Reviews Samsung Electronics Samsung 840 Series SSD 500 GB SATAIII 2.5-Inch MZ-7TD500BW

I will say this about this Samsung Electronics Samsung 840 Series SSD 500 GB SATAIII. It is definatly the most affordable and you won't have any problems with compatibility but again it definatly is not the best. OWC is king. Another awesome thing about this Samsung Drive is the software it comes with. Excellent product. Top notch quality. Very reliable.

It comes with Samsung's Magician Software where you can do benchmark tests for this drives and other drive, firmware updates among many other things, etc. This Samsung Electronics Samsung 840 Series SSD 500 GB SATAIII drive is a good buy and a good product but if you are going to make the investment go with OWC.
Windows 8 and Windows 7 both have native support for SSDs, which provides for properly cleaning SSDs of errors and deleted data that will eventually slow them down (defragmenting SSDs like a magnetic drive will ruin them).

• Optimized to improve everyday PC productivity, including web-browsing, email, multimedia and gaming
• Enables you to boot up your computer in as little as 15 seconds
• Energy efficient - improves battery life by up to 50 minutes
• Solid-state design provides greater shock protection for data and brushed metal case blocks dust and corrosion
• Worry-free data security with AES 256-bit full-disk encryption

Did a lot of research on this Samsung Electronics Samsung 840 Series SSD and it is definitely the best buy for your money. Applications like Photoshop open much faster and gaming performance is great. In all, it's a great buy and easy to install. I purchased the 500GB model but I recommend any of the available capacities. Love it!
Here is some advice for you, reading all those 'steps to install ssd':

• Ignore all of them. Just change your hdd for your ssd and make a clean windows installation.
• Format it, install windows and it's done. No Samsung software, no migration software, no registration.
• This is the BEST (and most secure) way to do it. 

I know SSD's are fast, but the previous one I bought was a Kingston HyperX 3K 120 GB SATA III which was never as reliable as this Samsung Electronics Samsung 840 Series SSD 500 GB SATAIII 2.5-Inch MZ-7TD500BW drive. The Kingston failed to boot several times ("Operation System Not Found") and required a second boot to get it going. Nothing but speed and satisfaction from this Samsung drive.