A little warning before you start: it is not included stand. Now for the rest: In recent years, I increased the memory of my PC, changed the processor, acquired a hard drive "faster" ... The speed improvements in terms were not obvious. And then I bought this SSD here about 4 months. Unbelievable. Never a small investment had had such an impact on the speed of my PC. Between pressing the monc Linux PC start button and when I hand it happens less than 10 seconds, compared to 45 seconds and more than standard hard disk time. The launch of the programs takes place immediately, I click 'Chromium browser' and I hand immediately. Darktable I use for my photos, immediate start, access to pictures just as immediate. In conclusion, this is probably the best investment you can do to speed up your PC significantly. I just ordered another (I took the 128 Gig is now at the price of 64 Gig bought there at 4 months), I will install it on my laptop Windows 8.1, I'll let you know - )