Crucial MX500 1TB

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A new breed of value SSD.

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Interesting to see, although I don't yet think that it's a tempting enough price for me to move from HDD.

Not that I'm likely to get it either, but I'm curious: How much is the 2TB version said to be?

Also, the "Recommended" image is linking to non-HTTPS.

EDIT: Image link has now been corrected.

[afiretruck]

I wouldn't really consider it being on a SATA interface a bad thing. The speeds you get from SATA 3 are more than fast enough for most applications. NVMe drive speeds are only *really* useful if you're using one as a scratch disk for large files or as a cache drive. Also NVMe drives are still pretty darn expensive (~£200 for 512 GB, when I can get 1TB on SATA 3 for ~£250?).

Also, interesting to see they've at least attempted to actually solve the power-loss protection issues. Having had to deal with issues arising as a result of this problem at work (had some of our products fail to boot after a power loss because the SSD borked some windows files) it'll be nice to know that consumer drives are getting some love.

[adidan]

Where2buy? You can get the 1TB direct from Crucial.com at the moment, had an email this morning. Around £230 IIRC.

[3dcandy]

Interesting to see, although I don't yet think that it's a tempting enough price for me to move from HDD.

Not that I'm likely to get it either, but I'm curious: How much is the 2TB version said to be?

Also, the "Recommended" image is linking to non-HTTPS.

EDIT: Image link has now been corrected.

Have you tried using an ssd daily? If you have, you'd never go back to a hdd ever if you can help it

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Have you tried using an ssd daily? If you have, you'd never go back to a hdd ever if you can help it

No, but I don't think my usage makes it a "must-have", more of a "I could be tempted at the right price". I'd probably want it to be a minimum of 1TB in size and around £100 though.

So basically I like the specs (including the encryption capability), but not the price.

[3dcandy]

No, but I don't think my usage makes it a "must-have", more of a "I could be tempted at the right price". I'd probably want it to be a minimum of 1TB in size and around £100 though.

So basically I like the specs (including the encryption capability), but not the price.

That's the thing... I've just got to say that an SSD is the biggest upgrade you can ever make to your computer these days unless you're a gamer. I would never dream of going back to a spinny HD except for backup

[adidan]

That's the thing... I've just got to say that an SSD is the biggest upgrade you can ever make to your computer these days unless you're a gamer. I would never dream of going back to a spinny HD except for backup

Agee and disagree. Biggest upgrade but it also makes a massive difference to loading times in game, could never go back.

@Output. A cheap option would be a smaller SSD for your OS and essential things and a HDD as a secondary drive.

[3dcandy]

Agee and disagree. Biggest upgrade but it also makes a massive difference to loading times in game, could never go back.

@Output. A cheap option would be a smaller SSD for your OS and essential things and a HDD as a secondary drive.

I was kinda generalising... if you have an older gpu obvs that would be a better upgrade....but yes, it's deffo the besy upgrade anyone could make. No excuse for getting a cheap s/hand 120gb ssd and using it for a boot drive. As long as you have some backup options available (even to olde HDD) then it's really a no-brainer

[flearider]

I'd only want this for storage .. and it's way over priced

[adidan]

I was kinda generalising... if you have an older gpu obvs that would be a better upgrade....but yes, it's deffo the besy upgrade anyone could make. No excuse for getting a cheap s/hand 120gb ssd and using it for a boot drive. As long as you have some backup options available (even to olde HDD) then it's really a no-brainer

Ah gotcha. Yeah, couldn't agree more.

TBH people say they're expensive but i've had several hdds fail and needed replacing, that cost adds up. My 64gb SSD I bought years ago for nearly the same price you can get 500gb+ for now is still working.

SSDs have been a better experience and better value IMO.

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Agee and disagree. Biggest upgrade but it also makes a massive difference to loading times in game, could never go back.

@Output. A cheap option would be a smaller SSD for your OS and essential things and a HDD as a secondary drive.

The reason I said 1TB minimum is so that it would cover OS and plenty of Steam games. I don't tend to play often (despite having many games in my library), but I'd still prefer to have plenty of space there in case I want to, rather than messing about with deleting to make space.

Msybe I'll reconsider in future - winning one is obviously a route I'd be happy with and thus possibly be what I'd compromise for - but for the moment at least, I'm happy enough without one if the specs and price aren't at a point to tempt me.

[aniilv]

If you don't care about money, you can get better/faster/more reliable drives. If you want something that is good priced, you still have to go for HDD. At 250£ for 1TB this is neither here or there.

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Crucial are one of the most reliable SSD makers out there AFAIK,and are certainly better than POS companies like Sandisk(yes I am sure me and the many people I know probably got stung by a crap badge of drives,but still!).

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The reason I said 1TB minimum is so that it would cover OS and plenty of Steam games. I don't tend to play often (despite having many games in my library), but I'd still prefer to have plenty of space there in case I want to, rather than messing about with deleting to make space.

Msybe I'll reconsider in future - winning one is obviously a route I'd be happy with and thus possibly be what I'd compromise for - but for the moment at least, I'm happy enough without one if the specs and price aren't at a point to tempt me.

In terms of games I found that actually had a noticeable difference with an SSD,basically I can name two:
1.)FO4,as the load times are very long,and in its modded form can be unplayable without an SSD!
2.)Planetside 2,as you can die quite often during large battles and the SSD means the game can reload quicker when respawning

The other games,like D3,Overwatch and HOTS,etc I have on my SSD do load quicker on an SSD,but I don't think it is essential for them.

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In terms of games I found that actually had a noticeable difference with an SSD,basically I can name two:
1.)FO4,as the load times are very long,and in its modded form can be unplayable without an SSD!
2.)Planetside 2,as you can die quite often during large battles and the SSD means the game can reload quicker when respawning

The other games,like D3,Overwatch and HOTS,etc I have on my SSD do load quicker on an SSD,but I don't think it is essential for them.

I don't currently have any of those games that you mention, but thanks for the insight in case I do get any of them in future.