Purchased product to upgrade older notebook with smaller SSD. Little more than plug and play, just needed to re-install OS and files. Performance has been excellent, far surpassing outdated OEM drive.
This was the third SSD migration in 4 weeks. All using the same kit. Two kits were missing the accronis coupon, necessitating a call to support. While support resolved the issue, it was nice to find the required code in the box.
This upgrade was as good as could be expected.
5 stars (other. Two would be lower due to the missing code).
I am very happy that I bought the KC600 SSD 1024GB2.5" from Kingston ! Kingston is a well known brand with a high reputation company that I have trusted for a while. I have done a great amount time, searching internet just by "best SATA SSD", Kingston products shows up almost everywhere. I was looking for a SSD with SATA interface, balanced in its functionality, performance, reliability, and price. The product description of the KC600 says, "... , It comes in both 2.5" and mSATA form factors using SATA Rev 3.0 interface with backwards compatibility. The KC600 utilizes the latest 3D TLC NAND technology while supporting a full-security suite that includes AES 256-bit hardware encryption, TCG Opal, and eDrive. It features read/write speeds up to 550/520MB/s to efficiently store your data up to 2TB ". It also provides " limited 5-year warranty with free technical support ". Many other brands only provides " limited 2-year warranty ". I can see that Kingston has a very high reliability confidence for their products, Besides, many other brands SSD don't come with a hardware encryption available. The installation is very easy. Its performance is excellent. I was so happy with my KC600. You know what, 5 days later, I bought 3 more pieces of KC600 for my other systems.
I purchased the SSD with upgrade kit. My laptop is Windows 10. Down load AcronisTrueImageOEM_5128.exe No Problem. When attempted to install the software, I immediately get the message "Acronis True Image OEM Installation Failed". A phone call to support revealed this is a well known problem that has been going on for weeks. The immediate fix or work around was an E-mail with a link to Macirum software product that was a trial version that permitted cloning. Their instruction for cloning were not easy to use especially going from a 256GB drive to a 512GB drive. I must have pushed the wrong button because clone failed and I cannot boot the drive or erase the 512GB Kinston disk. It seems I must purchase the full Acronis product to make my new Kingston disk useable