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
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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: 2015-12-07, Author: John , review by: techicize.com
It's time to wrap up our findings and deliver a verdict on the M550. As I stated at the start of this article the differences between SSD's is often slim to none. It's down to how you use them and the type of application you run. The SATA III 6Gbps techno...
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...
MLC NAND: 3,000 write cycles, Good transfer speeds, Overprovisioning, Capacitors limit the risk of data corruption
Guaranteed 3 years (most competitors guarantee for 5 years)
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Published: 2014-05-13, Author: Andrew , review by: macworld.co.uk
Large 1 TB capacity available, very keen prices, great performance
3 year warranty against 5 elsewhere
Crucial has inched up the already good performance of last year's M500 mildly, and added a backup capacitor to help safeguard against data loss in edge cases of power loss. Most importantly, the M550 signposts the trend in falling SSD prices, bringing pot...
Abstract: Crucial has recently introduced a new M550 SSD to replace the M500. We tested both the 256GB and the 512GB models and compared them to their competitors. We noticed that lately the prices for the Crucial M500 SSD's were dropping significantly. We wond...
As with the M500, the pricing of the M550 series is highly competitive. All those extra enterprise features that impressed in the M500 – thermal and power loss protection, RAIN and advanced encryption – are all still in place in the M550. Thanks to the t...
You can view our full perfomance results for the M550 (all capacities) vs. the last generation M500 and direct competitor on the next page here.With the M550 being the latest version of Crucials SSD family they have had a few generations to tweak the prod...
Strong price point per GB, Enthusiast grade performance throughout, SATA, mSATA and M.2 options available from launch, Lower power draw – ideal for mobile systems
Performance all round does degrade as the NAND becomes more worn, mSATA and M.2 drives only available up to 512GB,
PricingWhen we look at the purchasing cost of the M550, we are looking at a drive that will set you back the best part of $336.99 / £244.18 MSRP. For a 256GB drive this may look about the right price, but for a 512GB drive like I've looked at here, this p...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.co.uk
Our tests show that Crucial's refinements yield tangible performance improvements over the M500 SSD family. Marvell's 88SS9189 controller is responsible for much of this, though an optimized firmware helps make the M550 as fast as the quickest drives avai...
