Hi Friends,
My association with
Sandisk goes a long way when I first bought my first pen drive around 2005 when it was around 128MB or 256MB capacity and the very first time I saw the pen drive when one of my uncles went to Austria to attend a conference and received one of 16MB capacity and at that time my desktop's USB port could not even recognize the same.
When the brand asked me to check an SSD for review for 2 weeks, I was never thinking that this is going to be in such a small package in which I used to buy pen drives earlier. The package is very much similar in the Red colour as you see in all the SD cards, micro-SD cards and various kind of pen drives. I think I will still be having mint condition
SanDisk 4GB Pendrives in my Technolgy Suitcase which I have kept unopened.
Let's see how we can use this particular Sandisk SSD Plus 480GB and the various ways we can use it are -
Upgrading the laptop or your desktop with this fast and reliable SSD which will definitely improve the overall performance of the device. I observed it when I replaced my 1TB HDD from my Asus Vivobook and replaced it with 500GB SSD, it not only reduced the boot-up time but also shutdowns are really fast and even all the office apps are just booting in less than a second or so. Even the Wondershare's Filmora on the laptop does it works fast which is more dependent on RAM rather than the memory disk but any which way there is a significant improvement in speed there also.
Coming to the read and write speeds for which SSD are known for and this version of Sandisk SSD Plus offers a high sequential read speeds of up to 535MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 445MB/s which is way higher than the hard disk drive in whatever device you are using. I have always wondered about how the Apple Macbook's work so great and that is only because of the 128GB SSD or 256GB SSD that they install in their devices along with the RAM and of course the operating system is also powerful. But after I installed the SSD in my ASUS laptop I felt the same kind of power in my Microsoft Windows 10 Asus Vivobook using Intel i5 8th Generation processor.
Moreover, the best part is the weight of this Sandisk SSD Plus which is just less than 50 grams, I didn't even have something to measure the exact weight of this small plasticky device which you can easily carry in your backpack or even pocket too using an external casing. Also, the Sandisk SSD Plus is shock and vibration resistant so even if it falls, it might actually work and protect your data.
As there are no moving parts so there is no sound that comes from your device when you boot the same and also there are no heating issues that you generally experience with the HDDs. My laptop left-hand side was getting so hot as the 1TB 2.5inch HDD was placed right under the palm rest so when I replaced the same with HDD, the problem vanished in a second. This also reduces laptop battery consumption as SSD is more power-efficient. Also, it's plug and play is as easy as just sliding the SSD card in the SATA port connectors.
If you are aware of the SLC caching which basically means that the data is stored as one bit in every cell inside this NAND flash making it significantly faster to help boost burst write performance which is ideal for our day to day use.
The SanDisk SSD Plus comes with step-by-step instructions and cloning software to help you set up your new drive in case you are replacing your HDD with this one. You can also install the same as a secondary or primary booting device if you have a desktop or so. It also has the screw sockets to nicely attach the SSD drive inside your laptop or desktop in whatever way you want.
Moreover, I was thinking that I will use the same in one of my HDD casings from Astrum or Orico but that didn't work out so I may need to find some other alternative solution. But as the device will be going back to the Western Digital's offices so I am not going to purchase an SSD casing for my day to day use. But I am sure, if your old laptop or desktop needs a magic touch to transform into a 2020 powerful device for kids to do online classes or using it for entertainment, SSD is the way to go and Sandisk SSD Plus comes with 3 years warranty too and is priced around R1075 for 480GB variant and is available at all the
online and retails electronics and computer stores.
Cheers!!!
