HyperX 3K 120 GB Upgrade Kit SATA III 2.5-Inch 6.0 Gb/s Solid State Drive SH103S3B/120G

Just finished installing this SSD on a 2-3 year old Gateway desktop. The desktop provided an extra drive bay and power connection. I just needed the SATA cable and 3.5" bay adapter that's included with the kit. I did not use; nor, did I need the USB drive adapter that comes with the kit. This was my first time installing a SSD; so, I purchased this kit just in case.The actual installation and cloning process went very smoothly and took maybe 45 minutes. The worst part for me was trying to move everything from the 1.5 terabyte drive (that had close to 750 GB on it off my old primary drive). Cleaning up the old drive, defragging, uninstalling, and reorganizing everything took most of the day. I was surprised that when I moved all my pictures, videos, documents, and music off my old drive, my PC was still using 250 GB. Running "Windows Disk Cleanup" removing all of the update backups and restore backups took the data usage down to 80 GB.The Acronis cloning process went off without a hitch and took about 15 minutes. When my PC booted up on the new drive, I was amazed at the boot speed and the overall new speed of my old PC. I checked the "Windows Experience Index" and the Primary hard disc rating went from 5.9 to 7.9, which is the highest possible rating.I can't speak to the longevity of the product, but my initial impressions are that this is a very high quality product that's been well thought out and should give me exactly what I was looking for... speed and peace of mind. I highly recommend this product. I guess my laptop is next...

Here are my notes of things I had to figure out a bit on my own to make it all work in my desktop PC.NOTE: This is really easier than it sounds. I am including a bunch of detail because I think it will be helpful, not because this is complicated - it's not.First, this is truly a COMPLETE upgrade kit and makes the process fairly simple and almost fool proof. The box contains the SSD, an adapter tray to allow the SSD to mount in a regular drive bay in a PC chassis, a SATA cable (which I didn't need because my PC chassis was prewired for more drives), a great multi-tip screwdriver, necessary screws, a case to allow the SSD to be used as an outboard portable drive (how neat is THAT) and the Acronis True Image software that makes cloning your system drive a no-brainer. The CD also contains an installation guide that talks you through MOST of what you need to know.To put my notes in perspective, I installed the SSD in a Dell SPX Desk Top that is about 4 years old running Windows 8 Pro. This is a multi-core PC used for photo editing (heavy graphic work) with 8 GB of RAM and a fast graphics processor/video driver card. So this is no slouch of a machine and yet I have seen a definite improvement after installing the SSD.First Things:Load the CD, open the HyperX_Install_Guide (the PDF file) and if you are using English, print the first 16 pages. That's all you'll need of the guide.Getting Your PC Ready:Review the notes on page 5 of the installation guide regarding the capacity of the drive you are replacing versus the size of the SSD you are installing. In my case I was installing the SSD to replace my C: drive to speed up boot/start-up, shut-down and launching of applications. My C: was 500 GB and had about 300 GB of content. I bought the 240 GB SSD so I knew I had to do something about the difference. I had another internal hard drive with plenty of space so I moved My Documents, My Pictures, My Music and My Videos to that drive. This brought the remaining content on C: well below the capacity of my new SSD. Since these are "System" libraries and the operating system will look for them at particular locations you need to point the system to where they are in their new location. You can do this part while you're waiting for your SSD to arrive.Here's how I moved my library folders.First, I backed up all of the library folders to an external drive, just in case. (As it turned out I did not need these back-ups; nevertheless, I suggest you do the same. This can take a while so when you get that started, go get a cup of coffee, watch a couple of TV shows and come back to see if things have all been moved.) When I had the back-ups completed it was time to free up that C: drive space.On my other internal drive (D: in my case) I created a "USER:" folder and inside that a "Bill" folder (that's me). Inside "Bill" I made a folder for each of the libraries, e.g., My Documents, My Music, etc. This is where I was going to move each of the libraries.With that set up, I clicked on Windows Explorer (the file folder navigation screen), clicked on Desktop, then in the right hand pane double-clicked on the User Name (Bill, in my case), then right-clicked on one of the library folders mentioned above like the My Documents folder, clicked on Properties, clicked on the Location tab, clicked on MOVE, this brought up a screen where I navigated to the new location, selected the "Bill" folder, selected the My Documents folder and clicked Apply. I answered "Yes" to the question that popped up about moving files. I did this for each of the library files.With the libraries moved I checked the storage on C: and it was down to 143 GB so I was ready to proceed.The Hardware Part:Install the SSD into the Kingston metal carrier using 4 of the flat-head screws that come with the kit. You get to use the great screwdriver that is included with the kit to do this.Be sure your PC is shut down. Unplug the power cable.Open your PC case; locate the hard disk drive bay; remove one of the spare HDD carriers, probably by squeezing a couple of tabs and sliding it out. Install the Kingston metal tray with the SSD into this carrier. In my case I backed out (loosened) the front two screws on the Dell carrier and they lined up with the front two holes in the Kingston tray. I just positioned the Kingston tray and retightened the Dell carrier screws as they went into the Kingston tray's two front screw holes. There is a ledge on the Dell tray that supports the rear of the Kingston tray so no screws are used for that. So, you won't need the included pan head (roundish head) screws at all in this situation.Slide the Dell tray back into its slot until it clicks into place. Attach the SATA data cable (bigger connector) that is already there. Attach the SATA power cable using either one that is already there (it was for me) or using the cable supplied with the SSD. The Kingston instructions tell you how to locate the right connector on the motherboard.Close your PC chassis, plug in the power cord and start your PC.The Software Part:Follow the Kingston instructions for Setup and Use of the Acronis software (page 8). My computer did NOT boot from the Kingston CD so I had to go into the BIOS (press F2 or whatever your PC uses during start-up to get to the BIOS screens) and set the Optical Drive as the first choice for boot devices. (Note, leave it this way after you are finished with the entire SSD installation process.)Acronis will launch and just follow the simple and straightforward Kingston instructions.Along the way I got some obscure message (`ST not recognized) but I thought "what the heck" and just hit Enter and it proceeded without any problems.After selecting the Source Disk it took several minutes of "Processing" before it went to the next step. I was getting a bit nervous but I just waited it out and everything was OK.After selecting the Destination disk, the software immediately began the cloning process which took about 30 minutes - remember that I was cloning about 143 GB so your time may be shorter or longer depending upon the amount of data to be cloned.If all goes as expected you will get a "Disk cloning was successful" message.Whew! That seems like a lot of work but it really wasn't. The bulk of the time was taken up in the back-up I decided to do and then figuring out how to reduce the stored info on my C: drive. I hope my notes here help you a bit. The use of an SSD as my boot/system drive has definitely breathed new life into my somewhat old PC and will give me another year or two of service.

This drive is excellent in speed my boot up is now 20 seconds. Decent price for a great drive.If you are running windows 7 this drive is amazing. If your trying to run Windows 8 prepare forabout a 3 hour process. If you think the time spent is worth having a faster pc. Please followmy directions in order and you'll be fine.Con: The software to install this drive and the drive itself is not made for windows 8. (but can be made to run)To install windows 8 on this drive you first need to set the drive aside for about an hour or so.Take another drive and install windows 7.Once installation is completeNow use Acronis Home ImageClone the drive onto the solid statenext is the fun part hook your solid state up to another computeryou now need to change the system reserve file to at least 300MB(i used mini Partition wizard found at this link[...]now after you have changed your system reserveplug the solid state into ur pc you want it to run onsystem will error out (no worries)Press F8 and run last good known configurationnow your system is readyrestart your pc and boot from your windows 8 discNow it should install with no issues(Any issues email me and i am more than willing to help)I spent hours working on this drive i am happy with the speed; but this drive was very frustrating to get windows 8 on it. These are the steps i took; now my system is running much faster.

Fantastic, This was by far the best upgrade I made to my laptop (Acer Extensa 5235). It is really fast and reliable, I've been using this for around 2 years now. The only issue I'm having with it is, when I turn the laptop on it will blue-screen (more like blue flash) 2 or 3 times before I can get to windows. I don't know how to fix it or what is causing it, but it doesn't bother me much. I think the problem was caused when I cloned the HDD to it. I went from a 160GB HDD to this 120GB SSD and I had to shrink down the partitions and I had to use software to help me.I am now using another 2 of these in different sizes and haven't had a single problem.ProsFastreliablecheaper than most brands of SSD and is one of the best performing ones.ConsCan be difficult using the cloning software if coming from a larger drive.

Fait parfaitement son travail, sa fait 1 ans et quelques mois que je l'ai, fiable avec adaptateur pour monter dans un compartiment 3.5 ou rentre nickel dans un 2.5 pouces, + tournevis (3 embouts) + logiciel acronis, le bon kit pour transférer ses fichiers, pas chère, rapide et pratique je recommande

Tutto apposto per quanto riguarda Amazon, mentre per l'SSD devo dire una delusione.Si reclamizza che con questi dischi allo stato solido si da nuova vita ai PC e si allunga la loro vita aumentandone considerevolmente la velocità......ci si dimentica un ingrediente fondamentale che se non ho la possibilità di collegare l'oggetto alla alimentazione elettrica interna la PC non parte un bel niente. Nella confezione IN BUNDLE dovrebbe esserci tutto per partire, costa anche di più e allora dico io anziché regalare uno stupido cacciavite, perché non si mette nella confezione un cavetto che serve per collegare l'alimentazione elettrica con una riduzione SATA femmina che va all'SSD ......io ho un PC del 2009 e all'interno non ha alimentazione SATA per cui ho dovuto riordinare sul sito AMAZON il cavetto a poco più di 2 euri........costa più la spedizione che l'oggetto. Cosa strana ma bella la VERBATIM nella confezione del suo SSD prevede questa opzione. Mi sembrano più intelligenti della KINGSTOM......E IL PROSSIMO SSD SARà VERBATIM........AL CLIENTE CHI CI PENSA....!!!!!!!In settimana è arrivato il cavetto ho collegato e tutto bene, velocissimo, ma resta la pecca del cavetto che mancava nella confezione IN BUNDLE !!!!

Excelente disco duro, mi ordenador tarda menos de 1 minuto en abrirse, cuando antes necesitaba 5 minutos. Lo noto mucho cuando trabajo con video, juegos y programas que requieren potencia del ordenador. Sin dudarlo me compraba otro, aunque a veces por mi trabajo se me queda un poco corto de espacio. El ordenador se calienta mucho menos y noto mucho el excelente rendimiento que me da. Lo he probado en Mac y en PC y la verdad que en ambos ganas potencia de velocidad. Me encanta. Quizás lo negativo es el precio pero lo ganas en tiempo ;)

Con este disco duro ya no te acuerdas de qué es esperar para que se cargue tu pc. Muy comodo de instalar, tambien tiene una estuche muy comodo por si lo quiere usar como pendrive. Aconsejo usar este disco duro solo para windows y otros programas, pero para las descargas o almacenaje de información mejor usar los discos de vieja generación. No se calienta ni hace ruido.