Testseek.co.uk have collected 120 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch M550 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch M550 Series SATA600.
March 2014
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Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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The editors liked
Strong price point per GB
Enthusiast grade performance throughout
SATA
MSATA and M.2 options available from launch
Lower power draw – ideal for mobile systems
MLC NAND
3
000 write cycles
Good transfer speeds
Overprovisioning
Capacitors limit the risk of data corruption
Large 1 TB capacity available
Very keen prices
Great performance
The editors didn't like
Performance all round does degrade as the NAND becomes more worn
MSATA and M.2 drives only available up to 512GB
Guaranteed 3 years (most competitors guarantee for 5 years)
Published: 2015-12-07, Author: John , review by: techicize.com
It's time to wrap up our findings and deliver a verdict on the M550. As I stated at the start of this article the differences between SSD's is often slim to none. It's down to how you use them and the type of application you run. The SATA III 6Gbps techno...
Samsung's 850 Pro SSDs are without a doubt the fastest SSDs of this moment. Given that this product does not seem to have any flaws, we heartily recommend it to those who are looking for the fastest possible SSD. The Vector 150 and AMD Radeon R7 SSDs ar...
MLC NAND: 3,000 write cycles, Good transfer speeds, Overprovisioning, Capacitors limit the risk of data corruption
Guaranteed 3 years (most competitors guarantee for 5 years)
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Published: 2014-05-13, Author: Andrew , review by: macworld.co.uk
Large 1 TB capacity available, very keen prices, great performance
3 year warranty against 5 elsewhere
Crucial has inched up the already good performance of last year's M500 mildly, and added a backup capacitor to help safeguard against data loss in edge cases of power loss. Most importantly, the M550 signposts the trend in falling SSD prices, bringing pot...
Abstract: Crucial has recently introduced a new M550 SSD to replace the M500. We tested both the 256GB and the 512GB models and compared them to their competitors. We noticed that lately the prices for the Crucial M500 SSD's were dropping significantly. We wond...
As with the M500, the pricing of the M550 series is highly competitive. All those extra enterprise features that impressed in the M500 – thermal and power loss protection, RAIN and advanced encryption – are all still in place in the M550. Thanks to the t...
You can view our full perfomance results for the M550 (all capacities) vs. the last generation M500 and direct competitor on the next page here.With the M550 being the latest version of Crucials SSD family they have had a few generations to tweak the prod...
Strong price point per GB, Enthusiast grade performance throughout, SATA, mSATA and M.2 options available from launch, Lower power draw – ideal for mobile systems
Performance all round does degrade as the NAND becomes more worn, mSATA and M.2 drives only available up to 512GB,
PricingWhen we look at the purchasing cost of the M550, we are looking at a drive that will set you back the best part of $336.99 / £244.18 MSRP. For a 256GB drive this may look about the right price, but for a 512GB drive like I've looked at here, this p...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.co.uk
Our tests show that Crucial's refinements yield tangible performance improvements over the M500 SSD family. Marvell's 88SS9189 controller is responsible for much of this, though an optimized firmware helps make the M550 as fast as the quickest drives avai...
