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Kingston - A400 960GB Internal SATA Solid-State Drive
Average customer rating
4.5
(30 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 30 reviews
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87%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Kingston - A400 960GB Internal SATA Solid-State Drive
Customer Rating
5
SSD Bargain king
on June 22, 2023
Posted by: Winman99
from Sault Ontario
I just purchased a second one of these drives today after purchasing one for a secondary drive in my main computer a couple of days ago. I already gave the drive a 5 star review. I was so impressed that I just had to upgrade the drive in our bedroom computer. Sorry for doing a second review, but not really sorry. The main difference is that this is now the main drive in an older AM3+ system with an FX-8350 CPU and motherboard that only supports SATA 2.
This 960GB drive is a bit slower in the system than the 120GB Samsung drive it replaced, but cost less than I paid for that drive when I bought it. Max read/write speeds on this drive is 225/199 and on the Samsung it was 232/210. It is 10 to 20% slower on random read/writes. For reference, the mechanical hard drive that was the main drive in the system for years is 130/129. Also, both SSD's are 50 to 100 times faster in random read/write than the HDD.
If you're trying to load 250GB PC games, stick to something higher end with a DRAM cache, but if you are looking for a drive to upgrade an old system on a budget, this drive is perfect. I would gladly purchase again, and I just did.
This 960GB drive is a bit slower in the system than the 120GB Samsung drive it replaced, but cost less than I paid for that drive when I bought it. Max read/write speeds on this drive is 225/199 and on the Samsung it was 232/210. It is 10 to 20% slower on random read/writes. For reference, the mechanical hard drive that was the main drive in the system for years is 130/129. Also, both SSD's are 50 to 100 times faster in random read/write than the HDD.
If you're trying to load 250GB PC games, stick to something higher end with a DRAM cache, but if you are looking for a drive to upgrade an old system on a budget, this drive is perfect. I would gladly purchase again, and I just did.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
Great for the price
on June 19, 2023
Posted by: Winman99
from Sault Ste. Marie
I bought this to use as a secondary drive for installing games on. It is replacing and older WD Black 750 GB HDD. There was nothing wrong with the old drive, but it was always a loud drive (head clicking) and even though this is a "slow" SSD, it is way faster, and of course, silent.
Crystal Disk Benchmark shows this drive at 559.32 Read and 521.61 Write max speed, which is above its rated values.
This drive would also make a decent boot drive for someone looking to replace a mechanical hard drive.
Crystal Disk Benchmark shows this drive at 559.32 Read and 521.61 Write max speed, which is above its rated values.
This drive would also make a decent boot drive for someone looking to replace a mechanical hard drive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
4
Nice product and service by Best Buy
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: Tony T
from Ottawa
As Geek Squad member, I left my Dell laptop to the service team. I thought it may takes several days but the team next day inform me ready for pickup. It's copy everything in new SSD and original hard drive returns 🙂 great fast work!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
Excellent
on April 3, 2023
Posted by: Billy
from Montréal
Excellent très impressionnant le prix en vaut la peine je le recommande à tout le monde.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
Nice SSD for a good price
on January 21, 2023
Posted by: Eduard
from Ottawa
I installed it as a secondary drive in my laptop instead of ODD with a certain adaptor for sake of keeping files for a long time, so far dont have any negative expirience with it. Definitely worth a try.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
seems to be a good SSD
on December 4, 2022
Posted by: Vern
from Winnipeg, MB
have it installed and partitioned, and all is working great so far with Windows 11
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca