Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS100T3B0A

I've bought and installed several of these over the last few years, and had great results. I use them to replace the old spinning hard-drives in older laptops, and it cuts boot time dramatically, and really breathes new life into old laptops.No cables or screws included, but that's not an issue when I'm cloning and swapping out the old hard-drive.It's not NVME, but it helps get a couple / few more years out of a laptop by making the system much more responsive.I've only had one ever die, and that was because the laptop motherboard fried and took the RAM and SSD with it. So not an issue with the SSD, just an issue with the old HP laptop.Highly recommended. :)

I wanted to add a second SSD to my system as my original Samsung SSD is almost 10 years old. Black Friday sealed the deal. As my home build only had two bays and they were both in use, I bought the Corsair Dual SSD Mounting Bracket which allowed me to put the old SSD and new SSD in the same bay (they stack on top of each other). I also planned to clone the new drive as a boot drive. When I ran the Arconis program (that you download off the WD website) and waited two hours I got a warning from Windows (when I tried to boot) that the new drive was corrupted when I tried to boot from it. I made two attempts. It just wouldn't work. A YouTuber had recommended the trial version of Macrium Reflect cloning software. I downloaded that and followed along on the provided video on their website. Super easy. I did have to go into the BIOS to change the boot order as I left the Samsung in place as a backup drive. Overall the WD drive works perfect but I recommend using Macrium to clone the drive.

SSD works great now that it's installed. Didn't have much luck with the Acronis software you can find on the Western Digital website. Ran for well over 24 hours and didn't work as a bootable disk. Ended up finding info about DiskGenius online. It worked great and took about 6 hours to clone the original HDD that had 670 gigs used. Went to BIOS to switch things for the new drive, and changed wiring in the desktop. Old PC runs great now!

I would give this 0 stars if I could. I ordered two drives for my children for Christmas last year. The first drive lasted about 6 months. It bricked while my daughter was working on her summer projects for high school and she lost all of her work. It was awful...but the company sent us a new SSD drive and we moved on.The other drive was installed in my youngest daughter's computer. My youngest is a very gifted animator. This year she is taking two college level art classes and has been working on animations for her final project. We have stressed that she needed to back up in multiple places but as with any teenager she did what she was going to do. Two days ago her WD SA510 SS drive bricked. Her computer on boot could not find an OS. This of course during midterms when she had to upload parts of her animation.We tried multiple methods of installing the SSD drive in other computers, trying to power cycle the SSD with no luck. I overnighted the drive to the best rated company for recovering data from SSD's (shout out to Desert Recovery) but the news was not promising. 25% chance of recovery due to firmware error and a charge of $995 if they could recover. Her art is worth this much to me even with money tight but leaving it up to her to decide if we should try.So tonight I sit her upset and looking up this drive and this drive is KNOWN to fail. It is known to have issues. We have had 2 brand new drives BRICK in less than a year.DO NOT PURCHASE THIS DRIVE!!!

Review:Listen, if your old hard drive is slowing you down like a bad Wi-Fi signal, it’s time for an upgrade—and the Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SSD is the glow-up your system deserves. This little powerhouse takes your computer from sluggish to sizzling in no time, and trust me, you’ll be wondering why you didn’t make the switch sooner.Boot times? Lightning fast. File transfers? Blink and you’ll miss them. Apps? They open smoother than your best pickup line. Plus, with 1TB of space, you’ve got room for all your favorite games, files, and let’s be real—those "just in case" downloads.Installation was a breeze—pop it in, clone your old drive, and boom! Instant performance boost. And because it’s from WD, you know it’s built to last, so you can stop worrying about unexpected crashes and focus on more important things (like binge-watching your favorite series without lag).Pros:Blazing-fast speed that’ll make your old hard drive jealous1TB of storage—because who likes deleting files?Silent operation—no more annoying spinning noisesReliable and energy-efficientCons:No mounting screws included (but hey, nothing a quick Amazon order can’t fix)Might make you side-eye your old hard drive with regretBottom line—this SSD is a total game-changer, and if you’re still living in the world of spinning drives, it’s time to upgrade your life.

My HP model 17 laptop was so slow it was frustrating. i upgraded from HDD to this SSD and the results were fantastic. I am extremely satisfied with the results. It was well worth it.