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
(84%)
138 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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776 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Published: 2013-05-21, Author: Andrew , review by: techadvisor.co.uk
Crucial has returned to the hit list of must-have SSDs with its M500. Not because it's the fastest but because it has great multi-platform PC support, a good balance of large- and small-file transfer speeds, and an attractive price without relying on slow...
Published: 2013-05-18, Author: Mark , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: Crucial doesn't normally make the quickest SSD drives. That crown wanders between Samsung, IBM and OCZ, and occasionally others. But what it generally does do is make drives that are fast enough, but also priced for a wider audience. That's what made the ...
On the broad scale, there is quite a substantial gap between solid state drives that offer up massive storage capacities and those that offer blazing performance, making the process of choosing a drive that offers both to a certain extent rather hard. Ove...
Crucial's M500 SSD series has some interesting and forward-thinking technology built in, and it's the first family of solid-state drives that uses the latest 128Gb NAND chip technology. The flagship 960GB drive is the real star of the family. It's one of...
The Crucial M500 doesn't set any new benchmark records, but that's also not what Crucial set out to do. Nevertheless, the Crucial M500 480 GB is one of the fastest SSDs in this segment. It has an AS SSD score of more than 1040 points and a PCMark Vantag...
One of the things we always like to see on a SSD is a good solid casing and Crucial don't disappoint here. We appreciate that a drive tucked away in a system isn't likely to get damaged but the metal gives a feel of quality and shows that the manufacturer...
One of the things we always like to see on a SSD is a good solid casing and Crucial don't disappoint here. We appreciate that a drive tucked away in a system isn't likely to get damaged but the metal gives a feel of quality and shows that the manufacturer...
Abstract: Last year, we remarked that prices of SSDs have fallen dramatically, to record lows even, making them more accessible to even mainstream users. In the past year, we saw prices of SSDs stabilizing and also noted several trends in the industry.Although 2013...
