Testseek.com 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
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138 Reviews
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Users
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Highest capacity light-enterprise SSD
Very low cost thanks to 128Gb 20nm NAND
Balanced performance against other client or light-enterprise SSDs
Highest capacity of any mainstream consumer SSD
Very attractive pricing
Sub $600 for 960GB
Excellent performance/cost ratio
Build Quality
Very Good Overall Performance
Features (RAIN & eDrive Support)
3 Year Warranty
Available In 960GB
Price (For Some)
A huge storage pool at an excellent price. Hardware support for cutting-edge encryption standards.
Outstanding operation as a system drive
Is able to achieve 80.000 IOPS without sweating
SATA 6Gbps support
7mm thick SSD ready for Ultrabooks
Hardware data encryption
Very fast recovery from a used state
Adaptive thermal protection
3 year wa
Sleek design
Excellent incompressible data results
Great value
Massive storage capacity
Very fast 539/445 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption
It's a good thing Crucial released the massive 960GB capacity size because without it the M500 series wouldn't be all that exciting. The new capacity size is exciting, but if you aren't willing to spend $600 for an SSD, I'd say it doesn't really matt...
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...
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Published: 2014-04-20, Author: Joel , review by: itproportal.com
A huge value, for, money storage pool, Cutting, edge encryption, Smart data redundancy capabilities
Slightly slower than some rivals
The m500's performance is somewhat slower than that of the other drives we compared it with, but its encryption capabilities and redundant storage should appeal to buyers who care more about security than raw performance. Its data parity and encryption f...
Abstract: Unless you're sporting really old hardware, an SSD is the best sure-fire way to boost the performance of your desktop or laptop computer. There is so much choice now it's difficult to know whether there is a significant difference between various SSDs a...
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Published: 2013-10-09, Author: Simon , review by: techradar.com
Very good price, Good performance, Temperature control features, Good RAID 0 performance
Not as fast as the Samsung EVO
Unsurprisingly, RAID 0 gives a nice bump in the headline sequential read/write scores. The reads jumped from 496MB/s up to 979MB/s, while the writes rose from 440MB/s to 842MB/s. When it came to dealing with the small bitty files of everyday use though, t...
SSD prices seem to fluctuate more than any other component, but at the time of writing at least both the Crucial M500 480GB and the Samsung SSD 840 Evo 500GB can be had for £270 on Amazon, and their prices tend to always be closely matched. Unfortunate...
Published: 2013-08-07, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.co.uk
Abstract: Micron's consumer products division, Crucial, wasn't the first brand to introduce a 1 TB SSD. But it was the first to sell one for less than a fortune, and it sports some snazzy new features to boot. We got our hands on the entire line-up to test. Idaho...
Published: 2013-08-07, Author: Leo , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: Two features jump off the page when I look at the Crucial M500. The first is that these drives are available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB so anyone who is looking for a nominal Terabyte of SSD storage can be confident that Crucial has th...
Huge 960GB capacity, Attractive pricing, Capable allround performance, Encrypted Hard Drive support, Available in mSATA and M.2. form factors
120GB and 240GB models inherently hamstrung, Faster drives are readily available, HEXUS Awards, Crucial M500 SSD (960GB), HEXUS Where2Buy, The Crucial M500 SSD is available to purchase from Scan Computers, HEXUS Right2Reply, At HEXUS, we invite the compa
The M500 is another intriguing development in SSD evolution. With most drives hitting the performance wall in terms of what's possible via a SATA 6Gbps interface, Crucial has stepped back and served up a well-rounded package that delivers more than just ...
Published: 2013-06-26, Author: Simon , review by: techradar.com
Great value for money, Good performance, Capacitors to stop drive errors with power cut, Temperature monitor
M4 series quicker in some benchmarks
Crucial's M500 series offers a glimpse of what the future might hold with the pricing of large capacity SSDs, and is a sign of how far the market has come in a short space of time.If you'd have said barely a year ago that you'd be able to buy a 480GB SSD...
