Reddit reviews Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE500BW

It's $199.99 on Amazon right now, too: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W19MO/

Also on Amazon for $.01 less if you prefer purchasing from a different avenue. HERE

Amazon price matched this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3W19MO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Yeah but If you would want to have really sweet loading times and have a storage device as big as the PS4 HDD then that's £166 down the drain just for faster loading times.

[[SSD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-500GB-2-5-inch-Basic-Solid/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417404964&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+500gb+ssd)] But really SSD prices are going down a lot might be worth it if you are a huge "likes the comfort of their couch but won't use a PC with a wired controller kinda guy/girl"

And if I sounded like a PCMR drone then sorry I do understand that people have friends on console and or like the exclusives but that doesn't mean I need to like it!

$279 Amazon Prime

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393792390&sr=8-2&keywords=500+evo

First year graduate student here. Just ordered (yesterday) a Lenovo Thinkpad W540. It cost about $2,000. I ordered it custom from their website which is currently giving 10% off (until Nov. 3). The laptop is overall very well rounded. It has 16gb of RAM to run quickly and a solid state drive so programs and files are quickly accessible.

I recommend the following specs for architecture, as they're specs I chose and with good reason:

500GB Solid State Drive (I actually ordered the laptop with the base 500gb HDD and am pulling it out and replacing with a 500GB Samsung 840 EVO Solid State Drive...$240 off Amazon)-The solid state drives through Lenovo are very pricey and not as highly praised and rated as many solid state drives out there. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3W19MO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

16GB RAM (2 Dimm) - More RAM is always better to run more things quickly at the same time. 2 Dimm is better than 4 dimm as it is more stable and less likely to cause software to freeze/crash/whatever.

3K IPS Screen- Super high resolution screen with superb display of colors. The screen is similar to those on MAC's to give you an idea of display quality.

K2100M Graphics Card- There are a couple different types of graphics cards, I recommend the K2100M as it is well rounded in regards to Adobe Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator), Autodesk (CAD, Revit) and 3d programs like Rhino, Vray, 3DS MAX. There are graphics cards that are better for rhino and Photoshop, however they are not nearly as good in Autodesk products.

i7-4800qm processor- I recommend upgrading to the highest i7 processor in your budget, every upgrade will add a fair amount of performance to the machine.

I wish I already had it so I could give you my feedback on it. It may not be the best machine out there, but overall it will be very well rounded in terms of software compatibility and in terms of operating speed it competes with laptops that are $3,000-$4,000.

Edit: The only thing that I wish I could change would be the screen size, I've always preferred the 17.3" screen but 15.6" still includes the number pad and plenty of viewing space. The plus side to 15.6" is it will easily fit into more backpacks than the 17.3" while weight a significant amount less.

> Anyone complaining about price has no idea what goes into R&D of devices like this. There's no way you'll find a similar device of similar quality for cheap.

Nice attempt at condescension, but I know all about how tech R&D works. I work in computer engineering for the Navy. They do spend huge amounts of R&D dollars, but that's no concern of the consumer's. And don't fool yourself, those R&D dollars aren't actually developing the impressive parts of the tech. That's all Intel and the other real hardware companies. They're just figuring out how best to assemble shit to keep it selling for the most part.

Anyways, the consumer just sees a product with a given level of quality for a certain price. And these products are expensive as shit for low performance components and a level of quality and polish that makes it the tech equivalent of a shiny turd.

The "high res display" and the 500gb ssd are not anything special or exclusive. The display is 2304x1440p. Oh wait, I have a 10.5 inch tablet with a 2560x1600p display. Apple will certainly give you a nice Samsung SSD in your laptop, but the most recent configuration options show that they upcharge $200 for the jump from 128GB to 256GB. You know what the upcharge for the same capacity of SATA SSDs? Fucking $18. And I just bought a 250GB Samsung SSD for a grand total of $108 at Christmas.

Tell me again how you aren't throwing your fucking money out the window? Don't even try to say that the components are good enough and the exterior quality makes it worth it. The $1300 Macbook just announced gets beaten out by an Asus that's $700 for the same hardware. No one can bitch about the quality, its got an aluminum unibody chassis too. Oh and wow, it's thinner (despite all of Apple's pride at how thin their newly announced darling is) and has a bigger screen.

I'm guessing you have a desktop PC of some kind in which case the answer in Most cases is yes. The vast majority of PCs by various manufacturers have as many as 2-4 open SATA ports for additional drives.
The trick is to get a good SSD Use that as your boot drive. And use the 2tb as ur data and other programs.
My recommendation and I think most will agree with me is SAMSUNG 840 PRO (best quality )
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7PD256BW/dp/B009NB8WRU#mobile-twister_size_name_1417928727725
Or the Samsung 84 EVO (Best value)http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO

I picked this up earlier today.

If you decide to try an SSD to replace the slow 5200rpm hard drive that came in that iMac, I'd recommend checking out the Samsung 840 Evo SSD. Best bang for your buck and an SSD should definitely speed things up.

250GB

500GB

Assuming that the 500gb capacity is maintained:

$250 for the SSD, $70 for the hybrid.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407261218&sr=8-1&keywords=500gb+ssd

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Laptop-500GB-Drive-ST500LM000/dp/B00B99JU5M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407261236&sr=8-1&keywords=500gb+hybrid

four of these in raid 0. So fast your pubes will catch fire

I don't think any of those models have a 15.6", for that you'll have to go to a custom builder which I tend to stay away from. Regarding an SSD you can pay more money to have a better model of the same laptop, but it's more cost efficient to purchase your own ssd, i.e: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3W19MO/ref=s9_simh_bw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-7&pf_rd_r=0T2WXS6DEZKP9X20T2S3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1752943722&pf_rd_i=172456

and just install it yourself. It doesn't take too much time to do and there are many guides.

No problem at all, mate.

And yeah, SSD's are getting cheap, especially right now. The 850 series Evo's came out, so the Samsung 840 Evo is dirt cheap. I just got this one for my buddy when I built him a new PC on monday.

and shit, you get a free copy of FC4 if you get one right now.

I had to buy a GTX 980 to get mine. Bah.

I can remember reading about this a few years ago. Looking through the web I saw that Samsung released firmware updates though that were supposed to address this issue. Do you know if the firmware updates actually did fix the issue?

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Edit: Looking through Amazon the Samsung 840 EVO has actually been discontinued! (At least the model that I bought)

500GB SSD

8GB RAM

HD Enclosure

HD Replacement Tutorial

RAM Replacement Tutorial

It took me about an hour to complete which involved me forgetting to reconnect the battery cable so I had to reopen it for that.

edit: forgot to link tutorials

359.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3W19MO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Hey there mleap.

The ASUS N550JV seems like a great choice for you. It has an i7 4700MQ quad core, 8GB ram, 1TB HDD, GT 750M GPU, backlit keyboard, 3 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI port, Ethernet port and a 1920x1080 IPS 15.6" touchscreen. It weighs 5.7 pounds, has around 5 hours of battery life.

You could get a 500GB SSD like the Samsung 840 EVO for $275 and still be within your budget.

You should watch and see what Jonathan did by checking out all 3 parts here http://youtu.be/E_pQ1XnA2ro

Remember when watching the videos that you will need 1600 MHz RAM and not the 1333 MHz since you have mid 2012 mbp. Also remember that there are many more and better options than the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD's that he uses in the video series. I would recommend getting two 500 GB Samsung Evo SSD's that you can find here in amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E3W19MO?pc_redir=1395807825&robot_redir=1

That would make your Raid 0 be 1 TB

Of course you could just settle for two 250 GB SSDs from Samsung which would give you 500 GB total which is more than enough if you have external storage

Also, you will have to use a different method for making a bootable mavericks install thumb drive. To do this you will have too re download the mavericks installation software from the Mac App Store and then follow these instructions
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/


The last thing I will say is that you should think seriously about having external storage space where you can store extra items. I highly recommend the Drobo 5d. Check it out here
http://youtu.be/proG7aG59xk

Not sure if you're looking for the 840 EVO or the 840 EVO pro but amazon has the 500gb 840 for $189.99

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-500GB-2-5-inch-Basic-Solid/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413067335&sr=8-1&keywords=500gb+samsung+840+evo

USA: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413067351&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+500gb+evo

I have this drive, it is really fast and is valued perfectly. Once you go SSD, you never go back. I'm rocking a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB for my primary drive and a 500GB Evo for my secondary drive. :) No more HDDs!

If you have the original hard drive from 2011, it's possible that it's starting to wear out and slow down, even if Onyx says it's healthy. One of the best upgrades you can do for any computer is replacing your hard drive with a solid state drive, as they are much faster, and your hard drive is probably the bottleneck for everything your computer does.

If you can use a screwdriver and you're gentle, you can replace a macbook hard drive, it's incredibly easy in that model.

Price-wise, you can get 250GB for just over $100 ($130 or $110 being popular options) or 512GB for about $200 ($199 or $239). For your average consumer, the crucial is fine.

Here are some instructions on replacing it.

Good luck. Since you reinstalled OS X, I doubt there's much wrong on the software side. This upgrade really will give you a nice speed bump.

If you get an external hard drive enclosure to go along with your new drive then you can just plug it in to the computer through USB and then use Carbon Copy


https://www.bombich.com


to clone your existing hard drive to the new drive and you'll have everything exactly the way it is currently. Then just take out the old drive and plug in your new one. Then you can use the external drive enclosure to hold your old hard drive and use it for whatever you please. I would still recommend backing up to time machine regularly anyway as you never know when a drive or machine might fail or be lost/stolen.


Here's a good guide on how to replace a drive: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+Late+2008+and+Early+2009+Hard+Drive+Replacement/841


I would not recommend using OWC as their prices are steep compared to other brands and wasn't even as fast as my Samsung SSD. Here is a way better and one of the fastest SSDs on the market for half the price of an OWC 6G SSD: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1405796918&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+ssd+840+evo

If you are talking about a pure boot time increase in performance an ssd is the way to go. I personally have both upgraded my ram and hard drive to an ssd and the ssd is the major increase in preformance. ram only increases performance if you need more ram capacity which at 4 GB you shouldn't need. If you are referring to a better gaming performance you are kinda are screwed as your laptop does not have a 4x pci expansion slot or thunderbolt capabilities.
here is a link for a very good 500gb ssd and here is a cheaper however only 250gb ssd. pm me if you have any questions

The RAM looks fine to me, but I'd offer up a suggestion for this SSD:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1410570453&sr=1-2&keywords=samsung+840+evo

I've got two Samsung SSDs, an 840 pro (main OS drive), and a 750GB 840 Evo (for applications and games). The price is very similar, yet you get slightly more space. Also, Samsung's Magician software is fantastic for helping to maintain your drive's firmware, as well as prepping your OS for optimal SSD performance

Buy this one. Another option. Either would be fine, but the Samsung has a 1TB option.

When you're researching, "SSD" is really all you need. "SSD" stands for "solid state drive" which means flash storage. Unless you're paying thousands of dollars for an unusual enterprise-level drive, they're all 2.5" and will fit in your Macbook.

Here's a good guide for when you're doing the install.

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

I'd go for an SSD. The GPU you have isn't the best but you're not likely to get one all that much better for $200. An SSD, OTOH, can be a ridiculously impressive upgrade. It will probably last you though at least two future builds, too, assuming you're going to redo the GPU before too much longer.

Edit: If you can, I'd stretch the budget slightly and pick up something like the Samsung 840 Evo in a 512GB size. I have an 840 Pro in that size and couldn't be happier. Less hassles moving stuff all over the place that way. I put most of my games on a secondary spinning drive but the ones I play most often are on the SSD. All my other programs are installed to the SSD simply because it's simpler.

what I actually ordered was this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E3W19MO
Cancellations on Amazon are easy enough so if you think it's worth the hassle then I can certainly order the Crucial one but would go for 512GB version.

> 189.00

189.99*

Hey thanks for the response!

OEM Keyboard
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB SSD
No name battery - couldn't find OEM on Amazon...

I'm installing 10.9.1 and running updates to get to 10.9.5

I'm going to try and re-download the installer on a good mac, put it on another USB (different from what i used before), format, and retry. What I did find: Even though CPU levels are high with kernel_task, it doesn't make any heat. I have a sneaking suspicion it's the battery. Can you recommend a source for OEM batteries?

If anyone else feels like me after watching, here you go.

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I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro Unibody that I no longer use. I upgraded it to this 500 GB Samsung SSD. and this 8 GB Crucial Ram Kit.

With the new hardware, it runs on MacOS Sierra beautifully. There are 1394 battery cycles.

The specs are:

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  It is a A1286 series and model number is MD103LL/A.
  
  There is a small chip on the left side below the keyboard and the plastic hinge has a crack at the edge so I put some tape on it. Both of these are barely noticeable and performance is not affected.
  
  
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Alright, so based on some great advice from you guys I am going to go ahead with the SSD upgrade. I am going with the 500gig Samsung EVO. I found it on Amazon (see link below). Do i need to also buy the bay converter, or is that only if I were to put it where the disk drive is? Apart from some small screw drivers and torx driver i should be good? Or are there other things apart from the physical SSD that i need in order to do a replacement?

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1418005487&sr=8-5&keywords=internal+512+ssd+mac

You're super sweet. I am worried. I'm an anxious person ha, trying to get over an anxiety disorder. I'm wondering if I should call them up right now and try to cancel it.

I also just updated that I'll be making music too, using Ableton Live.

I got this SSD: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417416832&sr=8-1&keywords=500+ssd

As far as gaming, Far Cry, WOW, anything awesome and naturey that will be coming out. I care more about music and artwork than gaming, though I'd love to run games at full capacity.

Again, you're super awesome.

Edit: Just called and I'd have to cancel it in the next five minutes or I can return it when it arrives with free shipping back.

I also have no idea how to build a computer but I could probably figure it out online, I hope! :)

The best one for sub $300 would definitely be a Samsung EVO 840 500 GB It is currently 189.99 on Amazon and to double it's space and get a 1 TB, it would be 349.99 but for under $300, the 500 GB is definitely your best bet and is reasonably under the price.

same price/game deal on amazon, but with prime shipping for those that have it.

In a few hours I'm gonna buy this Samsung SSD. Do I need any other accesories to make it work, or is just any sata cable enough?

As of me posting this, it's still available: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/

Most people do not need a 512GB SSD (and they are not anywhere near $450 new http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/)

http://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/2iibwe/psa_imo_the_best_portable_thunderbolt_25_drive/

plus

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412643628&sr=8-1&keywords=500gb+ssd

or

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT512M550SSD1/dp/B00IRRDHVW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1412643628&sr=8-9&keywords=500gb+ssd

gets you up to a total of 756GB for about $300. The internal SSD will be faster than anything external, but I'd put an extra 250GB above a ~5% speed increase.

Actually $229.99 for this 500GB Samsung isn't bad: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_hXhqub156YZP8

What about http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO

EDIT: Had extra crap in the link...

Glad to help! That SSD isn't a very good choice for the price you're paying, I would recommend the Samsung 840 Evo instead for $50 less. It has great software and is a very popular SSD. The Crucial M500 is a good choice as well if you really want to save some cash.

As far as I know there's no size limitation, but those MacBooks took SATA I drives, so theres no point in buying a SATA II or III drive - you can probably find a sizable SATA I drive online for cheap. If you can't, SATA II or III will work, you just won't be able to take advantage of the higher speeds.

Also, you should consider putting in an SSD. The speeds will make your laptop feel new again, and Amazon has some pretty big discounts right now, like this 500 GB drive, or this 1 TB drive.

If you're in the US, both those prices are an absolute ripoff. A new 840 Evo 500GB is $269,, and a 250GB is $139. Others can be found even cheaper.

My current judgement says:
This Y510p (755M sli), with this 500GB SSD, cooling fans, and a nice mouse for $1462 (minus ~80 for the hdd that's removed)

That seems to be what I have gotten from my "research" as well. I was wondering on your view of the process of replacement...e.g. difficulties that you will encounter and so on for when (if) I make the jump.

For reference this is the SSD I am considering: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=twister_B00EHFJJHY