With the majority of PCs and laptops having SATA ports, companies that make SSD drives are determined to support this technology even if superior interface options are available.

Easy installation and cloning of old 120GB SSD onto the new 500GB one. The included transfer software was very easy to use and successfully cloned the old (full) drive in about 5 minutes.

When we get a brand new SSD model with a higher number than the previously released one we see a performance increase and as clearly shown from our charts this is exactly the case with the MX500 500GB drive when compared to last year's MX300 480GB model.

- Build Quality / Durability (180TB TBW / 1.8 Million Hours MTBF; - Very Good Performance; - Features (NANDXtend / Static Data Refresh / SLC Caching / DevSleep/ eDrive Support; - Crucial Storage Executive Software; - 5 Year Warranty; - Price

- Small Performance Increase Compared To The BX300

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Crucial is playing a cautious game with its SSDs. It still hasn't launched a consumer PCI-E NVMe SSD, and when it debuted its first 3D NAND two years ago, it did so with a mid-range product, the MX300.

Very fast; Competitive price; Lengthy warranty

No NVMe option

Fast, cheap and with a lengthy warranty, the Crucial MX500 is a great option for anyone who doesn’t need a pro-level drive

Very fast; Competitive price; Lengthy warranty;

No NVMe option;

For most other consumer usage cases, though, the MX500's performance will more than suffice. That, plus its comprehensive selection of capacities and form factors, and its long warranty, help it snag our Editors' Choice award for budget SSDs.

Low cost per gigabyte; Excellent performance for a SATA SSD; Available in 2.5-inch or M.2 SATA versions; Capacity options from 250GB to 2TB; Long warranty

Endurance rating low for usage cases involving heavy data writes

Excellent quality SSD Drive. Crucial has very good reviews and reputation for all things memory related. This drive came with current version Acronis software to transfer everything from old hard drive to new SSD. (Need a SATA to USB cable or enclosure to do this, but I had one already.

Have bought a few of these for various PC applications. Easy to install. Instant performance increase over traditional hard disk drives. Decent value too. Recommended.

I have put this into a mid 2010 macbook pro, along with a RAM upgrade... it's like having a new laptop. It went from a 10 minute start up time to under 1 minute...amazing. I cannot recommend it enough, i am going to purchase one for my mid 2011 iMac!

Really fast