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.
The Crucial M500 fundamentally changes the math for SSD performance. It's not so much the drive as the underlying 128Gb NAND chips, which have double the capacity of the flash dies used in most other SSDs. Since SSD controllers rely on parallelism to extr...
The Crucial M500 fundamentally changes the math for SSD performance. It's not so much the drive as the underlying 128Gb NAND chips, which have double the capacity of the flash dies used in most other SSDs. Since SSD controllers rely on parallelism to ext...
Highest capacity of any mainstream consumer SSD, Very attractive pricing, sub $600 for 960GB, Excellent performance/cost ratio
Weaker performance than other mainstream SSDs
The Crucial M500 is the first consumer SSD model offering a near-terabyte capacity, and it does so while still providing solid performance and an extremely low price point...
For SSDs to become more cost effective they need to implement higher density NAND, which is often at odds with performance, endurance or both. Samsung chose the endurance side of the equation, but kept performance largely intact with the vanilla 840. Give...
We come to the end of the review, and Crucial certainly left a big impression. They delivered on every promise and advertised value since the M500 was announced months ago. It is still a tad unbelievable that a 960GB SSD of this calibre is only $600. It ...
Published: 2013-04-09, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
The Micron/Crucial Team must have one day sat down and decided they were going to produce an SSD with the best of everything. They have exceeded expectations, not only in value that everybody expected but also, in performance, enterprise features as well ...
Very fast 539/445 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption, Marvell 88SS9187 controller supports TRIM, NCQ, and Windows 8 drive telemetry, 3Year Micron Technology product warranty support, 120/240/480/960GB highspeed SSD storage capacities, Device sleep (DEVSLP) function extends battery life, Delivers nearly 63K IOMeter IOPS performance, L
Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty, Highend performance only available from 480/960GB versions, Expensive enthusiastlevel product
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
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