Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 840 Series 500GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Average customer rating
4.2
(5 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 5 reviews
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Star
1
75%of customers recommend this product.
(
3 out of
4)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 840 Series 500GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops
Customer Rating
1
GARBAGE
on January 10, 2013
Posted by: pg13
from New Jersey
Expertise:Expert
Slower than 830
Cheap
Broke down in < a month
Garbage
Cheap
Broke down in < a month
Garbage
Cons: Poor quality, Did not meet expectations
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
1
Performance
1
Design
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Excellent performance SSD
on March 11, 2013
Posted by: ElectronicsEnthusiast
from New York, NY
Expertise:Expert
These SSDs are great! I have two of them, one in my gaming laptop and one in my ps3. Both the laptop and the ps3 are running faster, and my pc boots up very quickly. Don't bother using the CD that came with the SSD for your PC, just download the new software from the site.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
A good choice
on April 7, 2013
Posted by: jpnubington
from pa
Expertise:Intermediate
I finally got an ssd, and I think this one is the best blend of space, performance, cost, and reputability as of the day i bought it.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight, fast, easy, balanced
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Blazing Fast!
on May 16, 2013
Posted by: LoneStarVAdmin
from Houston, TX
Expertise:Expert
I installed this SSD in my 2012 MacBook Pro after becoming frustrated with the performance of my VMware Fusion lab environment running on the internal spinning disk it came with.
What a difference! Actions like suspending a VM now take 5 seconds instead of over 2 minutes, restarting a pair of VMs simultaneously finishes in 10 seconds, and all while running several native applications without issue.
I give it 4 stars on the feature set because I'd like to see the Magician software available in a Mac version, but other than that I have no regrets with this purchase.
Pros: Lightweight, fast
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Laptop now has a new life
on August 30, 2013
Posted by: ProfJoe
from Pittsburgh, PA
Expertise:Expert
Since I use my laptop for running virtual machines for experimentation I decided to replace my old mechanical 500gb drive with the new 840 500gb ssd drive. It only took a little over an hour to migrate Windows 8 Pro along with all of my other applications and files. It took 10 minutes to exchange the drive and booted the system. It is up and running in less than a minute.
The only thing is that my laptop does not support SATA III so it is not running at full performance.
I will most likely install a Terabyte drive when prices drop.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US