, quality & price even on lower end laptop upgrades.

I got it for my laptop which has 2 SSD slots, It's very fast and even my other SSD is a Samsung one, never faced any problems with SSD

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've always have been a Samsung fan to having their 850 EVO ssd in my old desktop PC to having the Samsung Z Fold, to the galaxy watch and earbuds. I really needed more space on my laptop and this was a perfect upgrade. Installation was simple since this was my first M.2 NVMe ssd, and the use of Samsung Magician software you can use for cloning the drive is great. I could tell that the SSD that came with the laptop vs the 990 pro, once I booted up windows I could tell a difference. I usually have multiple browsers open or gaming on my laptop and with this new gen 4 drive really made things feel really quick. This Samsung 990 Pro was so amazing that I might actually buy the 2TB version for my second slot on my laptop!

I purchased a gaming laptop that only had a 500GB SSD and I needed more space so I looked at what B&H had to offer. I knew Samsung made great storage devices and SSD's so I purchased this and it came with a download of Samsung Magician which which gives you the results of how your SSD is performing. I installed it no problem (do not format it) and the system recognized it and now I have a 1 1/2 TB in my system. Highly recommended.

I am using it with a Samsung 980 PRO 2TB inside and so far no problems. I have not tested its speed yet. I bought it because I did not want, and don't want yet, to install the M.2 SSD inside my laptop - which has room for a 2nd SSD, since the laptop is brand new.

Glad I bought this SSD instead of a new laptop. Samsung cloning software worked beautifully. What a performance upgrade!

I bought my first Samsung Pro SSD around eight years ago, I think it was a 256GB. Then another for my other laptop. Then a 1TB and now a 2TB. Obviously very happy with all, I just keep needing more storage space and fortunately, Samsung keeps making larger SSDs.

Every SSD I add to anything is always from Samsung. From my laptop to my PS4 Pro it has never disappointed and now that I added one to my PS5 it continues to impress by far exceeding their minimum specs for SSD's and will continue to be my goto brand in the future.

I now have multiple Samsung products: phone, laptop, internal and externa SSDs. The hardware has been consistently excellent...zero complaints. So far, the 970 Evo SSD recently purchased is purring along as I have come to expect. NO disappointments here! I purchased a Galaxy Book Pro 2 with only a 256GB SSD with the intentions of replacing it with a 1TB drive. I got the best of both worlds when to my pleasant surprise, B&H gave me a gift certificate for $100 with the purchase of the laptop. I then applied that to the cost of the 1TB 970 Evo....coming out way ahead and have a much faster SSD that would have come installed in the laptop. I most certainly would highly recommend this product!