Crucial MX300 750 GB

Crucial's move to give the "MX" branding to the MX300 slightly tarnishes the reputation of the MX Series in my opinion. You can usually count on "MX" to stand for the highest possible performance, whereas "BX" stands for budget.

Excellent price/performance; Excellent price-per-GB; 3 year warranty; 7 mm thin-ultrabook compatible; Acronis TrueImage HD included

TLC not trusted by as many users as MLC; Only average performance

Fast read and write speeds aren't the only things the MX300 has to offer. Along with thermal and power loss protection, TRIM support and active garbage collection, the drive features AES 256-bit full disk encryption and is compatible with both the TCG Opal and IEEE 1667 specifications.

Available in 275GB; 525GB; 750GB and 1050GB capacities; Good sequential and random read and write performance; Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data; Large DRAM cache; Dynamic Write Acceleration; Data Defense and RAIN technologies; AES 256-bit full disk encryption; TCG Opal...

Write speed drops when SLC cache is full

Crucial MX300 SSD 1050GB Review

Like in most products, top-tier performance comes at a cost, and more often than not the additional performance is simply not required for mainstream users. Yes, a Bugatti Veyron can be driven at speeds of over 200MPH but on normal roads, where the speed limits max out 70MPH on a motorway, a lot of...