Testseek.com 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
(84%)
120 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(85%)
204 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Build Quality
Very Good Overall Performance (Surpasses Its Predecessor The M500)
Features (RAIN & eDrive Support)
1st SSD To Feature Marvell's 88SS9189 Controller
3 Year Warranty
Available In 1TB
Very Fast
Well Priced
High Quality Components
Sturdy construction
Good price
Ships in a variety of form factors in several capacities
Proven history of reliability and support
Speedy sequential-read speeds
Fast small-file read speeds
Available in capacities up to 1TB
Strong Performance
Competitive Pricing
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
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
Outstanding 562/514 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
Native write acceleration – no compression used
Marvell 88SS9189 supports TRIM
NCQ
And Microsoft eDrive
TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption
3Year Micron Technology product war
The editors didn't like
Bundle
Price (Compared To Its Immediate Competition)
Odd Screw Mounting Hole Placement
Editors choice
Not quite up to par in our real world benchmarks
Pricier
At this writing
Than Samsung's competing SSD 840 EVO drive
No software or setup guide in the box
Minimal Bundle (no mounting adapter or cloning software)
None worth mentioning.
More expensive than the M500 which is not much slower
Not as fast as other high-end drives (which are more expensive
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
Crucial/Micron significantly improves on their M500 release by adding the M550 which has upper tier performance, increased capacity, as well as a very competitive price. Crucial also includes the M.2 form factor which will benefit many newer systems avai...
Crucial’s M550 512GB is one hell of an SSD. While it may not top our performance charts or feature a particularly impressive list of accomplishments, it represents the next logical step towards affordable, high capacity SSDs which hit high levels of lo...
Abstract: While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...
Published: 2014-04-25, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
A topic we discussed in the previous M550 articles is the fact that Crucial now has a two-drive approach for the SSD market. The notebook battery life test shows the M500's superior power handling, and in every other test we published today, the M550 fea...
Abstract: If you want to speed up your desktop PC or notebook, one of the best and most cost-effective upgrades you can make is to buy a solid-state drive to replace its internal hard drive. SSDs offer a quantum leap in performance and transfer speeds, and have ste...
Published: 2014-04-12, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
There is a reason why I wanted to divide these reviews up and not toss them all into one while trying to explain all of the bits and pieces for four capacity sizes at one time. When it comes to the 1TB capacity size, there are very few players in that ma...
Abstract: Not too long ago the most touted upgrade for any PC was memory. Anyone running a PC on less than 4GB was quickly advised to bump up the memory - and for a while it did make things faster.At the same time OS developers did a great job of creating strate...
