Crucial MX500 1TB SATA 2.5-inch 7mm Internal SSD (CT1000MX500SSD1)

Use mx series for OS. Much stable and high speed in SATA.Value for money

I recently upgraded to the Crucial MX500 1TB SATA SSD, and it's safe to say that it has exceeded my expectations in multiple aspects.Reliable Performance:The Crucial MX500 1TB SSD proves to be a dependable choice for anyone in need of a storage upgrade. It delivers consistent and reliable performance, making it a good investment for enhancing overall system speed and responsiveness.Impressive Read and Write Speeds:One of the key highlights of the MX500 is its remarkable read and write speeds. I tested these speeds, and they align perfectly with the manufacturer's claims. The evidence I'm attaching below confirms that the SSD lives up to its promises, providing the fast and efficient performance that users seek.[Attach Evidence Image: Speed Test Results]Enhanced Software Support:The MX500 stands out not only for its hardware but also for the excellent software support it provides. The included software makes it easy to check the health of the SSD, ensuring that users can monitor its performance over time. Additionally, the ability to update firmware through the software is a convenient feature that ensures the SSD stays up-to-date with the latest improvements.

Crucial SSD MX500 is probably the best option at the price point in the market for every day use SSDs. Micron Technology Inc. is the 5th largest supplier of NAND and purely a memory chip manufacturer unlike others in the game. I didn’t go for Samsung EVO, which has best performance and is costlier by 2k INR, since some reports and users mentioned that after a year or two of usage, the drive slows down significantly. There are reports on data corruption/loss as well. I have four Samsung 128GB EVO micro SD cards and two of them are for my High res audio player. I constantly face corruption of music files on these memory cards.I cloned my 1TB HDD that came with my laptop Dell Inspiron 15 5568 2-in-1. HDD was Western Digital Green.Used Orico Super Speed USB 3.0 Dual Bay 2.5 and 3.5 SATA HDD Dock to connect the Crusial MX500 1TB SSD to laptop through USB port. Download Acronis disk cloning tool using the link provided by Crucial and cloned the HDD to SSD. Tool was intuitive and easy to use and cloning was super easy. Once I replaced the HDD with the cloned SSD, my laptop booted to show a hardware change message. Then the laptop booted to show my desktop screen the way it used to before the replacement of HDD. The difference now is, my laptop works super fast! Please see the benchmark scores before and after the upgrade to SSD and RAM upgrade from 8GB to 16GB.

I brought it to use in my desktop which is a decade old. I have already upgraded my pc to 12gb ram earlier and this is my storage upgrade. SSD is brought after lots of research and checking my system compitability (motherboard). Thankfully crucial website has motherboard compitability check to ensure that we buy an SSD that works correctly. However I should mention that installing windows (fresh installation) is not straightforward, you need to make the drive mbr format, otherwise gpt type won't work in older motherboards. You can install Ubuntu or any linux distro without much hurdle in any drive format whether gpt or mbr. But to install windows 10, you need it to be mbr type , else you won't be able to complete the installation. I haven't tried cloning or other methods to use the ssd. As I already have a 500 gb seagate hdd with ubuntu running on it. So far the ssd is working fine. Amazon seller should repack it in Amazon box for extra protection during transit. It was just wrapped with Amazon cover and sent, which may prone to damage during shipping, as usually the people working with couriers are careless. So I would suggest seller to use a carton box and put it in Amazon cover before the shipping or whoever does this packing part should do it. Intially I thought about buying 500 gb variant , but I checked official crucial website and didn't found 500 gb actively available there, so I suspected that whatever some 500 GB SSD buyers saying may be true regarding some issues. To stay away from such issues, I choose 1tb ssd after verification on their website. If you are not having m2 slot, it's better to buy sata based ssd for now. Crucial is having tlc nand based chip so it should be reliable in the long run compared to samsung. Let's hope that it is worth my upgrade. I can recommend to buy this for anyone looking for a sata based upgrade. Do check your pc / laptop / motherboard compitability before ordering. So that you can upgrade easily without running here and there. Hope this review helps potential buyers who wants to give their aging pc / laptop a boost.

Review after 3 months: Product is genuine and working as expected. Load times are better, however not much impact on performance.