DELL 345-BDZB internal solid state drive 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

At £901 ex-VAT for a 480GB 2.5” SATA SSD, this Dell drive feels overpriced for most real-world office and small-server upgrades. SATA SSDs are already the “budget end” of SSDs, so paying nearly a grand for half a terabyte doesn’t stack up unless you *have* a very specific Dell platform requirement and you’re trying to keep to their supported parts list. If you’re hoping for a noticeable speed jump over a decent SATA SSD, you’ll be disappointed—the gains will be more “snappier than HDD” than “mission-critical fast.”

Who *should* buy it: teams with Dell hardware that benefits from officially supported internal parts, or environments where compatibility and warranty/RAID controller behaviour matter more than chasing lowest cost per GB. Who *shouldn’t*: anyone building a cost-effective storage refresh, virtualisation labs on generic hardware, or anyone who has the option to buy a more modern NVMe SSD—there you’ll get better performance for the money.

Verdict: only buy this if you’re locked into Dell/SATA for compatibility reasons. Otherwise, there are usually far better value SSD options in the UK market at a fraction of the cost per usable performance.