Easy to install and comes with a software key to expedite migrating data.

Advertised as a 525 GB SSD; Only has 488.5 GB of usable space and 500 MB of that is reserved space.<br /> Acronis program is a little tricky to use if you aren't migrating your entire drive to the new one

When it comes to performance, computers are only as fast as the slowest component. In my case the hard drive was a big bottleneck. Since installing the crucial drive boot up is way quicker, application startup is faster too.

Micron; Crucial's parent company, is the second to market with 3D NAND flash in a consumer SSD, which it developed with Intel. Samsung was the first, and uses its own implementation for the 850 Pro range.

Well, dye my hair red and call me Harpo. A triple-level-cell (TLC) NAND-based SSD that I can recommend to users without a lot of caveats finally...

More cache than most TLC NAND-based SSDs; Low price per gigabyte; License for Acronis True Image HD

Writes slow down to 300MBps when cache is exceeded

If my review of the first solid-state drive with 3D flash memory, the well-balanced Samsung SSD 850 Evo , piqued your interest, you'll be happy to know there's a new player in town: the all-new MX300 drive from Crucial.

The Crucial MX300 SSD is competitively priced and delivers fast performance; The solid-state drive uses efficient 3D flash memory and provides strong security with hardware encryption

The drive has a short three-year warranty and trails behind its main competitor; the more expensive Samsung 850 Evo; in performance and features

The 1TB version of the MX300 is a great all-around SSD with good-enough performance, advanced features, and solid software-at a very affordable price.

Very good sequential-write speeds; Superb rated endurance; Affordable on a per-gigabyte basis

A bit slow in high-queue-depth tests; Warranty is one notch from the top

SATA Drive 525 GB. I kept hearing my camera recorder's hard drive running. Eventually I knew it wouldn't last long so I ordered this unit and popped it in my GW NVR. No external formatting needed. Now I have peace and quiet. When the price drops on the 1Gb I'll definitely check with Crucial first.

Any new drive entering the 3D NAND SSD fray is going to be compared to Samsung's 3D V-NAND equipped drives. After all the Korean giants have had a huge head start when it comes to bringing 3D NAND drives to market and are currently already producing denser 48-layer NAND to enable huge capacity SSD's...

3D NAND; Strong write performance

4K read performance; Having to wait for smaller capacities to come to market

Always had issues with my hard drive. Apple replaced the connector cable at least 3 times but never changed the actual hard drive. My problems have been solved since I got a new hard drive. Would recommend.

If you're looking for a large capacity solid state drive that doesn't break the bank, then the Crucial MX300 1050GB is definitely worth considering, offering plenty of features and decent performance.

High capacity; Good price; Decent performance; Plenty of features

Still expensive; Not the fastest SSD; SATA 3 connection showing its age