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Great product

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024

The Kingston 240GB A400 SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/240G has been a game-changer for me. This remarkable piece of technology breathed new life into my aging computer, serving as the perfect HDD replacement. From the moment I installed it, I noticed a significant boost in performance. My computer now runs smoother and faster, and I couldn't be happier.

What sets the Kingston SSD apart is its reliability and affordability. It's a cost-effective solution to upgrade your storage without breaking the bank. The installation process was a breeze, thanks to its user-friendly design. It's compatible with a wide range of devices, making it a versatile choice for anyone looking to enhance their system's performance.

The speed and responsiveness of this SSD are truly impressive. Whether I'm booting up my computer or loading large files, it handles everything with ease. I've experienced no lag or slowdowns since I started using it. Plus, the 240GB capacity provides ample space for all my data and applications.

In addition to its performance, the Kingston SSD is known for its durability. It's built to withstand the rigors of daily use, ensuring that my data remains safe and secure. I can trust it to store my important files without worry.

Overall, the Kingston 240GB A400 SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/240G has exceeded my expectations in every way. It's a fantastic investment for anyone looking to upgrade their computer's performance without breaking the bank. I love it, and I can't recommend it enough.

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Garth D. Wiebe

See photos, transfer rate 122 MB/s, failed in 11 days

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024

See photos of "dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY bs=1M" byte for byte copy of another SSD to this one. It started at 360 MB/s, then after transferring about 90 GB consistently at that rate, slowly decreased in transfer rate until the screen you see in the photo, where it was down to 122 MB/s. (At that point I had transferred all I needed, so stopped the transfer.)

This is also the second one. The first one I bought on 4/9/2024 and it failed on 4/20/2024, at which point I quickly bought a new one, so that I could restore from backup. The failed SSD was completely unresponsive and could not be recognized as present either by the motherboard's SATA controller or by a USB/SATA adapter. I wasn't doing anything at the time it failed. It would have only been running a screensaver and any other various Linux OS/application background tasks that it runs when I am not doing anything.

The failed SSD is the same label as in the photo except "...DF3C" instead of "...F287"

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Sergej M.

Great product

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

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CajunDragon

Reliable, cool, zero issues…

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

I have three of these that I’ve purchased, they are between 2-3 years old, and after all this time all three still write well above 450MB/s and just below 500MB/s (transferring large ISOs slow it down a little, nothing bad though) as advertised.

They are sturdy and reliable, run very cool, and I’ve had zero issues with these in the 2-3 years I’ve used them.

I recently took one out of an old Dell (A10 APU laptop that was 10 years old) and use it as a spare drive in my desktop now and it formatted and everything just fine. It flies through all tasks I give it running Dev Drives with Dev Home on Windows 11 Pro Dev Channel and all Linux operations are superb. I even put it through a test benchmark yesterday and it never passed 57 degrees (and I was pushing it hard). Excellent drives that have delivered. I still prefer Crucial for larger capacities, but do not underestimate these, the price/performance ratio is superb.

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Anabelle

Great product

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2024

Capacity: 480 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

Not expensive and shipped fast

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bob frost

Great for the money, made with reliable components & housed in an aluminum case!

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2023

Capacity: 480 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

Using it for lubuntu currently for the last few months in an old 2010ish acer aspire one 533, works well with write cache enabled, pretty fast for what it is, very cool running even when loaded down. Seems to be very well made for the money, no cheap plastic case, uses real Kingston flash memory too and more incredibly a phison nand flash controller, most cheap SSD's use some cheap junk from some unknown hongkong special but not this one. Very good value, buy this over that other junk from TeamGroup, pny or even sandisk "excluding their top of the line SanDisk Ultra series, those are actually good" But yes, A Samsung Evo 870 will cream both this in terms of specs and speed, but for the price, it's better than anything else cheaper or the same cost, it is certainly better than an overpriced wd blue ssd drive too and CHEAPER by about 40 bucks. I just got another A400 480gb model on the way to use in another 2009ish netbook, this time, a Compaq c110 mini which has windows 7 on it, tho to get it to run as efficiently and reliably as possible, much like with Linux, you do have to tweak some things if you really wanna be picky like I am., Even without doing anything, I know this drive will still last forever pretty much. These are one of the drives a recommend to all the people I know who want a real product.

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EJVF

Nice price and performance

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024

Capacity: 480 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

Easy to install and nice speed to boot the system

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Great Hard Drive

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

I purchased this for my son’s gaming PC. It worked exactly as it should. The reason I chose this brand was price and solid reviews. It’s a great drive at an affordable price.

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YtowntoCleveland

Gave Old Laptop New Life

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

I installed this in an 11-year-old Dell Inspiron 7537 to hopefully extend its life by a few years. This - along with a 6 GB ram update - made the computer feel zippy again and almost like new. I bought an open box unit to save money and it looked like new.

To copy my old hard drive data to this new one, I bought a cheap SATA III to USB 3.0 cord. Then I downloaded a free drive cloning program (search online, there are several) and followed a YouTube video on the process. Basically, you connect the cord to the new hard drive and plug it into a USB slot on your computer. Then you run the program which copies all of your data from the old drive to the new drive (took about an hour). Once it's done, that's when you install the new drive and it worked like magic. When I turned my computer back on, everything was there and worked as it should. I wish I had done this sooner!

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Mr. MunkyMeat

Do not listen to the bad reviews.

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

After reading a review by a DGS fellow that said he had 30 years in the tech business, I thought this was a real P.O.S.. Well, a little while ago my Ex called me up because she was having some issues with her computer and wanted me to look at it. Being the sap I am, I said ok. Turns out the HDD was bad. The bells went off and I remembered the review left buy the tech guy in Florida and I thought "Eureka!". I would get this SSD for her system and within a few days her computer would explode like a dumpster full of TNT.
I get the SSD not on time but a full day early in fact. It installs super easy and she comes and picks it up. I have to hide my excitement as I just wait to hear about the evil that is to come. So after about a week I get anxious and call the Ex to see what was up. Her "Boy Toy" answers and gives me the dreaded news. Not only is it still running, but it is super fast and efficient. He then proceeds to thank me and compliment me on "How mature" it was of me to do this for her even after how messy the divorce was. And how good of a person I really was for being the bigger person and all of that.
Long story short, if your looking for a piece of hardware to sabotage your Ex's computer with, this is not it. But, if you are looking for a stable SSD on the cheap to add some performance to your system, well, sadly this is in fact it.

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Does NOT work as a boot drive! Otherwise, great!

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024

Capacity: 240 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

I bought this drive about three years ago with the intention of booting Linux Mint off of it. Despite the product description saying so (at least at the time- I didn't check before writing this), THIS IS NOT A DRIVE FOR BOOTING AN OPERATING SYSTEM FROM.
Or rather- it isn't... unless you want to hop into the BIOS and manually tell it to boot from this drive every single time you restart your computer. Which is what I did for 2 out of the 3 years that I've owned it. Why? Because... I didn't know that the drive was the problem. I've got it installed in the Ultrabay in a Thinkpad T440p, and I thought THAT might have something to do with it. I didn't realize that this was the problem until I was doing some research on new drives and saw one of the random techie reviews say this one is NOT a boot drive.
Honestly, I would've returned it if I had known that the drive was the culprit sooner (just because it isn't usable for what I wanted it for and I had no other use for it), so I'm letting ya'll know that before anyone else makes my same mistake. I'm docking one star for an inaccurate product description.
All that said... if you aren't buying it to put an OS on (or you don't care about going into the BIOS every time, I guess), it's a great drive! It's still going strong even after three years, and it's pretty fast.

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Andres Martinez E.

FACIL INSTALACION, EXCELENTE VELOCIDAD

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024

Capacity: 480 GBStyle: SATA3Pattern: Internal SSDVerified Purchase

El disco SSD Kingston es una excelente solucion para aquellas personas que quieren una mayor eficiencia en su equipo de escritorio o laptop, sea Mac o PC, dandole al equipo mayor velocidad de transferencia de datos y ejecucion de aplicaciones, juegos y archivos multimedia. Al cambiar tu disco convencional por un disco SSD notas la diferencia en la velocidad del equipo de hasta 10 veces mas de la convencional, recomiendo mucho hacer este upgrade a tu computador ademas de que no seria bulnerable a daños por golpes al no contener partes metalicas. Muy recomendado, ademas de que la marca Kingston es una excelente marca en dispositivos de almacenamiento garantiando calidad en el disco y una garantia excelente.....

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