Amazon.com: Customer reviews: PNY CS1311 480GB 2.5” SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Great, No-Frills SSD

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016

I was hoping to find an inexpensive, high-quality SSD to replace the slow and unstable hard drive on my secondary computer. It had gotten so bad that I would avoid using it at all costs, even though it is far more powerful than my tablet. That's where this PNY CS1311 SSD comes in. The price was nice at just under $60 for the 240 GB model, and the measured performance was arguably the highest among the competition.

First of all, I did not use the Acronis software code that came with the device. I always start fresh whenever I can, and Windows 10 makes that process easier than ever, but you must be running Windows 10 on your old hard drive for this to work:
- Backup the files you want to keep on OneDrive, a USB, or an external hard drive if you can.
- Download Windows 10 and create an install disc/USB.
- Switch out the HDD for the SSD and boot up from the install media*.
- When it asks for the product key, click "I don't have a product key".
- Once Windows 10 goes online, it will see that it's the same system and activate automatically.

The Samsung EVO 850 comes with software that helps you test your drive, keeps track of its age, and automatically changes settings in Windows to get the most out of the SSD. The PNY has none of that, but I don't think most users would really miss it. It also doesn't come with any cables or brackets, which is standard, but it does include a spacer for those that may need one. Although this may be one of the prettiest computer components I have ever seen, where the PNY really shines is its speed.

According to PNY, this drive should deliver up to 550MB/s in sequential reading, and 520MB/s in sequential writing (550/520 in shorthand, higher numbers are better for both). TheSamsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)provides up to 540/520 and theCrucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT240BX200SSD1tops out at 540/490. In user tests, the Samsung usually performs right on the mark, but the Crucial seems to have occasional problems according to its reviewers. The PNY CS1311, on the other hand, often outperforms its own benchmarks in both my tests and the tests done by other reviewers (attached image).

This model only comes with a 3 year warranty, so if the Samsung EVO 850 is a comparable price I would buy the Samsung for its 5 year coverage. However, SSDs are known for their reliability, so do what feels right to you.

Overall, I am very happy with my purchase. I would absolutely recommend this drive to anyone that I like, and the Crucial to anyone I don't. I will update later on if anything changes.

*On some older systems, the Serial ATA interface may be set up in "Legacy" or "IDE" mode (mine was). I recommend searching online to verify that your BIOS is set to AHCI BEFORE installing Windows, assuming it supports AHCI.

Test machine:
ASUS K53E
Intel Core i5-2450M (2 cores @ 2.50GHz)
4GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

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W. H.

Compatibility issues, Beware!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017

I read many reviews before deciding on this product. The reviews I read made upgrading to an SSD easy, but it was not. The physical part was easy, take out the old hard drive, take the old drive out, put the new SSD in and TA-DA, install done. Ahhhh, NO, the battle is about to begin.
The machine I WANTED to install it in didn't like the drive at all, it's a 5-year-old HP. I was able to use load Windows 7 on the drive easy (used ghost image of my old hard drive), thought all was well. Did a shutdown to turned the laptop off. Went back, hit the power button and NOTHING, cursor hangs in the top left-hand corner. Tried a completely different image of the same hard drive, same thing. Then did a clean load of Win7, same thing. Anytime I did a shutdown, it wouldn't boot ever again. Figured it was a BIOS issue, made sure the BIOS was current, it was, so I moved into additional troubleshooting. At this point, I contacted PNY tech support.
Taking the drive out of the HP laptop, I put it on an old Acer desktop and tried again. This time it attempted to boot, got a little further than it did on the much newer laptop. It booted to the point where it said "starting windows", then it reset the hardware.
PNY tech support answered me back within 24 hours but offered little advice or help, in the end, they just said: "it's a bad drive". Two machines down one to go. Moved to my last hope, an old Toshiba A305-S6872. Didn't want to use this one because of memory limitations, has 3gig and can only go up to 4. Naturally, the SSD works on this machine, I can even shut it down and bring it back up to a working machine!
It's in the BIOS folks, something in the BIOS for me at least makes this SSD picky. If you buy this product and it doesn't work right out of the box and you don't have 3 available machines available to test with, put it back in the box and try another brand, PNY tech support is less than helpful.
Bottom line, I'm going to keep the PNY, but I'm not happy that I can use it in the machine of my choice. Good luck and happy troubleshooting!!

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mijcon

Great, No-Frills SSD

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016

Capacity: 240GBVerified Purchase

I was hoping to find an inexpensive, high-quality SSD to replace the slow and unstable hard drive on my secondary computer. It had gotten so bad that I would avoid using it at all costs, even though it is far more powerful than my tablet. That's where this PNY CS1311 SSD comes in. The price was nice at just under $60 for the 240 GB model, and the measured performance was arguably the highest among the competition.

First of all, I did not use the Acronis software code that came with the device. I always start fresh whenever I can, and Windows 10 makes that process easier than ever, but you must be running Windows 10 on your old hard drive for this to work:
- Backup the files you want to keep on OneDrive, a USB, or an external hard drive if you can.
- Download Windows 10 and create an install disc/USB.
- Switch out the HDD for the SSD and boot up from the install media*.
- When it asks for the product key, click "I don't have a product key".
- Once Windows 10 goes online, it will see that it's the same system and activate automatically.

The Samsung EVO 850 comes with software that helps you test your drive, keeps track of its age, and automatically changes settings in Windows to get the most out of the SSD. The PNY has none of that, but I don't think most users would really miss it. It also doesn't come with any cables or brackets, which is standard, but it does include a spacer for those that may need one. Although this may be one of the prettiest computer components I have ever seen, where the PNY really shines is its speed.

According to PNY, this drive should deliver up to 550MB/s in sequential reading, and 520MB/s in sequential writing (550/520 in shorthand, higher numbers are better for both). The Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM) provides up to 540/520 and the Crucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT240BX200SSD1 tops out at 540/490. In user tests, the Samsung usually performs right on the mark, but the Crucial seems to have occasional problems according to its reviewers. The PNY CS1311, on the other hand, often outperforms its own benchmarks in both my tests and the tests done by other reviewers (attached image).

This model only comes with a 3 year warranty, so if the Samsung EVO 850 is a comparable price I would buy the Samsung for its 5 year coverage. However, SSDs are known for their reliability, so do what feels right to you.

Overall, I am very happy with my purchase. I would absolutely recommend this drive to anyone that I like, and the Crucial to anyone I don't. I will update later on if anything changes.

*On some older systems, the Serial ATA interface may be set up in "Legacy" or "IDE" mode (mine was). I recommend searching online to verify that your BIOS is set to AHCI BEFORE installing Windows, assuming it supports AHCI.

Test machine:
ASUS K53E
Intel Core i5-2450M (2 cores @ 2.50GHz)
4GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

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Kaz Ishiya

Breathed new life into an unusably slow laptop!

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2016

Capacity: 120GBVerified Purchase

I bought this SSD for an old AMD E-350 laptop I had sitting around. My only requirement is that it boots up fast and can store a handful of applications. (Any data I'll be storing, I can put on an external drive, so even the 120GB drive would do). Because the E-350 is only SATA-2, and not exactly a performance powerhouse (it's basically AMD's answer to Atom), I don't really feel that it's useful to talk numbers, but I will say that Windows does boot up crazy fast now compared to the HDD the laptop came with. I'm very pleased with the boost in performance this has provided. With the original HDD, loading Windows took a number of minutes, and forget about sitting there and waiting to open any apps. Now with this SSD, apps load very quickly, and swapping with this SSD was a quick and inexpensive way to breathe new life into a laptop that had become pitifully slow and unable to handle even the most basic tasks.

Installation was a breeze. The original laptop had a 9.5mm drive, and this has a spacer for 9.5mm drives, but the laptop's design was such that it wasn't really needed, because the screws and brackets hold this 7mm drive in place anyway. Still, for those drive bays where it's an issue, having the flexibility is very nice. It came well packed, although I don't know if an SSD really needs that much packing around it (I've bought some SanDisk SSDs for other laptops, and they came with very little plastic and cardboard around them, with the same accessories, and everything was OK with them, too). It also came with a license for Acronis, but I've grown fond of using Macrium Reflect (Free Edition) for all of my disk imaging, so I didn't use my license key.

I went with this one for a number of reasons:
- PNY is a respected brand that still manufactures a bunch of their stuff in the USA
- I've never had a problem with any PNY SD card or RAM that I've used
- The price was right (cheaper than almost any other SSD on the market), and the performance numbers got me thinking that if the rest of this laptop dies, at least the SSD should still prove useful elsewhere.

In short, this SSD provides everything you need to migrate from an old HDD to breathe life into older SATA laptops (or desktops), and at a very affordable price.

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TechVet

Excellent SSD so far

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016

Capacity: 480GBVerified Purchase

UPDATE 06-26-2016: Now that this is installed in a system I wanted to update with a current benchmark (see pic). The drive still seems to be running well on a SATA3 port. I also have a SanDisk Ultra II 480GB next to it and have posted both bench marks for comparison. The PNY did much better overall than the SanDisk. The results for both drives were less than the Crucial MX200 that I had to repurpose in another system. I still recommend the PNY for the price ($110)

Current system:

* ASRock Z170 Formula OC
* Intel i7-6700K Skylake CPU
* Windows 10 Pro x64
* Corsair H110i GTX 280 mm liquid cooler (top molunt)
* 32GB (8GB x 4) GSkill 4 DDR4 2400 RAM
* EVGA GeForce 950 SC+ 2GB Video Card
* Samsung 950 Pro 256GB NVME SSD System drive w/ Addonics PCI-E adapter card to free SATA ports
* Samsung SM951 256GB NVME storage drive w/ Addonics PCI-E adapter card to free SATA ports
* PNY CS1311 480GB SSD in Icy Dock MB-324SP Front Panel Dock
* SanDisk Ultra II 480GB SSD in Icy Dock MB-324SP Front Panel Dock
* WD Blue 1TB 7200 rpm HDD in upper drive cage
* WD Green 2TB 5400 rpm HDD in upper drive cage
* Hitachi 2TB 7200 rpm HDD in upper drive cage
* ASRock USB 3.1 A+C Front Panel
* EVGA 850 G2 Gold PSU
* Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower

ORIGINAL POST: So far it seems to be an excellent, well performing, SSD. I haven't installed it in a system yet pending receipt of my RMA'd motherboard. However, using an external USB 3.0 adapter, transfer speeds have been above average. Copying a 4GB file between this SSD and an internal Crucial MX200 yielded over 800 MB/s through put in both directions. Copying the same file, a Windows 10 ISO, to and from a WD Black 500GB, 7200 rpm HDD produced throughput averaging about 95 MB/s. I've just been using this externally for a few days and will update with long term sustainability and dependability data in about a month or so. As of now, I definitely recommend this PNY 480GB SSD.

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Mario I. Burgos

Nice product and so, so tech support.

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017

Capacity: 480GBVerified Purchase

I bought a Dell XPS 8910. Nice system. Wanting to make it even better, I bought this Solid State Disk SSD to make the boot-in routine snappier. The principle behind this is that SSD "hard drives" are not hard drives in the sense that they spin to retrieved data. It is just pure memory which quickens the booting process by accessing data by addressing the location of the data, rather that moving a head and look for the information. The main advantages are speed and durability since they don't crash because they have no moving parts.

This PNY drive is very reasonable priced. The reviews were positive and it comes with a 2015 version of Acronis True Image for the crucial process of copying the content of the original booting disk onto this fast SSD and manipulating the BIOS to boot from the DSS.

Making a copy of the system onto to the SSD using True Image was easy. I compared the two and they looked identical. The problem was altering the BIOS setup to make the system recognize the PNY as the booting disk. That was a technical support mess: In the old BIOS it was a matter of telling the computer to boot from certain drive. Nowadays it is more complicated, aggravated by skinny manuales which provide no information for things like this.

Dell refused to help me because. According to the rep. it was not a defect but and enhancement issue.(Dell does not provide any information at all about the BIOS setup). They referred me to PNY. PNY did not respond to my phone call, apparently because it was a holiday (Monday Jan. 2). The automatic answering system asked to press a number for technical support. I waited 54 minutes at which point I hung. I got nothing, not even a message telling me to call another day. True image does not even talk to you. Hey, this is a freebie. Do you expect any tech support? Instead, the web site offered an upgrade to the version of 2017. That mede my blood boil.

Bottom line, after several frustrating hours it occurred to me that if I plugged the PNY in the same place where the original drive was connected and forced the BIOS to its original default setup it would go to the original port where now resides the new guy (the SSD). That worked.
PNY SSD drive made a difference in my computer. The 435 gigabytes, which is less of what their claimed size of 480 gigs. is adequate for the OS plus Microsoft Office which in its new incarnation refuses to install on anything but the C: Drive. The rest of the apps peacefully find their home in the mechanical drive in the partition D: and E:

PNY SSD is a nice product with a so, so tech support. At least is what I got during the holiday season.

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zarskekd

Like a fast car in rush hour on my system

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016

Capacity: 240GBVerified Purchase

Pros:
Great value
Fast
Easy to install
Free software for migration
No BIOS issues

Cons:
Didn't magically make my system SATA III
Personal setup issues
No 2.5" to 3.5" adapter

Disclaimer, I do not have a standard set up on my computer, I upgraded from a 1TB HDD with dual boot on it, total of 4 partitions. When I tried to use the Acronis software that was included, it wanted to recreate all 4 partitions, even though I wanted to only copy 3. I instead used Macrium Reflect which worked great, but could have still used the Acronis software to get the job done. If you use the Acronis software, do not be like me and confuse yourself when you exclude files. Check marks mean those files are excluded, not included. I spent close to an hour trying to decipher how I kept needing to clear more space every time I moved files from one partition to the one I wanted to exclude, only to realize I was using the checks backwards. As far as booting with it, I had no issues with my BIOS recognizing it, I have an ASUS M4N68T-M V2 motherboard, just selected it as my primary drive and booted right away. As mentioned, I do not have SATA III, so my system is throttled far lower than this drive can perform, which can be seen in my benchmarks. While I have not noticed a huge difference in performance yet (only installed today), the benchmarks do show a huge improvement in random read/write. I would have preferred getting an adapter for my desktop with the SSD, but I had no issues mounting it with Kingwin 2.5 Inch to 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Disk Drive Mounting Kit . All in all, very pleased, will definitely shop with PNY for future memory purchases.

C: is this product, E: is my old HDD. I was using my system lightly while doing these tests, which I assume caused the slower sequential speeds. But the random speeds really shine comparatively.

Update: I installed this SSD into a new motherboard with SATA III, and the results are much better. I haven't had a chance to fully test it in the real world, but I love these numbers, very close to what PNY advertised for read/write. My IOPS numbers were lower, but that very well could be caused by something else in my system as well.

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D. S. Bierly

Nice little drive, works great so far, smooth installation (but a couple lessons learned)

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017

Capacity: 120GBVerified Purchase

My 5 stars may be premature, I just bought and received it today (thank you Amazon Prime!), and now have my old Dell Latitude D630 (yup, 10 years old, still built like a tank) converted over to this SSD. Flawless setup, thanks to the Acronis software key they provide. I just selected the "clone" option to migrate my old *SLOW* hard drive (it was all the rage at the time) with Windows 10 onto this baby, using an adapter cable from USB to SATA (these are pretty cheap if you need one, they come in handy over and over) with the PNY drive plugged in externally. One software glitch--it didn't like an extra partition which had Linux on it, so I had to exit out, fire up the Windows "Create and Format Partitions" manager to just delete these old partitions I didn't need. After that, click click click, and I found the machine turned off about 40 minutes later.

Assuming the best, I flipped it over, unscrewed the 2 screws holding the hard drive door in place, slid out the assembly and unscrewed the plastic cover from the drive (note the orientation of everything first), and swapped that in for the new drive. Slid it back in, turned on the machine, and it booted up into....."disk not found" :(

I figured it had to be good, and wondered how it couldn't be making the connection inside. Then I remembered it came with this (unexplained) extra piece with self-adhesive on it, which makes the drive a little thicker. Turns out this is needed to encourage the drive to actually mate with the connector. That did the trick, booted right up, no more 100% disk utilization all of the time. In fact, you barely notice it, because now the machine is CPU limited lol...

Still, it is pretty functional now, I am only hoping it can drive my 3D printer :)

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Chris

Not getting near the read/write numbers advertised... for a reason.

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016

Capacity: 480GBVerified Purchase

UPDATED AGAIN Review 12/3/16: I finally got a nice new motherboard (ASUS 970 Pro Gaming) that was on sale for black friday with 6Gbs and ran Crystal Diskmark and got the numbers I was looking for. Thanks PNY for your help and making a great drive. New screen shot submitted with read/write (over 500 Mb/s)

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UPDATED Review 4/13/16: I originally posted this with 3 stars because of not getting the numbers advertised.

PNY replied below to contact them and I did so via email. They got back to me right away with a few solutions. One being to switch to AHCI in BOIS and it boosted my numbers from 234/225 to 280/260.

I did find that my motherboard is the bottleneck, it's a new computer too :-/ They posted Sata 3Gb/s, which I thought I saw Sata 3. I will upgrade my Mobo to get the numbers I want.

I changed the posting because of the helpful customer service, my experience with the Acronis software, and the fact the drive works great considering my mobo, huge improvement with HHD.

Thanks PNY :)
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Old Review:
I gave it 3 starts because I'm not getting anywhere near the read/write numbers advertised. Not one or two starts because it is a good SSD and is a great improvement from an HHD.

I bought a new PC a few months back and did a clean install of Win10 on a Sandisk Plus 240GB. I decided to try this PNY out because I want to increase storage and am now using it for some games and wanted better performance. I used the Acronis Migrate and it worked like a charm. The problem is that the Sandisk disk gave me nearly the same readings compared to this PNY which I expected to be an upgrade :-/

This is my primary drive. The HHD that came with the PC I formatted and use just for storage. Not sure how everyone else is getting over 500 MBs read/write while I'm stuck at around 200. I have run the Crystal Disk Mark multiple times and haven't gotten anywhere near the same numbers as the other reviewers, which makes me somewhat skeptical. This is the same program everyone else is using so not sure what the problem is here?

Specs:
CPU: FX-8320 (3.50 GHz)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1600
MOBO: Gigabyte GA'78LMT
OS: Win10 64 bit Home

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J. Walton

Great drive for the master hard drive...

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018

Capacity: 240GBVerified Purchase

Core parts list:
ASUS Prime B350M-A/CSM AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI VGA M.2 USB 3.1 mATX B350 Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Processor (YD170XBCAEWOF)
DeepCool CPU Cooler (GAMMAXX 400 WHITE)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4 21300) C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16)
PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS1311-240-RB)

The PNY 240GB SSD has been a great primary hard drive. Installation was easy enough, for both the tower and Microsoft Windows 10 Home | Download , and is quite quick to load just about anything I've thrown at it.

Installing various programs can sometimes take their time, but I haven't noticed anything longer than with any other build. This is generally due to DVD-ROM and/or internet speeds and has nothing to do with the actual SSD. Loading some of the more recent games on the market, like Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition - PC , is definitely a fraction of the time. Loading and running resource intensive programs, Photoshop and Illustrator for example, and video editing is also much quicker. What takes a 7200 RPM hard drive about an hour to perform an OS update is typically done in about 5, maybe 10, minutes on this 240GB SSD.

I would definitely recommend the 240GB SSD to anyone that is considering a solid state hard drive for either minimal PC use, primarily browsing the internet, or as a master hard drive with additional storage drives, as in my case.

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Ryan O

Rocky start...but pleased with the end result.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2016

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I installed the drive in a Sony TAP 20 all-in-one PC. I'm not sure if this is a problem that is unique to me or not, but I thought I'd share just in case someone else has the same experience. I put the new SSD into an external USB enclosure and used the included Acronis HD 2015 software to clone the disk thinking that it would be the path of least resistance. When the clone was complete, I removed the old drive from the computer, inserted the new one and crossed my fingers. Upon powering on the system I encountered a Windows boot error. I begun searching for causes and potential fixes. The first was to buy a $20 copy of Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 4.0, as many had reported having issues with Acronis and switching to Paragon. Not wanting to spend a dime more, I kept searching and found numerous possible fixes and spent a day trying everything under the sun including builtin Windows boot restore and some bcdedit commands.

Thankfully, I found the following post that fixed the issue right away. It's not exactly for the faint of heart, but if you're technical it's quick and easy. For the typical end-user I would probably suggest looking into Paragon if you're seeing boot failures after cloning with Acronis...

Here's what I used from within the Windows Recovery Environment (Command Line):
Type “Diskpart”
<diskpart>sel disk 0
<diskpart>list vol
Look for the partition formated in “FAT 32” with no letter assigned, "n"
<diskpart>sel vol n
<diskpart>assign letter=b:
<diskpart> exit
If you cannot find any FAT32 partition without a drive letter assigned, type "bootrec /rebuildbcd" and repeat the above steps, assigning a drive letter accordingly.

X:>cd /d b:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot
X:>bootrec /fixboot
X:>ren BCD BCD.bak
X:>bcdboot c:\Windows /l en-us /s b: /f ALL
replace the “en-us” with your language settings
X:>exit
Reboot and it should be working.

Aside from all that drama, the new SSD is performing MUCH faster than the old 1TB 5400 HGST drive that came with the computer 3 years ago and I would have no problem recommending this to others. In regards to the price, I purchased from Amazon for $209 around 5/1/2016. I found the same drive at Best Buy and Fry's for the same price, so if you're going to purchase I would go with whatever retailer you're most comfortable with.

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R. Hines

Breathed life into home laptop

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2016

Capacity: 240GBVerified Purchase

Installed in a 2012 HP Pavilion G7 Notebook running Windows 10 on 4gb of memory. Prior to buying the PNY SSD I installed 2x4gb (8gb) memory. I had issues with the OEM HDD and was looking to migrate Windows 10 to the new SSD. I was unable to use the Acronis software for cloning my HDD because it requires you to have both the HDD and SSD connected in order to clone and migrate. I installed the Acronis software prior to installing the SSD, followed the on-screen prompts, but when selecting the cloning option it clearly stated I did not have the SSD connected. I'm certain there must be a ribbon cable/USB connection and would have worked fine if that was purchased separately.

Nonetheless, I opted to run the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool with a 4gb USB stick I had laying around the house.Media Creation Tool requires at least 3gb, so the 4gb was just enough. I was skeptical with the failing OEM HDD, but inserted the USB stick and downloaded the Media Creation Tool. When it completed downloading on the USB (took about 1 1/2 hours - your time may vary. (As stated above 2012 G7 1.5ghz AMD 6 quad core with 8gb memory on a 28mb download wifi at home)). I did not need any files on the old hard drive, so I just opted to perform a Windows 10 install only on the SDD. For those attempting this same thing, remember to go into your BIOS and change your boot sequence to allow for USB/Floppy boot option, prior to booting from the hard drive. (Yes, I had a "duh", moment).

Too cut to the chase, the PNY SSD fit like a glove in the drive bay. The oem HDD was installed with two rubber sleeves for an exact fit. I did not have to use the rectangular adhesive bracket that came with the PNY SSD. The bracket would work just fine I'm sure as the thin bracket would be a secure fit. When booting with the USB Media Creation Tool, installation was seamless. (Don't forget to take out the USB when complete or you'll end up in another install loop upon reboot. Yep, another "duh" moment). After install, and boot, which only takes 35 seconds to boot to desktop, i couldn't be more satisfied.

As for the 240gb capacity after Windows Install, I have 200gb free space. Plenty for more apps, programs, web browsing (which is very quick now), and photo's/video for a solid home computer. Now my wife doesn't have to share her's...goal achieved!

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