Crucial M500 Solid State Drive Review Micron Technology updates their product family with the new Crucial M500 solid state drive, which arrives in capacities ranging from 120GB-960GB for 2.5" SATA, mSATA, and M.2/NGFF form factors.

Very fast 539/445 MBps read/write speed with ATTO; TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256-bit AES hardware encryption; Marvell 88SS9187 controller supports TRIM; NCQ; and Windows 8 drive telemetry; 3-Year Micron Technology product warranty support; 120/240/480/960GB high-speed SSD storage capacities; Device...

Some manufacturers offer five-year warranty; High-end performance only available from 480/960GB versions; Expensive enthusiast-level product

Crucial's new M500 SSD is built on an upgraded Marvell flash controller with new 20 nanometer 128 Gbit die MLC flash. This combination makes for a very affordable drive that also provides excellent performance in both synthetic and real-life performance testing.

Great pricing; 7.5 mm thin-Ultrabook compatible; Adapter for 9.5 mm drives included; Supports TRIM; 3-year warranty

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The SSDs that comprise Crucial's new M500 range come in a variety of capacities, from a relatively low 128GB to a large 960GB, but each SSD uses the SATA3 interface, a Marvell 88SS9187 controller and 20nm Micron MLC NAND flash chips.

Today we have in our labs the latest SSD offering by Crucial, the Crucial M500 series. Announced earlier this year at CES, it is the world's first SSD series to use Micron's new 128Gbit MLC NAND die.

The big news surrounding the Crucial M500 during CES this year was the shockingly low price per GB. The price of a 960GB for $599 brings the price per GB down to 63 cents. This is the lowest price on the market, and with Crucial's solid reputation in the SSD space it makes for a safe bet.

Crucial's M500 offers the lowest price per gigabyte for an MLC SSD with enterprise-class features not seen on typical consumer SSD data drives. With new 128Gbit MLC NAND paired with the Marvell 9187 controller the M500 should deliver great performance at a historically low price point.

At CES 2013 Crucial announced the release of their new M500 series SSDs. This new model was meant to replace the aging M4 series and push the SSD industry towards a more budget friendly direction.

Evolution continues  for Crucial and their SSD products. The Crucial M500 is the SSD that is replacing the trusty old M4 SSD. As we can expect the M500 not only does everything that that the M4 did, it does much better, and adds more functions to improve not only the SSD but also the overall...

Outstanding operation as a system drive; Is able to achieve 80.000 IOPS without sweating; SATA 6Gbps support; 7mm thick SSD ready for Ultrabooks; Hardware data encryption; Very fast recovery from a used state; Adaptive thermal protection; 3 year warranty; Very well priced

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Prior to the m4, Crucial updated their flagship SSD products roughly every year, but that changed when m4 stretched the timeline. The m4 product series held a two-year stretch on the timeline and is still a popular product today, while the existing supply dwindles away.

The improvements of a solid state drive over a traditional hard drive, in our opinion, are nothing short of astounding.

Sleek design; Excellent incompressible data results; Great value; Massive storage capacity

Not the fastest on the market