480GB WD Green Internal SSD Solid State Drive - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 545 MB/s - WDS480G3G0A

The WD Green 1TB SSD is an excellent choice for anyone looking to breathe new life into an older laptop or build a budget-friendly PC. Here is my practical take: * Performance: While it’s not designed for high-end video editing or professional gaming, it is incredibly fast for everyday tasks. Boot times are under 10 seconds, and apps like Chrome or Office load almost instantly. * Reliability: WD is a trusted name in storage. I’ve found this drive to be very stable. It runs cool and quiet, which is a massive upgrade over a traditional mechanical hard drive. * Power Efficiency: One of the best features of the "Green" line is its low power consumption. I noticed a slight improvement in my laptop's battery life after swapping my old HDD for this SSD. * Value: Getting 1TB of solid-state storage at this price point is a steal. It’s the perfect "set it and forget it" drive for general home or office use. Verdict: If you need a reliable, high-capacity drive for daily computing without overspending on "Pro" features you won't use, the WD Green is a no-brainer. It’s simple, efficient, and effective.

Very reliable compared to some other brands that I have tried. I use these smaller capacity drives for raspberry Pi devices. Using an SSD drive increases speeds on the Pi significantly compared to running off SDCard.

I have a HP laptop I purchased from Costco in '22 and it had a HDD and never really worked right. It finally got so slow that I was ready to get another one. But when I looked at the performance the HDD was always right at 100% no matter what so I thought that despite the properites saying it working correctly, maybe it's the hard drive. I pruchased this one and a inexpensive SATA cable and used Acronis to clone the drive which took over two hours. Once that was done I swapped the old internal HD for this one and it fired up on the first boot in seconds. Now it's like a new PC shuts down and loads in seconds rather than minutes. I'm doing any gaming or anything but all I can say is this disk saved me from buying a new PC. Very happy with it and it's performance. It loads programs and apps extremely quickly.

Trusted Brand (Western Digital), Reasonable price, Next Day Delivery - All added stars to my rating. Reasonably easy install - The tough part of the install was removing the failing HDD, and getting the computer out from under my desk just to work on it, and removing all the wiring, including the power cord. After identifying the failing HDD, removing the cable connections to it, and removing it from the bay, installation of the new SDD was easy. The trickiest part was starting the screws to hold it into the Drive Bay. Connected the old cables and done! Reconnected all the wiring, slid the computer back under the desk, turned the power back on and booted the computer. Windows 11 OS detected the missing HDD and the new SDD, and automatically initialized the new one. Used the Disk Manager to assign Drive letter and name to the new drive and format (just took seconds). I am really pleased this install went so smoothly - couldn't be happier! FIVE STARS!

I used this drive to breathe life into my old laptop. It worked. My computer is now much faster. At first the SSD drive did not show up after connecting, and I had to play with some settings before making it work. Overall good product.

It's a nice drive. Being the "Green" version, it's a bit slower than others but not that I can tell. I bought this for media storage like movies and music and it works great. With the prices of RAM and SSDs going through the roof, this was a decent price.

Muy bueno después de varios meses sigue dando buen rendimiento

Product exactly as described, everything is fine.

Not the best SSD around but works and for the price was good choice.

My overall experience has been extremely positive. The drive arrived promptly and was exceptionally well-packaged. It was nestled securely in anti-static protection within a sturdy box, ensuring it arrived in perfect condition. It's reassuring to see attention paid to protecting the hardware. Performance-wise, this SSD delivers. My main goal was to get extra space, my OS is in NVME SSD 500 GB and it has certainly achieved that. I benchmarked the drive and achieved sequential read speeds consistently around the 545 MB/s mark, which aligns perfectly with the advertised capabilities for a SATA III interface. For anyone looking for a reliable SATA SSD that offers a substantial performance boost over HDDs and meets its speed claims, this drive is an excellent choice. The secure packaging is a nice bonus.

Comme toujours Western Digital société fiable. Produit solide et qui réponds à leurs spécificités. Hautement garantie et pour avoir déjà eu des produits Western Digital, il dure généralement au delà des 20 ans.

Por el momento genial. Económico y ha llegado muy rapido

L'ho presa per l'estensione m2 sata del mio RPI4, i bassi consumi la rendono ottima per una alimentazione da USB. Fa quel che deve, la velocità del raspberry come I/O disco è aumentata tantissimo rispetto alla micro SDcard. Sta funzionando da più di un anno.