WD Blue Solid State Drive

I bought this to install into a 2011 Macbook Pro and it made a world of difference on boot up speeds. Times easily increased by a good 10-15 seconds from when I turn on the computer until it is ready for logon at the desktop. Total time with the old hard drive was around 40 seconds from power on to desktop and login. The new SSD is around 15-20 seconds after power on to login and get to a desktop.

Bought this one for games from my Steam library to cut down on load times. Didnt cut it down by much, but definitely gave me reduced load times.Dont remember which games it was exactly-- I had TERA, CS:GO, RAGE, Aion, Mortal Kombat X, maybe Team Fortress 2, other stuff like that-- larger-scale games along the lines of modern First-Person Shooters, action-MMORPGs and 3D-graphics-style 2D Fighting Games... Right now Im using it primarily for ARK: Survival Evolved and I can generally finish map loading on my best friends ARK server (on the Ragnarok map, somewhere between Day 3300 and Day 3600 in terms of ingame day/night cycles elapsed, and hes been building a lot) in about 25 to 35 seconds tops. Havent had any hardware trouble with it so far and its been installed for at least a half a year. I named it ARK Drive with Windows 10s drive management in a nod to the storyline in RAGE.

Excellent product! I bought two so I could upgrade both drives in my custom Toshiba Satellite P500. Works like a charm, and am very happy with the boosted performance. Space was another big upgrade - I went from two drives totaling 530 Gb storage space to nearly 2 Tb with this pair. I would recommend them to anyone looking to upgrade to SSD. I plan to buy a couple more so I can make the same upgrades in my desktop PCs. Ive always had very good luck with Western Digital products over the years, and these have been no exception! A++!

This easily installed in my laptop. if your laptop has an NVMe M.2 port, Id use something else. But if your M.2 port is only SATA 3, this works very good. My read speeds were 545MB/s and read was 508MB/s. Overall I am happy with this, but I was disappointed that the drive only had 931 free GB.

I bought this to upgrade my wifes old 5400rpm hd in her laptop. I used an adapter to clone her old hd to this one and when it was done I switched them out and it works perfectly so far. SOOOOOOOOOOOO much faster than before. Its almost like having a brand new laptop. I sacrificed some space because hers was 650gb but she was only using 200gb of that space so this was more than adequate.

Purchased for Sony Playstation 3 60GB original model, to expand storage and improve audio quality. I have read reviews of the performance differences these can make for gaming on the PS3, which is to say somewhat faster loading times, and thats about it. My goal in getting this was to expand storage, cut down on heat production (as the early models of PS3 produce enough heat to rival a small space heater), and most importantly, to drastically reduce one of the many sources of vibration within the console. I know not many people use the PS3 as an audiophile CD player, however there is a website for those who do, called PS3SACD, as the original model could play those high fidelity discs. I learned from the Mapleshade Records website that eliminating vibration as much as possible from your equipment provides clearer sound, so I wanted to try this drive to see if it would make a difference. While Im sure many consider the audiophile community to be a weird cult of kooks, and those within that community probably consider anyone using a PS3 as a source to be a sad case; everyone has a different life situation and for some of us this is what works well for our needs. I will just say that I perceived a noticeable improvement in sound quality with this drive installed. It was not a subtle difference. I also noticed enough heat reduction that the fan runs at lower speeds, making it easier to hear what Im playing (one of the major drawbacks to using the PS3 as a source). The gaming performance has changed little, as expected, with somewhat faster load times. I made sure to buy a SATA drive, not a SATA III, as the original drive is a SATA, and thats what the system is designed for. Overall, I can recommend SSDs for anyone who owns a PS3 in general, whatever your goals may be in replacing your HDD. I was happy that installing a SSD did what I had hoped to accomplish, but if you have other needs, just be aware that you wont achieve blazing speeds on the PS3 like you will in a laptop, and adjust your expectations accordingly. Another reason I can recommend this drive is that it was one of the most affordable ones I could find, which is what you would want for using in a PS3.

WOW! The reviews are correct. Very noticeable speed increase on my older Dell Optiplex 760. The old hard drive was a 1TB 7200rpm Seagate that I bought just after the 1TB drives came out so its older. When transferring big files (2GB+) from the old Seagate to my NAS I would see a peak of 39MB/sec but that speed would vary a lot. With the new SSD drive I see about 112MB/sec and the transfer speed is constant.

Bought this as a boot drive for my OS because my computer was experiencing micro-stuttering and very slow start-up times (symptoms of a failing hard-drive). I purchased a separate SSHD for the rest of my files and programs. My computer starts up in seconds now, and the applications that I saved onto it besides the OS (such as Skype) open instantly. Files transfer ridiculously fast compared to my old hard drive as well. Needless to say this SSD fixed the issues I was having. I will update this review if the drive fails, but so far its performing really well!

I really WANTED to like this. I intended to install it via PCIe with an adapter card. ASUS (my motherboard) said it would be just fine and to ask Western Digital which MKEY adapter they recommended. Called Western Digital and was told we dont make recommendations for adapter cards. I returned the drive and wont recommend Western Digital ever again. Pretty simple, huh? MIGHT be a good drive, but Ill never know because of an arrogant bonehead in their customer service. They lost a LONG time customer forever. Went to Crucial who was VERY helpful and am extremely happy with their product. I guess Amazon customer service has spoiled me. Go figure . . . UPDATE: It seems as if Western Digital DOES actually care about reviews. I was asked to call them, and did. I spoke with a girl who put me on 2 LONG holds, then connected me to her supervisor. We discussed my issues and he said he would escalate this to someone who may be able to further help me. I received a call the following day from someone in another area of the company with whom I reviewed this issue. After several apologies, he asked if he could call me again the next day (yesterday). When he called me, we agreed on an acceptable resolution with which were both satisfied. Because of this resolution, I will again consider Western Digital products as my first choice. Hopefully, others wont need to deal with issues similar to mine after this situation. Good recovery Western Digital!!

This drive wuld not recognized by wd10 operating system. I had to download a ssd/drive software from WD to format it then it would be recognized and works like a chamop. I wish seller would mention this problem. I thought something wrong with the 1st one after after installing it in different PC and Laptop; so I reurned and exchanged for a new one. This problem should be mentioned on the ads to save the buyer time and Amazon shipping fee!