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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120 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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204 Reviews
Average score from owners of the 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)
More power efficient, Excellent read speeds, Huge improvement in write speeds (compared to the M500), 7mm thick SSD, ready for Ultrabooks, Hardware encryption and also thermal protection, 7mm to 9.5mm spacer included in the box, Excellent TRIM opera
None worth mentioning.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositivesMore power efficient.Excellent read speeds.Huge improvement in write speeds (compared to the M500).7mm thick SSD, ready for Ultrabooks.Hardware encryption and also thermal prot...
High performance, Affordable, Better steady state performance than old Vector, Leading MySQL enterprise performance at 64 threads, Complete set of encryption features, 7.5 mm thin—Ultrabook compatible, No overprovisioning, full capacity usable, Supports T
More expensive than the M500 which is not much slower, Not as fast as other high-end drives (which are more expensive, though)
The 512 GB Crucial M550 retails at $335. High performance Affordable Better steady state performance than old Vector Leading MySQL enterprise performance at 64 threads Complete set of encryption features 7.5 mm thin—Ultrabook compatible No overprovisionin...
Published: 2014-03-23, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
There are so many reasons why the M550 could be one of the best SSDs in the market. It has the best-in-class encryption support (along with Samsung 840 EVO) and it's also one of the only consumer-grade drives with power loss protection. Heck, it even supp...
Abstract: Crucial has just released its latest the Crucial M550 SSD series, which offers capacities up to 1TB and is available in three different form factors - 2.5-inch, mSATA, and M.2. The 2.5-inch version is available in 128 GB (CT128M550SSD1), 256 GB (CT256M...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
When we peeked in the drive, we saw that there are 512GB (1GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes) of NAND present and after the units conversion, over-provisioning and Windows have their share, we are left with 476GiB logically (1Gib = 1,073,741,824 bytes). Compa...
Before we weigh in with our final verdict, we'll indulge a couple of our famous value scatter plots. These plots use an overall performance score derived by comparing how each drive stacks up against a common baseline. This score is based on a subset of ...
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Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.com
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...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Chris , review by: technologyx.com
The Crucial M550 2.5" SSD is truly a premium solid state drive that consistently provides excellent performance that will not leave you disappointed....
Good price, Ships in a variety of form factors in several capacities, Proven history of reliability and support
Not quite up to par in our real world benchmarks
The Crucial/Micron M550 line (Crucial for retail, Micron for OEMs) is designed as a high-performance SSD for enthusiasts and is equipped with SATA 6Gb/s, 20nm NAND, duty-optimized firmware and features the Marvell 88SS9189 controller. One of the bigge...
Minimal Bundle (no mounting adapter or cloning software)
The Crucial M550 Series Solid State Drives In Various Form Factors,Find Them At Amazon.ComThe Crucial M550 series may be somewhat of an evolution of the manufacturer's M500 series of solid state drives which were released last year, but that doesn't make...
