I have an Alienware 17 laptop with an Intel Core i7 chipset that was running RAID with two 750GB hard disk drives (HDD). I replaced them with a 1TB (960GB) SanDisk solid state drive (SSD) and the results were awesome. I put one of the 750GB HDD's in as extra storage even though running Windows 10 and all my Steam games from the SSD still left me tons of space. I'm impressed with the speed, and for the price ($244.99 at the time I purchased it) this was a great deal.
Whether you are building a new PC or updating an older model, this SSD will make a huge difference in boot times, data transfers, and loading games. I reinstalled Windows 10, downloaded all my drivers, synced over 30GB of data from Google Drive, and downloaded over a dozen Steam games in a matter of a few hours.
Easy switch, but keep in mind if you're also running RAID with two HDD's you should remove them both before installing Windows. Even after deleting RAID from the BIOS, I left one of the 750GB HDD's in and Windows, for some reason, felt the need to try and boot data from the half-written HDD. Take them both out and place only the SSD in, load your operating system (Windows, etc.), and THEN add whatever other storage you want later. The beauty of this product lies in both its inherent capabilities and its pricing. Buy the 960GB (1TB) SanDisk, and you won't need much else in the way of storage until your gaming library bulges at the seams.
| Hard Drive | 960 GB 1x960GB |
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