Faspeed 120GB SSD 2.5 Inch SATA 3 (SATA III) Internal Solid State Drive

I was looking for a quick way to speed up my mid 2011 MacMini, and thought this looked like the way to go, one of the cheapest 120g SSD's available.Read write speed of the stock 500g Toshiba HD was around 50mbs so not very fast, boot up into Yosemite took around 45seconds.using a MacMini Data Double (available through Amazon) i swapped out the drives added in the Faspeed F510 and then used some terminal jiggery pokery to create a DIY Fusion drive.reinstalled the OS, fired it up and all worked well with a much faster MacMini to boot.New read write speed as you can see from the pic below are around 7 times faster than the original HD boot time is around 25 seconds, very happy with this.

A very nice, easy to install SSD. I bought this as I was upgrading from my slow 1TB hard drive. Installation was a quick and easy process, you just plug it in and turn your computer on. I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 64-bit on it which was a very fast process, the operating system took about 15-20GB of storage space so I was left with plenty to install software on. After installing various software and a couple of small games on this SSD, I am now left with about 40GB.Here are a few advantages to this SSD:----------------------------------------------------- Boot times have reduced by a lot.- File transfer speed is very fast compared to a hard drive- Programs load quickly- Small size so you can install it in laptops- It is compatible with SATA 2 motherboardsMy Recommendations----------------------------------------------------- The 120GB SSD is better suited for installing your operating system and some other software. Avoid installing big games such as Battlefield 1 on this drive because you will run out of space very quickly.- IMPORTANT ---- Before installing Windows 10 on this SSD, make sure you have AHCI enabled in your motherboard’s BIOS. Enabling AHCI in the BIOS will have Windows 10 installed with AHCI enabled within the operating system to take advantage of the SSD’s speed. Before I enabled AHCI I was getting 220MB/s transfer speed, after enabling AHCI I got a big boost in performance and now I have 280MB/s.NOTE --- My SSD is currently installed on a motherboard supporting SATA 2 not SATA 3. SATA 2 max speed is 300MB/s, as you can see from my screenshots the SSD is just about 20MB away from the max speed of SATA 2. I can’t say how it performs on a SATA 3 motherboard because I haven't tried it.

Easy to install, though I did have a spare 2.5 inch drive bay, with adapting brackets 3.6 inch bays should not be a problem. So far it works fast and silent and I still find it hard to believe how light it is.You will need to supply your own screws and SATA leads but there's nothing unusual or awkward about it just be careful handling it because it is so light.

Got this to replace the boot drive on a Windows 7 PC, which was a lot more straight forward than I feared. It's still an older computer but the speed boost makes it feel brand new. For under £45, a lot cheaper than a new computer, plus the old drive is now filled with games.

1 (out of 4) doa.In use, the others have been fine but since I'll need reliability (mining rig) I'll probably pay a few quid more and get known brand version such as the Sandisk.

5 years old laptop, After I installed this baby, perfect working condition !! I recommend for anyone who was a old laptop and wants to keep , very good upgrade.!! Windows 7 boot in less than 1 minute!

For a cheap SSD you can't go wrong. Quick boot times and reliable so far!

Arrived in 2 days, works fine, good value!