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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2015, 09:53 AM Mar 2015

Best Buy: 120GB PNY solid state HD on sale for $39.99 with free shipping.. [View all]

I just bought two of these, one for one of my computers and another for a neighbor, he had found the deal through an app he has on his iPhone and asked me about whether it was worthwhile for him. If you have a computer with a mechanical SATA HD and don't need huge storage space this should speed things up considerably for a nice price.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-optima-120gb-internal-serial-ata-iii-solid-state-drive-for-laptops-multi/8191179.p?id=1219315690159&skuId=8191179

You will need something like EasUS Partition Master (free) to swap your OS over to the new HD, this unit does not come with software.

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Best Buy: 120GB PNY solid state HD on sale for $39.99 with free shipping.. [View all] Fumesucker Mar 2015 OP

not in my zip code area hobbit709 Mar 2015 #1

Sold out online. Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2015 #2

$50 instead of $40 but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #3

I've got one of those sitting here unused csziggy Mar 2015 #4

A GREAT thing to learn to do w/windows 7: how to install whole 'Users' folder to NOT c:/ brett_jv Apr 2015 #5

I did that when I installed Windows 7 Pro csziggy Apr 2015 #6

My boss got one of these discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #7

That's not really in my budget csziggy Apr 2015 #8

It is really expensive discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #11

I like the looks of that one - but would like to see some reviews, first csziggy Apr 2015 #12

I've settled on these... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #13

That should do the job and at a great price! csziggy Apr 2015 #14

Huh ... well, I have tons and tons of stuff installed on my machine ... I have 3 HD's ... brett_jv Apr 2015 #9

It was some of the older ones that were the worst problems csziggy Apr 2015 #10