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title: "Crucial CT500MX500SSD1 MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Metal 2.5 Inch"
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# 560/510 MB/s sequential speed 500GB 3D NAND storage Power Loss Immunity Crucial CT500MX500SSD1 MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Metal 2.5 Inch

**Brand:** crucial
**Price:** A$228
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your workflow with speed and security that keeps you ahead!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Crucial CT500MX500SSD1 MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Metal 2.5 Inch by crucial
- **How much does it cost?** A$228 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- crucial enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted crucial brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Proven Reliability:** Trusted by millions with a 4.6-star rating and years of rock-solid performance in real-world use.
- • **Future-Proof Storage:** 500GB of advanced Micron 3D NAND technology delivers reliable, long-lasting storage for all your files.
- • **Seamless Compatibility:** 2.5-inch SATA form factor fits effortlessly into both laptops and desktops for versatile upgrades.
- • **Unmatched Data Security:** Integrated Power Loss Immunity ensures your work is always safe, even during unexpected outages.
- • **Blazing Fast Performance:** Experience lightning-quick boot and load times with up to 560MB/s read and 510MB/s write speeds.

## Overview

The Crucial MX500 500GB SSD combines cutting-edge Micron 3D NAND technology with SATA 2.5-inch form factor, delivering sequential read/write speeds up to 560/510 MB/s and robust Power Loss Immunity. Ideal for professionals seeking a reliable, high-performance storage upgrade compatible with both laptops and desktops.

## Description

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Review: Hits the sweet spot for being a primary or secondary drive with a price to match - This is only my second Crucial SSD. The other one was purchased 8 years back - M4 128GB SSD. My intention at the time of purchasing the first drive was to speed up my PC and make it sort of future-proof for couple of years. It still rocks the PC! I have been using the M4 SSD for 8 years straight, as the primary/system drive on my PC. This means it gets used every single day. Now let me be clear, I do not transfer huge amounts of files to and from the drive everyday. But, it's the drive on which all temporary files get written everyday from all activities (Productivity, Web-browsing, Photo-editing and light gaming). It has been more than 70% full almost it's entire life and performance has never dipped nor has the drive ever given me any trouble. As per the S.M.A.R.T report, it still has 87% of its life left! This makes Crucial one of the first makes that I recommend to anyone looking for an alternative to Samsung drives. As I am (reluctantly) retiring my 10 year old PC, I wanted to save all my important data on an drive which I could plug into my new system or laptop. I would require a minimum 1TB drive as the amount of data was about 550GB. SSDs are the only way I see future storage; therefore, the choice for me was choosing between a PCI-e or a SATAIII SSD. The logical choice would have been to go with a PCI-e drive as these are faster and have (theoretically) longer life spans. However, there are 2 main reasons I chose to go with a SATAIII device: 1. Installation possibilities: As I was not sure if I would be getting a laptop or PC next, I wanted to be sure that whichever drive I purchase now could be installed in the new PC or laptop. Most current PC motherboards do allow for multiple PCI-e drives to be installed, but only very high-end current laptops are able (?) to take multiple PCI-e drives. As most laptops have a SATAIII drive either as a primary drive or as an existing/upgradeable secondary drive, it made more sense to get a SATAIII drive. 2. Cost: PCI-e drives have not caught up yet with SATAIII drives in terms of GB per dollar. The MX500 1TB has the best performance per GB per dollar (if there is such a term) ratio from my research. There was another possibility, get a PCI-e drive and use an enclosure or adapter. I've read that, in these cases the performance of the drive dips to speeds and bandwidth supported by the enclosure or adapter. This sounded like defeating the purpose of a PCI-e. I would rather have a proper functioning drive working to its maximum (rated) performance capability. Currently, I am using this drive with a UGREEN USB 3.1 Type C to SATA enclosure till I am able to install it in the new system. Therefore, I cannot state the performance figures of the drive itself. There is a huge amount of information on the performance of the MX500 drives on the internet. I would encourage anyone thinking of purchasing this drive to look it up. For me, the drive has been performing impeccably. As I keep transferring any new files I create to this drive, it keeps getting written everyday. S.M.A.R.T. reports life of the drive is still 100% after almost 2 weeks of use. My review here is subjective and specific to my use of the device as a storage which will carry my data over to the new system, with the flexibility of using it either as a primary storage device (with enough space for my data) or, as a fast secondary storage device, if my new system comes with PCI-e storage as primary. In conclusion, I purchased this drive after spending a lot of time researching my options and this drive performs exactly as I wanted it to. I look forward to another decade of rock-solid reliability and performance with this Crucial MX500 1TB SSD drive. Keep up the good work Crucial!
Review: It works well, as expected! - It is working as expected. Been using Crucial MX drives for over five years without any issues. Good value for money, good build quality, and is reliable compared to other brands. Easy and cheap performance upgrade for all old laptops or PCs from hard drives.

## Features

- Sequential reads and writes up to 560/510 MB/s; and random reads and writes up to 95k/90k on all file types
- Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology
- Integrated Power Loss Immunity preserves all your saved work if the power unexpectedly gets cut

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0786QNS9B |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #15,029 in Computers ( See Top 100 in Computers ) #143 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Brand | Crucial |
| Color | Metal |
| Computer Memory Type | DIMM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (126,526) |
| Date First Available | 1 December 2020 |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA |
| Hard Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Hardware Platform | PC; Mac |
| Item Weight | 39.4 g |
| Item model number | CT500MX500SSD1 |
| Manufacturer | Micron |
| Number of Lithium Metal Cells | 1 |
| Operating System | Windows & Mac |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 10.3 x 0.71 x 7 cm; 39.4 g |
| RAM Size | 500 GB |
| Series | MX500 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Crucial
- **Colour:** Metal
- **Compatible devices:** This drive is compatible with desktops and laptops that accept 2.5" 7mm SATA drives
- **Connectivity technology:** SATA
- **Digital storage capacity:** 500 GB
- **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** Serial ATA
- **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special features:** Data Recovery Service

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: What is the difference between the M series and the B series?**
A: The MX Crucial SSD storage series has one of the most generous dynamic SLC dynamic DRAM cache which helps make a map of the drives buffer contents; for example if one gets the 4Tb model that comes with 4Gb of DRAM storage, 2Tb that comes with 2Gb of DRAM storage and 1Tb that comes with 1Gb of DRAM storage; that helps with buffering up ones data stream which serves to smooth out ones data streaming experience; the MX Crucial SSD storage series also has a much better endurance rating on the 2Tb of 700Tbw versus BX of only 240Tbw largely because of its new 64/96 layer 3D NAND technology that directly challenges even the highly popular much more expensive Samsung EVO series line of SSD's; the BX Crucial SSD storage series has a five year warranty vs MX series only three year warranty; the MX Crucial SSD storage series has built-in hardware based AES 256-bit encryption controller also as well; just go with the MX Crucial SSD storage series as one is getting quite a lot of worthwhile great added extra value added features and also extra value added reliable performance that is a mere on average only $10 added per 1 Tb SSD storage which approaches the near feature and value added SSD storage feature set of even the Samsung EVO series.

**Q: Is the hardware encryption more secure than Veracrypt software encryption?**
A: Dear client,

thank you for contacting us, it will be a pleasure helping you.

Regarding your question, the hardware encryption is the same as the Veracrypt sw encryption, so there is no difference with the two.

 In case of any questions or doubts do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards

Georgi
 Memory and Storage Expert
 Crucial by Micron® 
 Micron Consumer Products Group
 Contact us:  https://www.crucial.com/support/contact

**Q: is it compatible with ps 4 pro?**
A: Yes. I have installed this drive "1TB MX500" in a PS4 Pro without issue and with great results. 20% fasterish loading screens, Texture popin becomes non existent, OS is more fluid and installs of game updates is 50% faster.

*If attempting to go above 4TB on the internal drive, I would recommend you look into additional compatibility issues. Anything sub 4 terabyte this is perfect.

**Q: Question for seller: which shipping companies do you use (usps / amazon / ups / fedex etc)?**
A: USPS

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hits the sweet spot for being a primary or secondary drive with a price to match
*by M***U on 15 January 2020*

This is only my second Crucial SSD. The other one was purchased 8 years back - M4 128GB SSD. My intention at the time of purchasing the first drive was to speed up my PC and make it sort of future-proof for couple of years. It still rocks the PC! I have been using the M4 SSD for 8 years straight, as the primary/system drive on my PC. This means it gets used every single day. Now let me be clear, I do not transfer huge amounts of files to and from the drive everyday. But, it's the drive on which all temporary files get written everyday from all activities (Productivity, Web-browsing, Photo-editing and light gaming). It has been more than 70% full almost it's entire life and performance has never dipped nor has the drive ever given me any trouble. As per the S.M.A.R.T report, it still has 87% of its life left! This makes Crucial one of the first makes that I recommend to anyone looking for an alternative to Samsung drives. As I am (reluctantly) retiring my 10 year old PC, I wanted to save all my important data on an drive which I could plug into my new system or laptop. I would require a minimum 1TB drive as the amount of data was about 550GB. SSDs are the only way I see future storage; therefore, the choice for me was choosing between a PCI-e or a SATAIII SSD. The logical choice would have been to go with a PCI-e drive as these are faster and have (theoretically) longer life spans. However, there are 2 main reasons I chose to go with a SATAIII device: 1. Installation possibilities: As I was not sure if I would be getting a laptop or PC next, I wanted to be sure that whichever drive I purchase now could be installed in the new PC or laptop. Most current PC motherboards do allow for multiple PCI-e drives to be installed, but only very high-end current laptops are able (?) to take multiple PCI-e drives. As most laptops have a SATAIII drive either as a primary drive or as an existing/upgradeable secondary drive, it made more sense to get a SATAIII drive. 2. Cost: PCI-e drives have not caught up yet with SATAIII drives in terms of GB per dollar. The MX500 1TB has the best performance per GB per dollar (if there is such a term) ratio from my research. There was another possibility, get a PCI-e drive and use an enclosure or adapter. I've read that, in these cases the performance of the drive dips to speeds and bandwidth supported by the enclosure or adapter. This sounded like defeating the purpose of a PCI-e. I would rather have a proper functioning drive working to its maximum (rated) performance capability. Currently, I am using this drive with a UGREEN USB 3.1 Type C to SATA enclosure till I am able to install it in the new system. Therefore, I cannot state the performance figures of the drive itself. There is a huge amount of information on the performance of the MX500 drives on the internet. I would encourage anyone thinking of purchasing this drive to look it up. For me, the drive has been performing impeccably. As I keep transferring any new files I create to this drive, it keeps getting written everyday. S.M.A.R.T. reports life of the drive is still 100% after almost 2 weeks of use. My review here is subjective and specific to my use of the device as a storage which will carry my data over to the new system, with the flexibility of using it either as a primary storage device (with enough space for my data) or, as a fast secondary storage device, if my new system comes with PCI-e storage as primary. In conclusion, I purchased this drive after spending a lot of time researching my options and this drive performs exactly as I wanted it to. I look forward to another decade of rock-solid reliability and performance with this Crucial MX500 1TB SSD drive. Keep up the good work Crucial!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It works well, as expected!
*by J***E on 28 October 2023*

It is working as expected. Been using Crucial MX drives for over five years without any issues. Good value for money, good build quality, and is reliable compared to other brands. Easy and cheap performance upgrade for all old laptops or PCs from hard drives.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ EXCELLENT PRODUCT
*by N***S on 16 August 2023*

I BOUGHT IT RECENTLY AND IT IS WORKING AS WAS EXPECTED. GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY

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