Testseek.co.uk have collected 219 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch MX500 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch MX500 Series SATA600.
January 2018
(91%)
219 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
2272 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very attractive price
Five-year warranty
Power-loss immunity
Robust endurance claims
Latest Micron 3D NAND technology
Large capacity options
Plenty of features
Including NAND-integrated power-loss protection
Impressive performance
Low asking price
Hardware-based encryption with AES 256-bit
5-year warranty
Competitive pricing
Good performance
Included software is useful
Long lifespan with high TBW rating
Steady performance
Impressive feature set
Large capacity and multiple form factors
Cloning software included
Competitive performance
Long endurance rating
Excellent software package
Host power failure protection
Very fast
Competitive price
Lengthy warranty
64-layer 3D NAND
Overall performance
Price
5 year warranty
The editors didn't like
Sata interface
None
“Crucial shows everyone how a SATA3 SSD should be created in 2017. The MX500 simply delivers performance and features.”
Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive Review
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Drive looks dated
“Crucial sets new standards for what you should expect from a budget-oriented SSD. The MX500 is something different.”
Crucial MX500 1TB M.2 SATA SSD Review
The look appears dated
NVMe option
Drive cloning software not built into the Storage Executive utility
Kitguru says
In the MX500
Crucial have a mainstream drive that mixes good performance with a highly competitive price tag that may well make competitors sit up and take notice
Build Quality / Durability (180TB TBW / 1.8 Million Hours MTBF), Very Good Performance, Features (NANDXtend / Static Data Refresh / SLC Caching / DevSleep/ eDrive Support), Crucial Storage Executive Software, 5 Year Warranty, Price,
Small Performance Increase Compared To The BX300 Line, High Temperatures (Performance Throttling), Performance (Compared To NVMe Drives),
As you can all easily tell from our charts the MX500 500GB M.2 variant performs more or less the same as its SATA brother (they actually exchange punches a lot with the M.2 variant coming up ontop in most tests). Still much like most M.2 driv...
Published: 2018-05-27, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
With that said, the minor write throttling hasn't changed our minds about the MX500. Now that it is finally available in an M.2 form factor and now that we have tested it in a 500GB capacity, we can definitely say that it is still one of the best values i...
Abstract: About Crucial & MicronAbout Crucial:Crucial celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016.Crucial is a global brand of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial solid state drives (SSDs) and memory (DRAM) upgrades are compatible with over 100,000 new and old desk...
Outstanding price-per-GB, Compact form factor, Very competitively priced, Encryption, Power-loss protection, 5-year warranty, Acronis TrueImage HD included (via Crucial website)
Uses slower SATA interface, TLC not trusted by as many users as MLC, Thermal throttling with heavy writes and no additional cooling
The Crucial MX500 M.2 1 TB SSD is available online for $250, which is the same price as for the MX500 2.5" 1 TB. Outstanding price-per-GB Compact form factor Very competitively priced Encryption Power-loss protection 5-year warranty Acronis TrueImage HD i...
It is funny how the mind works. A 2.5" regular SSD showing the perf numbers we've seen today, would be considered fast. However, on M.2, that same result set all of the sudden feels, or seems, slow? Weird huh? Yeah, an M2 SSD at these read/write levels is...
Available in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, Silicon Motion SM2258 controller, Micron 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, Good sequential and random read and write performance, Dynamic Write Acceleration, Data Defense and RAIN technologies, AES 256-bit full disk
Write speed drops when SLC cache is full
If you read our review of Crucial's 1TB MX500 SSD, you already knew that it's one of the better mainstream drives on the market today. The MX500 combines Silicon Motion's SM2258 controller with Micron's new 64-layer 3D TLC NAND to deliver good performance...
Outstanding price-per-GB, Great price/performance, 5-year warranty, Encryption, Power-loss protection, 7 mm thin—Ultrabook compatible, Acronis TrueImage HD included (via Crucial website)
TLC not trusted by as many users as MLC, Slightly reduced performance in mixed random accesses
The Crucial MX500 500 GB SSD is currently available online for $125. Outstanding price-per-GB Great price/performance 5-year warranty Encryption Power-loss protection 7 mm thin—Ultrabook compatible Acronis TrueImage HD included (via Crucial website) TLC n...
Published: 2018-04-02, Author: Bình , review by: topnewreview.com
Abstract: Technologically speaking, the SATA SSD market has been pretty stagnant over the last couple of years. NAND flash shortages in 2017 have also somewhat bottlenecked the industry. The rise of PCI Express based NVMe drives with their performance advantages me...
