Testseek.co.uk have collected 138 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch M500 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch M500 Series SATA600.
May 2013
(84%)
138 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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773 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
840100138
The editors liked
Huge 960GB capacity
Attractive pricing
Capable allround performance
Encrypted Hard Drive support
Available in mSATA and M.2. form factors
Great value for money
Good performance
Capacitors to stop drive errors with power cut
Temperature monitor
Very good price
Temperature control features
Good RAID 0 performance
A huge value
For
Money storage pool
Cutting
Edge encryption
Smart data redundancy capabilities
The editors didn't like
120GB and 240GB models inherently hamstrung
Faster drives are readily available
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Crucial M500 SSD (960GB)
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The Crucial M500 fundamentally changes the math for SSD performance. It's not so much the drive as the underlying 128Gb NAND chips, which have double the capacity of the flash dies used in most other SSDs. Since SSD controllers rely on parallelism to extr...
The Crucial M500 fundamentally changes the math for SSD performance. It's not so much the drive as the underlying 128Gb NAND chips, which have double the capacity of the flash dies used in most other SSDs. Since SSD controllers rely on parallelism to ext...
Highest capacity of any mainstream consumer SSD, Very attractive pricing, sub $600 for 960GB, Excellent performance/cost ratio
Weaker performance than other mainstream SSDs
The Crucial M500 is the first consumer SSD model offering a near-terabyte capacity, and it does so while still providing solid performance and an extremely low price point...
For SSDs to become more cost effective they need to implement higher density NAND, which is often at odds with performance, endurance or both. Samsung chose the endurance side of the equation, but kept performance largely intact with the vanilla 840. Give...
We come to the end of the review, and Crucial certainly left a big impression. They delivered on every promise and advertised value since the M500 was announced months ago. It is still a tad unbelievable that a 960GB SSD of this calibre is only $600. It ...
Published: 2013-04-09, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
The Micron/Crucial Team must have one day sat down and decided they were going to produce an SSD with the best of everything. They have exceeded expectations, not only in value that everybody expected but also, in performance, enterprise features as well ...
Very fast 539/445 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption, Marvell 88SS9187 controller supports TRIM, NCQ, and Windows 8 drive telemetry, 3Year Micron Technology product warranty support, 120/240/480/960GB highspeed SSD storage capacities, Device sleep (DEVSLP) function extends battery life, Delivers nearly 63K IOMeter IOPS performance, L
Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty, Highend performance only available from 480/960GB versions, Expensive enthusiastlevel product
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
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Published: 2014-02-07, Author: Benjamin , review by: Bcchardware.com
Exceeds rated read and write speeds, 7mm low profile fits in many Ultrabooks and thinner laptops, Excellent compatibility, Decent 3 year warranty, Massive storage (for an SSD), Very affordable for a terabyte-class SSD
No desktop drive bracket included, No software bundle included in the box for migration
I've been looking forward to trying out the Crucial M500 for a while now. While I have been using a smaller one in a different production machine, there is something about a "terabyte class" SSD that makes most computer enthusiasts hearts beat a bit faste...
