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SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB Solid State Drive SDSSDA 240G G26

Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)

9.0

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/10

Total Reviews

998

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530 GB

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Overall performance

210

ssd, speeds, performance, faster, boot

+97%

-3%

" ... Laptop loads so much faster. ... "

" ... Awesome drive and fast. ... "

" ... Not as fast as the Extreme Plus version, but excellent product, terrific speed and the right price. ... "

" ... The best upgrade for a laptop by far. ... "

" ... computer performance improved ... "

" ... I bought 2 ssd, it's fast ... "

" ... soooo much faster then a HDD. ... "

Device Compatibility

160

drive, ssd, upgrade, mac, desktop

+91%

-9%

" ... I have had quite a few of these that I have used in several computer builds and I have never had any trouble with any of them. ... "

" ... my computer works beautifully with this. ... "

" ... Laptop loads so much faster. ... "

" ... I love it in my laptop ... "

" ... Bought this to replace the HDD in a Dell laptop. ... Single best upgrade I have made on the Dell laptop and it was worth it. ... "

" ... Made a world of different in my computer! ... "

" ... Fixed a 2012 MacBook Pro with this. ... Saved me close to $2000 since I didn't have to replace the MacBook. ... Because it has no moving parts, it's kicked up the speed on my Mac considerably! ... "

Memory

129

ssd, ram, drives, solid state drive, gb

+92%

-8%

" ... Awesome drive and fast. ... "

" ... Used it to upgrade my 500 GB HDD - worked like a charm. ... "

" ... The 240GB capacity was more than enough for me, make sure you see what capacity SSD you need before buying one. ... "

" ... I simply swapped the old hard drive with this SSD and restored the data from backup. ... "

" ... THIS SSD IS MUCH SLOWER THAN MY LAPTOPS OLD 5,400 RPM MECHANICAL DRIVE. ... I JUST ORDERED A CRUCIAL SSD. ... "

" ... I use this as my boot drive. ... "

" ... This drive is really fast. ... "

Product Reliability

103

sandisk, drive, ssd, failed, drives

+74%

-26%

" ... If I had known, I might have swapped out long ago. ... "

" ... Seriously was about to junk my laptop this would least give me another year possibly longer with it ... "

" ... Still going strong in my PS4 after several months of use. ... "

" ... I have used a few SSDs in the past and I have to say, Sandisk and Samsung make really good, reliable SSDs. ... "

" ... Still going strong in my PS4 after several months of use. ... "

" ... Very fast, so far very reliable. ... "

" ... Has worked great so far ... "

Price

ssd, worth every penny, worth, speed, extreme

+97%

-3%

" ... Not as fast as the Extreme Plus version, but excellent product, terrific speed and the right price. ... "

" ... Worth every penny. ... "

" ... The price is affordable and received it on time. ... "

" ... Well spent $60 ... "

" ... It gives quite a bang for your buck. ... "

" ... Great drive for the money. ... "

" ... For the price, I could not pass it up. ... "

" ... Nice ssd for the price ... "

USB

hard, drives, sata, ssd, cloning

+84%

-16%

" ... This is my third purchase of these drives. ... "

" ... It took longer to unscrew the back of the computer than it did to swap out the drives. ... So I'm a big believer in backups regardless of the hard drive. ... "

" ... It worked flawlessly in cloning my old drive to the SanDisk, which I connected via a USB adapter. ... "

" ... I use this as my boot drive. ... "

" ... Reinstalled win10 using this as boot drive (C) and installed previous spinning disk into alternate drive (D) ... "

" ... The price is very good and will probably outlast the rest of my pc, or at least until I need to get a new drive for more space. ... "

Setup

easy, install, installation, fast, installed

+96%

-4%

" ... I’d never installed a SSD before but it was really easy. ... "

" ... It's light and easy to install. ... "

" ... Easy to install. ... "

" ... This drive was extremely easy to clone and install and my PC went from booting up in about 1-2 minutes to booting up in under 15 seconds. ... "

" ... BTW, just provided a review on a SSD installation kit which I highly recommend. ... "

" ... If you don't have a backup disk, follow directions that can be found on internet. ... "

" ... Easy to install. ... "

" ... No issues with drive function after installation. ... "

Software Platform

os, windows 10, boot, ssd, windows 7

+77%

-23%

" ... Programs launch much faster. ... "

" ... I'm not ready to upgrade my OS yet.when I do i'll more the SSD insdie the machine. ... "

" ... Programs load almost instantly. ... "

" ... If you have windows 10 on a spinning drive cause you upgraded your windows 7, and you backed up all your data, and you have a SATA port available on the motherboard, and a kit to install this ssd and a USB windows 10 deployment disc or USB, it is an easy upgrade install. ... "

" ... I have had headaches with some other SSDs in the past, but this one was blazing with a fresh install of windows 10 and all my games load way faster than they did with an HDD. ... "

" ... They work perfectly, with Windows 7 Pro 32 or 64 bit operating systems. ... "

" ... OS loads within 10 seconds (running an I5). ... "

Marketplace

expected, described, works as expected, order, works

+83%

-17%

" ... Excellent value from a great company. ... "

" ... - Amazon delivered it late. ... Still a happy Amazon customer! ... "

" ... Excellent Seller, Product and Price. ... "

" ... Bought/sold many ... "

" ... A+ on price and shipping. ... "

" ... Exactly as described. ... "

" ... read and write speed as described. ... "

" ... excellent , work as expected ... "

Product As Described

described, works as expected, works, exactly, works as advertised

+92%

-8%

" ... Exactly as described. ... "

" ... read and write speed as described. ... "

" ... excellent , work as expected ... "

" ... But it works as expected. ... "

" ... The SSD works as advertised. ... "

" ... Works as expected. ... "

" ... Works as described. ... "

Build Quality

cheap, ssd, hard disk, flimsy, felt

+64%

-36%

" ... Works great in my 10.12.6 build. ... "

" ... Solid state drives are great! ... "

" ... Open the cover and removed one screw slide out the base remove the screws on the sides holding the disk. ... "

" ... Feels like a paperweight though, very cheap construction, but it does work OK. ... "

" ... Cheap feeling compared to other brands but works as it should. ... "

" ... Made my old Dell work station so fast I worry it might break a hole in the fabric of space. ... "

" ... The casing is pretty cheesy plastic, but for something that you mount and leave it is a great deal. ... "

Ease of Use

fast, easy, super, specs, per

+100%

" ... I’d never installed a SSD before but it was really easy. ... "

" ... It's light and easy to install. ... "

" ... Easy to install. ... "

" ... Easily installed it in a Netbox T11. ... "

" ... Easy to install, operates per specs ... "

" ... Easy install but the price isn't great due to the nand shortage. ... "

Delivery

arrived, fast shipping, shipping, delivered, promptly

+79%

-21%

" ... - Amazon delivered it late. ... I got the Guaranteed Delivery date option, but it was late ... "

" ... Arrived promptly and worked like a charm! ... "

" ... A+ on price and shipping. ... "

" ... Both came as expected and in good shape. ... "

" ... GREAT TO INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM/ FAST SHIPPING ... "

" ... The SSD arrived in less than 24hrs,, a lot quicker than the 48hrs. ... "

" ... Received before it was promised, packaged well and works just fine. ... "

" ... I arrived quickly. ... "

Gaming

gaming, load, faster, boot, speed

+100%

" ... Already had an SSD for booting my computer, so I bought another for a couple of games that I wanted to load up faster. ... "

" ... Game load times were cut by more than half, and boot time is nothing at all. ... "

" ... Enough room for your OS and a few games. ... This is a great way to get more speed out of a budget gaming PC. ... "

" ... Use this as my main instillation drive for PC games. ... "

" ... Mostly just for internet browsing and some extremely light gaming on occasion. ... "

" ... Plays games much smoother too such as PUBG ... "

" ... These are perfect and should last about 3 yrs of everyday gaming and other things. ... "

" ... My pc boot and game load times are super fast. ... "

Apps

programs, os, windows 10, windows, migration

+82%

-18%

" ... Programs launch much faster. ... "

" ... The machine ran better under Lubuntu but was still sluggish at startup, opening apps and loading web pages. ... Logon is quick, apps load fast, web pages open faster, the fan doesn't run as high and as often. ... "

" ... Now my new laptop starts instantly when I turn it on and is really fast at opening programs. ... "

" ... Programs load almost instantly. ... "

" ... This SSD is a must for business or school applications. ... "

" ... Run the app and clone SSD drive from old drive. ... "

Ports

usb, drive, drives, ssd, interface

+71%

-29%

" ... This is my third purchase of these drives. ... "

" ... It worked flawlessly in cloning my old drive to the SanDisk, which I connected via a USB adapter. ... "

" ... Get The USB to SATA adapter & cloning software, ... Apricorn SATA Wire Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit with USB 3.0 Connection ASW-USB3-25 (Grey) ... "

" ... The total transfer time using 3.0 USB interface was under 4 hours for 250GB. ... "

" ... At SATA III speeds my PC's boot and run fast using 4th generation Intel processors with a Gigabyte mb. ... "

" ... It would be nice if the cables didn't need to be ordered separate, first SSD I bought that didn't include any. ... "

Lagging

boot, boot time, shut, programs, 1 minute

+81%

-19%

" ... Start up is almost instantaneous. ... "

" ... Much faster startup. ... "

" ... Boot time, shut down time and processing speed is up. ... "

" ... Boot time 35 seconds! ... "

" ... All programs running faster, less lag when quitting, more responsive. ... "

" ... My computer wakes within seconds (5 sec) now! ... "

CD/DVD

disk, hard, ssd, laptop, status

+94%

-6%

" ... So I'm a big believer in backups regardless of the hard drive. ... "

" ... Reinstalled win10 using this as boot drive (C) and installed previous spinning disk into alternate drive (D) ... "

" ... If you are buying this drive to replace an old failing drive you can use the available disk cloning tool to migrate everything over. ... "

" ... Luckily, I still had the reinstall discs to completely install everything on it to factory new status. ... "

" ... Spinning disks are a much better value and have gotten faster and more reliable. ... Using it as a boot disk is ideal because most OSs, NLEs, etc. ... "

Design

cheap, work, transactions, though, super

+82%

-18%

" ... Everything looked identical afterwards. ... "

" ... cheap, simple and does what it says. ... "

" ... Super small design. ... "

" ... Feels like a paperweight though, very cheap construction, but it does work OK. ... "

" ... Look forward to future transactions. ... "

Resolution

ssd, installed, hitch, formatting, copying

+100%

" ... Bought a Samsung ssd Instead AND Had no problem formatting, read ssd installed then transfer HD to ssd. ... "

" ... It came with a 1TB spinning disk HD. ... "

" ... performs flawlessy, makes my pc boot instantaneously compared to old hd ... "

" ... The HD was 5400RPM. ... "

" ... I installed it by copying the old SSD content completely and it was up and running without a hitch afterward. ... "

Returns

manufacture, back, returning, sent, rma

-100%

" ... Reached out to manufacture for RMA. ... It's been one week since I sent back to manufacture and haven't heard back from them. ... "

" ... No Amazon return :( ... "

" ... I am returning immediately and going back to a Samsung. ... "

" ... Will be returning again, sorry whoever gets it next! ... "

" ... I have been very busy, and was not able to request a replacement. ... "

" ... I requested a replacement and Amazon was spot on with it, but the second one was the same thing. ... "

" ... I will be returning it. ... "

Fit

ssd, slide, plastic, make, laptop

+70%

-30%

" ... This fit the bill and is working flawlessly. ... "

" ... If your case has SSD mounts they slide in very easy. ... "

" ... Open the cover and removed one screw slide out the base remove the screws on the sides holding the disk. ... "

" ... in a snap! ... "

" ... The ssd has both side and bottom mounting holes. ... "

" ... Fit my Macbook Pro perfectly. ... "

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