MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT500MX500SSD1

Crucial have become my top choice for memory and storage solutions, and for good reason. First off, the performance of this SSD is nothing short of exceptional. With read speeds of up to 560MB/s, this SSD has breathed new life into both my PC and laptop. But what's truly remarkable is how it transformed my older, slower laptop into a lightning-fast machine. Replacing the hard drive with the MX500 was like giving it a turbo boost – it now boots up in seconds and runs applications with lightning speed. As a loyal fan of Crucial, I've come to trust their products for their quality and reliability. Both of my PCs and my laptop are now running on Crucial SSDs, and I've been consistently impressed with their performance and durability. The MX500 continues this trend, offering the perfect blend of speed, capacity, and reliability. But perhaps the most compelling aspect of the MX500 is its value proposition. For anyone with an older, slower laptop, upgrading to an SSD can make a world of difference. Not only does it significantly improve performance, but it also extends the lifespan of your device, saving you the hassle and expense of buying a new one. Overall, I couldn't be happier with the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD. It's a game-changer for anyone looking to breathe new life into their PC or laptop. Whether you're a gamer, a student, or a professional, upgrading to the MX500 is one of the best investments you can make for your device. Highly recommended!

Needed desperately to update or renew an ageing Toshiba C850 laptop that was to put it politely, slow to do anything, lagging, slow to react, webpages freezing, and boot time was turn on, make a cuppa, return to laptop..... I have a main desktop PC, but the laptop is handy to have around for browsing etc whilst watching the goggle box... the C850 was still with its factory hardware and a few months back did a fresh install of Win 8.1 which was a rollback from win10 (yes I did get the free win10 update but it was almost unusable). ... bearing in mind, this lappy is equipped with a 1.8mhz Celeron processor, 4Gb DDR3 Ram, and a Sata 2 5400 spin 500 GB HDD so it's never going to break any speed records. I decided to do a firmware upgrade, knowing the speeds gained from fitting SSDs as have done my own and a couple of other PCs to great advantage, usually buying Samsung drives but not wanting to go overboard on the price for this machine I went with the Crucial MX, and an 8GB stick of Crucial RAM just to finish things off. first things first,before purchasing I searched online for a video for my model lappy on how to get things apart (I have built several PCs, but apart from keyboard changes never played with laptops)... looked easy enough to install (it really was too) ....... So, I installed the Acronis clone software from Crucial, and connected the new drive via USB3 using the Ugreen USB - SATA cable (available on Amazon, can also do 3.5 drives too as has a power cable if required, but not needed for SSD)... note: the Crucial version of the software will not work unless you have a Crucial drive connected... it found the new drive, took a few minutes to set it up and successfully cloned my existing drive in about 30 minutes... Then following the afore mentioned instructions, I installed both the new RAM and drive to the machine, literally under 10 minutes later, battery back in and rebooting the machine.... boot time was greatly improved, as said before, not blisteringly fast due to other restrictions, but several minutes quicker than before, under 30 seconds for fully loaded.... no need for a new laptop, this old gal is perfectly usable for what I require now and programmes etc install a lot faster and have had none of my previous, freezing / lagging issues...... the only issue I had was that for some reason the sound device driver needed reinstalling, was on the drive but for some reason didn't work...a 1 min job I picked Crucial, because I have used their RAM in many applications before, with no issues, their Micron branded chips are used by other manufacturers (inc the WD blue 3D nand SSD) and they are priced quite reasonably.... possibly being one of the "best of the rest" after Samsung in the SSD market, obviously using the SATA 3 format, speed is restricted by the actual format itself, but some improvements can be made further by installing Crucials own SSD software, this has a function whereas the cache is used to speed things up even further, and allows you to monitor the health etc of the drive... One question remains though, and this one is for Toshiba, with the laptop having a SATA2 drive factory fitted, I was expecting speeds around the 250-280MB/s mark, as S2 tops out at 300 MB/s, so imagine my joy when testing immediately after install a test mark of 551MB/s read and 518 write... the motherboard is actually a SATA 3... so happy days.. here are the Seq Q32T1 speeds taken from crystaldiskmark, for the old HDD, the SSD and then the SSD using crucials Momentum Cache software HDD read 105.4 MB/s - write 99.12 MB/s SSD read 551.2 - write 518.4 MC read 1504.1 - write 1609.7 as you can see, speeds are greatly improved and the momentum cache software is pure witchcraft.... bottom line, with a little bit of knowledge, research and confidence you can breath new life into an ageing machine (Laptop or desktop) with great success for a lot less than a new machine, better still you can then just use your existing HDD as an external backup for photos / documents etc using the same cable you used to clone the original (wipe it first) The cable I used is Amazon item number 20627, this is ideal for using 3.5 HDDs as well as 2.5 and SSDs due to the power cable, they also sell a non powered version for around a tenner less which would be fine if only ever going to be used with SSDs

First off, I do recommend that anyone thinking about updating their laptop with an SSD - and particularly if they have a Dell Latitude E6230 – should definitely give it a go. I have upgraded from a 320 Gb mechanical drive to a 500 Gb SSD. The instructions that came with the drive were comprehensive and the free Acronis True Image software (which you down load) worked without a hitch. It needed one screwdriver (to remove three screws) and an SATA-to-USB cable. You can also use the “Inateck USB-to Dual SATA HDD with offline clone” (facility). The SATA-to-USB cable is probably the simplest solution. The SSD came with an additional tray to host the 2.5 inch SSD but I found I did not need it. The first step is to clone the existing hard drive in your laptop. The SSD is connected to your laptop via the SATA-to-USB cable. Having downloaded and installed the Acronis software and run up the software you take the option to CLONE the incumbent drive. This is really a matter to selecting the which drive you are cloning and which drive is the target drive. It’s mostly a question of taking the “automatic” options when prompted. It then gets cloning. Now this does taken some time – in my case over 90 minutes. Step 2 is to pop out the old drive and replace it with the SSD clone. You need to power down the laptop, remove the battery, discharge any electrical charge remaining in the laptop (by pressing the power button from 5 seconds) and then proceed to open the laptop up. In a few minutes I was pulling out the existing drive and replacing it with the SSD. The 320 Gb drive extracted with ease and the new SSD snapped into place just as smoothly. Step 3 is to reassembly your laptop and download some additional software. Having closed the laptop I reconnected the battery and the power and started it up. The “setting up” by Windows 10 took a few minutes the first time but the drive was already recognised and performing well. I then downloaded the “crucial storage” software (as recommended by Crucial) and installed it to make some final adjustments to enhance the performance of the drive. And I was done. The SSD has given me enhanced capacity and made a noticeable improvement in the performance of the laptop. Windows is up-n-running much more quickly as are the main applications. I should also note that since I had the laptop open to upgrade to an SSD I also upgraded the memory from 8 Gb to 16 Gb. The combination has breathed new life into an oldish laptop.

My iMac was getting slower and occasionally, failing to boot - classic signs of spinning disk failure, but of course no errors showing up so I pressed on until it just gave up and booted into recovery mode! Part of the putting it off was the fear of opening the machine - in fact, if you're reasonably skilled at DIY and can follow instructions, it's not hard at all and the machine is well laid out. I opted to install an Apple SSD in the empty fusion drive slot as well as the Crucial SSD, but they're almost a match in performance (and both significantly faster than my old spinning disk). To adapt the Mac's 3.5" drive to the 2.5" format of this SSD I got an Orico 2.5-3.5" drive adaptor , a low-cost and solid plastic carrier that fits the iMac particularly nicely. Once setup and reinstalled the iMac's performance is exceptional - it feels like a machine half its age (it's only an i5, too), loading Cubase and sample libraries in a faction of the time it did even when the spinning disk was allegedly healthy (shame the CPU load hasn't dropped!). One significant difference is that background tasks no longer cause audio dropouts/crackles, always a problem before - the machine can be running multiple tracks in Cubase, receive emails, start disk indexing or even go and browse something in Safari and the audio just keeps on, which transforms the experience of using modern plugins and DAW software on an eight year old computer. I'll leave the fussy stats to other people; all you need to know here is: It's much faster. It works in an iMac without needing fan adaptors (a feature Apple introduced in later firmware for this model). It's good value and the MX is, I believe, better tech than the BX drive. If you are opening your iMac,, you need one of the kits (Amazon has plenty) and should read the guide on iFixit. Took me about 1 hour, 40 minutes including removing the logic board to fit the blade SSD, but excluding final setup and stickdown (you should masking-tape the screen on to make sure everything works before fitting new sticky strips). I've trusted Crucial for a long time for memory, and the price/performance/usefulness of the upgrade here has me delighted.

I purchased the 1TB version, during black friday, to replace a 500GB version of this SSD that I had in my XPS 15 (7590) laptop. For those who also have this laptop: you can add another SSD (SATA) in addition to the nvme SSD installed in your XPS 15, if you have the model with the smaller battery. You will need a SATA connector cable (and some rubber rails or something similar) to do this however, as Dell does not provide you with one, despite including a 2.5 inch drive cage. I use this drive for games and storing images, photos, videos etc after I am done with editing them. It works well for this purpose however there are a few things to note about this SSD: - The Crucial MX500 is a TLC SSD, which basically means that its writing speeds will not significantly diminish after your drive is x% full like the Samsung 870 QVO SSD (which is a QLC drive) for example. - It is slightly more power hungry compared to other 2.5 inch SATA SSDs. If you find that your laptop's battery is draining somewhat faster after installing this SSD, this is why. However, since its writing/read speeds don't decline over time like with other SSDs in this tier, I think it is still worth it. One more thing to note about the MX500, specifically ones sold on Amazon (from my own personal experience): I already had a 500GB version that I also bought on Amazon over a year ago which has been working fine. However, ever since I installed this 1TB model about 2 weeks ago, I have been experiencing odd issues with my laptop. My laptop started playing up as if it was infected with malware (randomly started opening up Adobe Premiere Pro, task manager etc). I am usually very careful when browsing online and have enough knowledge to avoid infecting my PCs with malware etc. Nevertheless, I did several scans with Malwarebytes as well as an Antivirus program just in case. Everything came back clean. So I looked around in my reg and log files to try to see what was the issue. In the end, I ended up taking this 1TB drive out and putting my old 500GB one in. Rebooted and it seemed fine. A day later, I swapped it to the 1TB again, and my laptop acted oddly again for a few seconds. It seems to have settled now and I'm not experiencing anymore problems. I am still not a 100% sure whether it was this 1TB drive that was causing the problem but it looks like it might have been. I did not experience this kind of problem with MX500 SSDs bought from other places though and I have seen a few reviews here on Amazon claiming a similar thing happened to them so it might be the batch in Amazon's stock that is having these issues. So if you do buy the 1TB version off of here, be sure to back up any important files just in case.

I’ve had this SSD in my system for a few years now and it’s been rock solid. It was easy to install, and the speed boost was instantly noticeable—boot times, file transfers, and general responsiveness all improved. Even though it’s a SATA drive, it still feels snappy for everyday use, and I’ve never run into any reliability issues. The 500GB capacity has been enough for my OS and main apps, and it’s held up well with regular use. No overheating, no weird glitches, and it’s still performing like new. For the price, it’s been one of the best upgrades I’ve made to my setup.

Bought 3 of these a good number of years ago and they've performance flawlessly in raid 0 since. They're not getting heavy write loads but the smart data reads a remaining lifetime of 98% on the most used of the drives. They raid flawlessly to produce 3x the speed and power use is much lower than rust drives. Expensive for the data rate they use a fraction of the power of just one rust drive.

As a hobbyist I do quite a lot of “Could you have a look at my PC, please?” requests from my family and friends. Quite recently I started suggesting everyone who asked about the storage to upgrade to SSD drives as they became reasonably cheap and literally flooded the market. I always suggest eitter Crucial MX500 series or Samsung Evo 860/870 depending on the current prices and current offers (capacity no less than 500GB). It is very easy to buy a cheap SSD, but they are so different that the buyers can make a huge mistake buying SSD without any knowledge. I recently bought this Crucial MX500 500GB SSD to upgrade a 7 year old laptop as it was the only thing (aside of doubling the RAM) that could really revive this computer and grant it a bit of vitality (not a computer for gaming, just for internet and apps). As usual the results were outstanding. I did not reach the maximum transfers for this drive as I got over 370MB/s write and 450MB/s read results, although the difference to the old HDD is so huge that a laptop feels like new machine again. It is handled by the 7 year old laptop hence the results are lower than on the box (I tested an another Crucial MX500 1TB drive with my Dell G7 laptop and got over 500MB/s writes and reads). System loads in about 12 seconds from power off. It’s like a breeze and after that time a computer is ready to be used. I never experienced problems with any of Crucial MX500 series drives (no problems with Samsung drives either which are always top drives for me), but I always stick to the routine while handling any electronics – leaving the electronics to settle for couple of days after the delivery to allow it to get rid of any moisture from transport, always switch the devices off completely, using the anti-static gear and always doing clean installations of OS when mounting a new system drive (no cloning/migrating). I also never use hibernation/sleep as with SSDs it is a pointless thing in my opinion. It is a very good drive (TLC 3D NAND based), especially in comparison to QLC drives. TLC guarantees better transfers than QLC, especially when it comes to transferring large quantities of files and large amounts of data. TLC is a good alternative for expensive MLC, but does not deteriorate like QLC and guarantees better data security than QLC. I would of course suggest regular backups of the drive, but it is the case of any and every single drive, regardless of being SSD/HDD or brand. Backup is everything. I would definitely consider buying this SSD in the future, especially that 500GB costs less than £50.00 while 1TB costs below £80.00.