Designed for media storage, use as a boot drive, or as a replacement for an existing drive, the 1TB CS900 SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD from PNY Technologies allows users to store and access up to 1TB of data. It is equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface that is compatible with SATA II 3 Gb/s and fits into your system’s 2.5″ / 7mm drive bay, providing load and access times for files and programs that are faster than those of a traditional spinning hard drive. In terms of speed, this drive offers sequential write speeds of up to 515 MB/s and sequential read speeds of up to 535 MB/s via its Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND flash memory. In addition to its enhanced data transfer rates, this drive also offers a life expectancy of 2 million hours MTBF, TRIM support (OS dependent), and S.M.A.R.T support.
With solid-state drive technology you benefit from load and access times for your files and programs that are faster than a conventional 7200 rpm hard drive. As SSDs have no moving parts, they are also more durable than traditional hard drives and are better protected against damage from drops and bumps. Having no moving parts also means that SSDs receive less wear and tear, as there are no read or write heads for the drive media to come into contact with. SSDs also help to deliver improved battery life and cooler operating temperatures. Supported operating systems include Windows, Mac, Linux, and Ubuntu. A 2.5mm spacer is also included, which allows this 7mm SSD to be used in 2.5″ / 9.5mm drive bays. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty.
Josephine Batz (verified owner) –
I’ve already had a fairly new and highly touted Samsung SSD fail, so I thought I’d save some money this time and give these PNYs a shot. I purchased two of these. Both installed with any problems, and so far both are working perfectly and I’m very pleased.
Cecile Collier (verified owner) –
I have been buying PNY products lately because they are competitively priced and deliver great performance. This Internal SSD has not disappointed me. It was easy to install, and it works flawlessly.
Theresia Gleason (verified owner) –
This drive gives Windows more pep .
Rudy Kilback (verified owner) –
Very disappointed with PNY. When installing my SSD, I realized there were no mounting screws included in my purchase. I needed them to attach it to the drive bay I had. Even after calling PNY, they claimed that they did not include screws because there is no standard screw and they wouldn’t work universally. After 30 minutes of scrounging around, I found an old SSD from a completely different company- and the screws fit in BOTH the drive bay and the SSD holes! No excuses here except PNY is cheap. The drive works fine, however.
Susana Marvin (verified owner) –
As I am typing these words, this is a very low cost SSD; even no-name SSDs have comparable prices. This isn’t going to be Samsung PRO SSD, but it doesn’t cost as much as one. The main disadvantage of a SSD at this price point is that its chance of failing is higher; as always, be prepared to recover should the SSD break down. The other disadvantage is that performance may be lower. In terms of speed, it runs quite quickly running Linux (CentOS 8); at no point did I feel the SSD was too slow. Then again, Linux is quite snappy with any hardware from the last 15 years, including older HDDs. For increasing the speed and capacity of an older system where the expense of a high-end SSD is not warranted, or for having a “how swap” SSD on standby to get running again should one’s main storage fail, this is perfect.
Ronaldo Lang (verified owner) –
very useful
Timmothy Pfeffer (verified owner) –
Fast and reliable. The performance of this SSD is excellent. Even in low profile PC.
Mae Gibson (verified owner) –
Great product and arrived on time and and very good customer service
Minnie Turcotte (verified owner) –
Solid drive as well. Bought for a friend. I have been using a similar drive for years now that’s why I will always recommend
Laury Zemlak (verified owner) –
First SSD I’ve had that failed. This one was in an HP tablet and failed after 11 months of average use. It started giving read errors for a few days and then failed to boot. The file system is intact but if you try to read certain sectors, it goes off-line. I’ll see what the warranty people say as I don’t have the original shipping box. I’ll stick to Samsung after this as I’ve never had the slightest issue with those.
Carmella Reichert (verified owner) –
Works as advertised, no install or usage issues. Nice buy.
Arch Treutel (verified owner) –
PNY did not included cloning (migrate) software. When I contact tech support they recommend use free software from internet. My comment that free software my have trojans ads and required you email address, was NOT answered. NOT RECOMENDED
Bridget Stiedemann (verified owner) –
This more than doubled my drive speed my speed! I’ve never used PNY SSDs before but certainly will again not to mention B&H always has the best prices and reliability!
Clifford Hirthe (verified owner) –
I purchased one recently to replace 5400rpm HDD. Improvement in performance is quite significant. I cannot provide any more information because I have been using it for only 2 weeks. So far I give it 5 stars
Gustave Glover (verified owner) –
very useful
Dovie Kiehn (verified owner) –
Es un buen ssd, se demora en ingresar al sistema operativo aproximadamente 23 segundos un ssd kingstone tarda aproximadamente 18 – 19 segundos Aun as sigue siendo una buena opcin por su precio
Haven Waelchi (verified owner) –
This is the second one I have purchased so far and use it as backup drive for my files. Nothing negative so far
Helene Quitzon (verified owner) –
Hey it is cheap and it works
Bethel Braun (verified owner) –
Through my experience I bought about 50 drives of this type, and I did not see any problem, and it supports all computers and laptops. I strongly recommend it,
Jamir Kreiger (verified owner) –
Yes, if you have an older laptop that needs a boost and you don’t have that much need for data storage these are for you!!