DELL 345-BGSQ internal solid state drive 960 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III

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At £1,480.34 ex-VAT for a 960GB 2.5" SATA SSD, this is one of those “looks pricey on paper” drives you shouldn’t buy unless you have a specific reason. For most business use—Windows/server boot, general storage, VDI light workloads—SATA SSDs do the job, but you can usually get better value with newer SATA models or even move up to faster interfaces when the platform supports it. If you’re hoping for big performance gains, be careful: 2.5" SATA SSDs are typically a noticeable upgrade from HDDs, but they won’t feel like a quantum leap versus better-than-SATA options.

Who should buy it? If you’ve got strict Dell/legacy platform constraints, need a drop-in replacement, or your environment is standardised on Dell parts for warranty/procurement reasons, then this can make sense—especially if it’s being bundled into a supportable build where “known-good compatibility” matters more than squeezing every last bit of speed. Who should *not* buy it? Anyone with flexibility—newer server/backplane, NVMe-capable hosts, or users just trying to replace failing storage—should look at alternatives first. In practice, I’d treat this as a “buy when you must” SSD, not the default best-value choice.