Designed for use as a startup drive, the 500GB 3D SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD from SanDisk provides faster system boots and helps enable faster gaming and graphics performance compared to a traditional HDD. It has a storage capacity of up to 500GB, is equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, and fits into your system’s 2.5″ / 7mm drive bay. In terms of speed, this drive offers sequential write speeds of up to 530 MB/s, sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s, random writes of up to 84,000 IOPS, and random reads of up to 95,000 IOPS 3D NAND and nCache 2.0 technology.
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.
SanDisk’s 500GB 3D SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD offers their SSD Dashboard, which is available as a free download, and helps users to monitor their drive’s health. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty, or an endurance rating of up to 200 Terabytes Written (TBW), whichever comes first.
Chelsie Mueller (verified owner) –
so far so good, performing admirably
Margret Langworth (verified owner) –
I replaced my 1 year old HP laptop hard drive (that bit the dust 2 months after the warranty), with the SanDisk SSD. Runs like a dream. Also was very surprised that it came with a 5, yes 5 year warranty.
Jess Kiehn (verified owner) –
the 5 stars are for previous experience with SanDisk products. this product has not been installed yet, but i expect nothing but good things from it .. will update when it’s ready …
Judd Gulgowski (verified owner) –
I use this as my main file drive with a M2 program drive.
Damion Nader (verified owner) –
My new SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB SSD arrived promptly, and was easy clone my old hard drive and install into my HP 6200 Desktop PC. I had zero issues, and the performance is super fast.
Addie Glover (verified owner) –
Pretty good! met my demand
Cruz Champlin (verified owner) –
Works as a fast external editor!!
Ella Schmidt (verified owner) –
i am very happy the way this sdd drive is working.
Austin Will (verified owner) –
Just upgraded my laptop hard drive which was 5200RPM, but since the price is now right I decided enough waiting & got myself an SSD!!! Wow what a difference, I even timed before and after boot up times! I can hardly believe this is my 7 year old Lenovo!! I’ll never go back to a mechanic hard drive again! HHD boot up to desktop fully loaded was 2:33:05 & now was an SSD it is…. 00:31:17!!!! Simply wooooow!!!
Madie Pouros (verified owner) –
Great disk. I use this in a Atomos Ninja V+ with a Canon R5 and Atomos Ninja V with Canon R6 and works great! Also i use this combination with the Panasonic GH5 and GH5s… SUPER RECOMENDABLE for record 4k 60fps.
Lenora Mann (verified owner) –
Replaced a hard drive on an Inspiron All-in-One that was running extra slow. It was an easy replacement and the computer is now faster than it was when it was new.
Jerel Wehner (verified owner) –
I was pleasantly surprised with this disk. Easy to get going, and a lot faster than my old hard disk drive.
Melyssa Cremin (verified owner) –
Seems to be reliable so far. An easy drop-in replacement that saves energy (over a mechanical HDD), runs cool and works reliably. I have many SSDs dating back 4 years, and none of them have failed. In the same period, a handful of mechanical drives have failed suddenly and unexpectedly. Ive been replacing them with these SSD drives and watching the case temperatures plummet and the electricity wattage consumed on my Kill-A-Watt P3 going down. Sandisk has a reliable track history, so I have good expectations about this drives reliability.
Bennett Lindgren (verified owner) –
Order this we love it. Easy install.
Liza Kihn (verified owner) –
love how compatable it is
Carolanne Huel (verified owner) –
Replaced a noisy drive in a HP Envy that was making noise with no issues. Seamless transition.
Jayme Reynolds (verified owner) –
Product works great…however…the software to create an image of the existing hard drive is from Western Digital. I could not find any link to find the cloning software from SanDisk. I recently installed a WD hard drive in another machine so knowing WD owns SanDisk I used the WD clone software and it worked. Another Gotcha…THE USEFUL UPGRADE SOFTWARE FROM WD WILL ONLY LOAD WITH A WD OR SANDISK DRIVE IN USE ON THE SYSTEM OR IT WILL COST YOU $40. Plugging in a SanDisk thumb drive on an open USB port allowed the free download of the usable software. Once the zip file downloaded, the SanDisk version of the monitoring software for the drive is very nice. For newbees to SSD upgrades I recommend the Samsung EVO series for ease of cloning….much better software. SanDisk drive has been working fine for 2 weeks, no issues.
Earline Bosco (verified owner) –
I bought this for a system upgrade and it has worked perfectly for me since it was installed. It is very fast and was an easy way to boost the performance of an older system.
Willie Ritchie (verified owner) –
This is my second time purchase this same ssd. Serves as a good secondary drive for my laptop. First one still going strong with no problems
Wayne Dickinson (verified owner) –
The whole experience from buying to using has been enjoyable.