Crucial BX500 500GB 2.5" Internal SSD

Budget price for a fast SSD, boots up windows 10 on an i5 processor takes 10 seconds or less. Budget price for a fast SSD, boots up windows 10 on an i5 processor takes 10 seconds or less.

Pro: low unit cost per GB storage

Cons: Slow write time; especially when moving large chunk (5GB+) at once. Transfer speed gets down to as low as 20 MB/s (slower than a spinning hard drive with 60-80 MB/s) with burst of 200-300 MB/s.

The write speed profile is in wave form (up and down) throughout the write process. Typical SSD has a fairly flat write profile (no slowdown to 20 MB/s once in a while).

Drive is relatively new (less than a month old) and empty (less than 200GB out of 2TB capacity). From this experience, I will not consider getting another Crucial drive. It is a terrible deal even at the low cost.... Pro: low unit cost per GB storage

Cons: Slow write time; especially when moving large chunk (5GB+) at once. Transfer speed gets down to as low as 20 MB/s (slower than a spinning hard drive with 60-80 MB/s) with burst of 200-300 MB/s.

The write speed profile is in wave form (up and down) throughout the write process. Typical SSD has a fairly flat write profile (no slowdown to 20 MB/s once in a while).

Drive is relatively new (less than a month old) and empty (less than 200GB out of 2TB capacity). From this experience, I will not consider getting another Crucial drive. It is a terrible deal even at the low cost....

Failed within 2hrs of use Failed within 2hrs of use

I really regret buying this piece of equipment. It really doesn't perform much better than an HDD.

I regularly see 100% active time, with less than 25MB/s write speeds. I really regret buying this piece of equipment. It really doesn't perform much better than an HDD.

I regularly see 100% active time, with less than 25MB/s write speeds.

The SSD is fine to read and write, but I don’t know why my steam always get crashed while I try to download new games into this SSD. And my other brand of SSD don’t cause any of this problems. The SSD is fine to read and write, but I don’t know why my steam always get crashed while I try to download new games into this SSD. And my other brand of SSD don’t cause any of this problems.

Can't go wrong. Can't go wrong.

Good SATA SSD at a good price. Good SATA SSD at a good price.

It's an standard SSD and worth the price. It's an standard SSD and worth the price.

Great drive at a great price. I used quite a lot of Crucial drives in my life and they are great. For only couple dozen of dollars more you'll get far superior performance than cheap Chinese brands. If you're on a budget but want a great SDD save on a couple of coffees. And get this instead of King-No-Name-Whatever brand. Great drive at a great price. I used quite a lot of Crucial drives in my life and they are great. For only couple dozen of dollars more you'll get far superior performance than cheap Chinese brands. If you're on a budget but want a great SDD save on a couple of coffees. And get this instead of King-No-Name-Whatever brand.

Happy to find this drive at this price. Big step up as an editing drive for me. Happy to find this drive at this price. Big step up as an editing drive for me.

Easy to install, a nice upgrade for my older laptop. Easy to install, a nice upgrade for my older laptop.

really good product crucial 249gb ssd,
No packer plate with ssd included as stated on crucial support site to stop movement of ssd if needed when installed as on crucial support site videos as said to be sent inside container carton...WHY....
bought 2 of these, would have been nice if the
star-tech transfer cable is included as free or similar for data transfer, Thomas in LEVIN really good product crucial 249gb ssd,
No packer plate with ssd included as stated on crucial support site to stop movement of ssd if needed when installed as on crucial support site videos as said to be sent inside container carton...WHY....
bought 2 of these, would have been nice if the
star-tech transfer cable is included as free or similar for data transfer, Thomas in LEVIN