Description
Solid state drive is a high-speed hard drive that uses nonvolatile memory as a medium and does not use magnetic disks such as conventional hard disks. The ssd of this zspeed makes your computer performance increase 2x the speed of data access. Features: – Solid-state drives. Because there is no internal movement, reducing the risk of data loss caused by shock or vibration. – Sata iii Zspeed ssd with sata iii connection so that it can transfer data very quickly up to 6gb / S. – 2.5 inch ssd The zspeed ssd has a 2.5 inch form factor that can be used to upgrade various laptops as well as computers using 2.5 inch hdd. Specs: – Black – Internal ssd storage type – Form factor 2.5 inch – Reading speed 500mb / s – Write speed 400mb / s – Nand 3d samsung flash memory tlc – Smi2258g controller – Sata iii 6gb / s external interface – Dram: Ddr3. 1 year warranty distributor The cardboard card is then placed in the box and all the contents are stored in it. # Ssd # Zspeedssd
Jonathan P. –
I always wanted to get a SSD to replace my old 1 TB hard drive. I waited until prices went down and purchased the Crucial BX500 during the Labor Day sale. Even though it is not the fastest next to the MX500 and the Samsung Evo, it runs fast for me. I am still amazed how fast Windows 10 loads up compared to my old 1 TB hard drive. Before, I hated reboots because it took too long, now, I have no problems waiting a few seconds for it to boot up. I highly recommend this for people starting out with the SSD. Then later, get the MX500 or Samsung EVO.
Anonymous –
I would not stray from using this one again. It is plenty fast, it just isnt as fast as some SSDs Ive used, and justifiably so, the price is very competitive. The unit itself feels cheap in the hands due to the light plastic construction, but once installed it feels very secure and looks great. Buy with confidence.
clewis.it –
I got this because my last SSD was too small for software development. So far, this one is working great, and Im not even using half the space yet. Its not supposed to be as fast as the Samsung SSD that it replaced, but I dont see any difference in speed when Im compiling my projects.Highly recommended.
Eddy C. –
After installing the drive and ensuring that it is recognized in BIOS, I booted into Windows 10 and the drive was nowhere to be seen on windows explorer. It does show up under device manager, but going into the properties and looking at events it showed that the device not migrated. After consulting the scant and useless hieroglyphics that came with the drive, a couple of hours of googling led me to use the disk management tool. Type disk management in the search box and click on the create and format hard disk partitions. This will open a tool that will allow you to create a partition on the drive and assign a drive letter. This is not really a big deal, but it was mentioned NOWHERE on the documentation or on the support site. I dont appreciate wasting my time researching how to install a product I just bought because the documentation it came with was so woefully inadequate.
Anonymous –
plugged in this ssd via USB housing from another external hdd, then cloned hdd using acronis. I was cautioned to do a fresh install of Windows, but I aint gotntime for that. Cloning went fine, no issues.
David G. –
I bought the 1TB version to replace my 250GB Samsung EVO 840 originally fitted. After an uneventful clone, boot times to the desktop were erratic and significantly slower than my original drive. I thought that a clean install might cure this but after populating the install with my usual programs this took over a day the same symptoms were displayed. I can only assume this is due to the inferior transfer rates to the Samsung, particularly the random IOPS.With hindsight I should have paid a bit more for the Samsung EVO 860 1TB. I am now using the crucial as a secondary drive. Lesson learned
Anonymous –
Remember, ANY SSD is faster than ANY HDD. So if you are still booting from an HDD buy these, be amazed at the difference and live a better life. When I say they seem to be slow Im comparing them to much more expensive Samsung EVO and PRO series that I normally purchase and Intel SSDs that I occasional purchase. I am not benchmarking them, just going on feel during use. Cant beat the price and warranty combination and they are perfect in the application in which I use them.
MARK Y. –
Yes I would recommend this Crucial BX series 2.5 SSD to anyone on a budget needing a quality drive for the money. If youre gaming you may want to consider a higher end SSD with faster max read write speeds. Its a great drive for dual booting Windows and Linux perhaps like I do as well.
Charles R. –
Using in an external USB 3.0 case. Offloading all my spinning drive data from across numerous backup drives to this. Of course, much less weight and space taken up by this SSD versus the 8 HDD I have offloaded to it so far. More to come and lots more space available. Happy so far, and only had it for a few weeks.
MickeyM191 –
Bought this to clone the OS drive of a desktop PC thats a few years old. Thanks to my favorite free cloning software and an external 2.5 USB enclosure the upgrade was a breeze. Popped out the 3.5 HDD, used a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter purchased seperately this unit does not come with one and booted right up.Much faster load times. Ive never had any issues with Crucial products.
SergiyS –
Great drive at a great price. I used quite a lot of Crucial drives in my life and they are great. For only couple dozen of dollars more youll get far superior performance than cheap Chinese brands. If youre on a budget but want a great SDD save on a couple of coffees. And get this instead of KingNoNameWhatever brand.
alex2468 –
I have used a couple of these drives over the past few years, and theyve proved to be excellent value for money. Most recent was for a desktop I was refurbishing for someone. These drives are an excellent enhancement over a traditional spinning HDD, and would be suited to either a desktop or laptop.
Anonymous –
I bought this SSD to run my games from. There is nothing to say besides its fast and works beautifully. You really arent going to see much improvement over this SSD for games. Yes there are faster modules out there, but unless you have a real need, the benefit doesnt fit the cost. This is as fast as it needs to be for games. Running an Operating system on this SSD would be fine. I personally use a faster model for that, Im just saying, it would be a huge improvement over any platter drive and its cost is at a sweet spot.
Daniel W. –
I installed brand new windows 10 on both that failed. After a few months they would be unrecognizable. I tried to plug them in to 4 different pcs and re install windows and both drives would error out. Even on a working pc they would not recognize the drives when plugged in. One would work for 12 weeks and then suddenly it would be gone.
David P. –
Installed without issues. Moved from a HDD of 3TB that was beginning to fail various sectors being defective… after scandisk etc would reappear. Anyway, new disk went in fine. The software for cloning worked fine, though it did take like 16 hours because of the bad sectors on the old drive. New drive works well so far. This drive is where I have most of my game installs for steam, Ubisoft and other clients. Plus some other odds and ends.
John S. –
Slipped right in to a Lenovo Allinone, although I used some styrofoam shims and double stick tape to keep it in place. Since they are only a couple ounces, it worked fine. BIOS recognized it immediately 7 year old machine and Win 10 loaded smoothly. Works fine weeks later.
Richard B. –
Just to be clear from the beginning, Ive been a fan of WD and Intel for years. I would guess Ive probably upgraded 1520 computers to SSDs from these two brands for friends and family in the last 34 years. However, I didnt want to get stuck in a rut, so I decided to try a Crucial SSD in one of my older laptops that I wanted to upgrade. The drive arrived on time, and was packaged well. However, this drive seems so much flimsier than comparable WD and Seagate drives that Ive used. Once I started screwing the drive into the caddy, one of the screws cracked the housing of the drive as it started threading in. I cant say Ive ever had that happen before. I put a dab of glue on the drive and finished installing it. I installed Linux Mint and ran a few speed tests, and it came in 1012 slower than the WD Blue drive that I had tested in that PC previously. All in all, I cant really recommend this drive or brand at this point.
mihart1497 –
Didnt need a big drive. Its being used in my daughters bedroom, mostly as a media center. She does have a few games on it along with Windows 10. I was very happy with the price and very VERY happy with the speed It is faster than some other SSDs that I use.
Brian N. –
The mechanical drive on my HP laptop died after a long business trip, I guess I gave it too many bumps and trips through the airport. The computer is less than a year old and still has excellent specs so I didnt want to buy a whole new rig over 1 component. This SSD was shipped very quickly and I had it installed in about 1 hour and my OS took about 10 mins to install. That was a pleasant shock. I have never previously owned or used an SSD before so I wasnt entirely prepared for how much of a performance improvement it would be. I now boot to the desktop in under 5 seconds and my programs launch almost instantly. The computer is smoother in its operation and it runs much cooler as well. I now wish Id done this in the first place. Now this isnt the best SSD on the market, but if youre considering switching from a mechanical drive, even this is a night and day improvement over what you have now. It seems reliable too. My experience with drives are that if they dont fail in the first week, they probably wont until they die of old age or abuse.
ABY S. –
Worked out of the box with no issues at all. I used it to upgrade a very old iMacs that is now leaping around like a teenager.Formatted in Disk Utility, cloned the HDD and installed this with a temperature sensor Works amazingly well.
Antony W. –
While the SSD that the guys have put in my laptop is absolutely awesome, taking my aged Dell from a 210 min start up due to dying SATA HD down to approx. 8 SECONDS, I want to comment on the service from PB Tech more. Simply put, OUTSTANDING. From the minute I made the inquiry online about looking at the issue, they communicated clearly, gave me exact costs and expectations around the work that may or may not be required and did the job in less than half the time I was advised. Once they gave me the good news my data could be recovered from the dying HD, I held my breath for how much a new SSD would cost replace the old one and was more than pleasantly surprised with it. I of course went ahead with the work and now my laptop is literally as good as new for less than 300, where I was looking at a new laptop up around 1000 initially. Top stuff. I have already recommended PB tech to many and even bought a new laptop for my mother from their site knowing that shed receive excellent service if things went pear shaped with it.
ZayneM –
Im using this SSD as a second storage device, replacing a dying mechanical hard drive of the same capacity. Before I was very hesitant to store things on my second drive because readwrite speeds and loading times were going to be terrible. But now loading times for everything on this drive have improved significantly
Rod J. –
Does just what youd expect an SSD to do … very fast and silent I got one of these for a PC I built for my brother. Windows 10 running on the hard drive was OK but a clean Windows 10 install on this SSD really made a big difference in responsiveness. Highly recommend this drive and it was good value for money.
Hockenisgood –
An easy and very effective upgrade to SSD on a PC that seemed to take forever to start. The Acronis sofware from the Crucial website and installation guide worked perfectly and PC now boots in seconds. Doubling the memory to 8Gb almost certainly helped too.
Gary L –
Picked this up on sale for additional storage in an older workstation. Bought a 3.5 double tray to use with the older SSD. Both installed quickly and easily and am happy with the results, without having to break the bank for an older machine.
Jesse M. –
Works as expected, which is great. Comes with access to ACRONIS software to migrate your old disk to the new SSD which is unfortunately quite clunky, basic and slow recommend using some other software to perform migration instead. Package came quickly. Would be nice if the pbtech site was more clear about quoted disk size vs. usable space. Anyone familiar with PC tech will know that the listed size is decimal whereas the OS usable space usually lists as binary which will be less than the decimal size. If youre unfamiliar, this will trip you up if you buy a 480 GB SSD to replace a disk that says 480 GB partition size in Windows, only to find your 480 GB SSD can only store 447 GiB, leaving you unable to migrate.
abdeliq0 –
I was about to go for the highend modelsbrands, but the readwrite speed and quality of BX500 served my needs very well. My old laptop had an HDD that boots windows 10 in a minute, but with this SSD it boots in less than 10 seconds. Gaming wise, I can tell I have at least 50 faster loading time.
Steve –
This is my second Crucial BX drive, and although not as well specd as the BX300 I bought in 2017, this has revived an ageing laptop used for light webemailoffice tasks. The Acronis disk cloning software worked flawlessly I placed the Crucial SDD into an external drive enclosure, cloned the HDD from the laptop and then swapped over. Presto The process took about an hour and booted straight into the OS with no errors and in a fraction of the time.
thombcat –
If you are installing a SSD in a computer the chances are that you are installing it in an older machine to give it a bit more life and boost the speed. The Crucial drive will do this for you. I dont know how long it will last in comparison to others available but the performance and price is good and competitive. Everything points to it satisfying requirements and lasting as long as necessary. I bought one which will not be more than 50 full so there is a lot of built in redundancy. I calculate thaat it will probably last 10 years in my equipment which I expect to replace within that time.
admorgan –
Samsung has long held the crown for high endurance and fast SSD drives, but Crucial has out done them for this specific model. It is both faster and according to independent testing longer lasting. That does not apply for the larger versions of this device, but this was the sweet spot for my specific application.
Anonymous –
This disk has given a new lease of life to the older PC used by the kids for online gaming. Easy to fit and Win10 just worked with it. No drama. Performance way better than the spinning rust it replaced, so kids are happy, so Dad is happy
winethe3rd –
Item works very well I replaced a 1TB HDD on a MacBook Pro late 2011 13 with El Captain OS 16gb RAM, 2.8 ghz i7 model. This Crucial SSD was easy to replace in the existing frameworkhardware of the laptop. I noticed my RAM was also the Crucial brand and well everything works much more quickly and efficiently with the SSD.
tmar50232 –
The SSD of my choice. Comes with link for Acronis cloning software and instructions making cloning easy. If you just want to install as an extra drive then just follow simple instructions to initialise the drive. Very happy with this product.
William P. –
At the price that thee drives sell for buy some enclosures, I like Inateck, and pop in a drive. I use them to run Linux operating systems through USB ports. Speed is excellent and they can be moved from machine to machine. Also, these are Crucial. I have had excellent experience with Crucial customer service when buying memory. You can talk to them on the phone and they are helpful. You just cant beat the combination of the drive plus the customer service from Crucial.
damianhindall –
Speed is great. My PC and laptop both booted in seconds while this ssd was in them. I moved the ssd over to my laptop as I got an m.2 one for it, and I noticed the ssd makes a weird high pitched noise. Over the time of a month it got noticeably slower, and I just recieved a notification from windows showing drive errors. Good price, but you get what you pay for.
RichardP7758 –
I bought this for my PC which was kind of running low on storage. I felt like having another drive for more storage would be nice. This is a cheap drive and works perfectly, its fast and runs well. I would recommend this product for anyone trying to revive and old system andor want more faster storage.
Anonymous –
If youre trying to get past having an old mechanical hard drive, these are the perfect alternative. Though the speeds are incomparable to NVMe SSDs, the jump in performance from an HDD to this SSD is tremendous. Well worth the price paid This was used to replace my mothers dying HDD in her laptop and she has been incredibly happy with the performance bump.
Macjoo –
I have a computer repair shop in NJThis SSD HDD never fail..I bought it from Micro Center more then 70eaMy customers are very happy, Improved computer speed..The Crucial SSD HDD works great with PC and Mac.I will keep buying this SSD HDD for my customers..
James –
Pros Good value. Peformance excellent. used to replace standard HD with SSD in laptop. Much faster. Time will tell if its reliableCons The cloning software wasnt easy to use and would only work if it detected a crucial SSD installed so the option to store an image on a network drive and them rebuild did not work. Used other cloning software to do in end
Louis C. –
an SSD I used for windoze OS drive on a refurb. it works fine. competitive price. I hope it lasts for a decade estimated possible life of pc SSD so noticeable faster than the HDD it replaces which is my reason for purchaseuse
blagoja r. –
To be honest I cant tell if there is difference between this SSD and my old Crucial from 45 years a go but in no doubt is fast and snappy which is what I expect from SSD. I went with Crucial because my old one is from them 250gb and even after 5 years of usage it shows 90 life in it. I had to go with Crucial again and this time I got the 500gb. Works just fine, good job Crucial.
Michael W –
I installed this 1TB BX500 SSD into my Lenovo H430 desktop PC that is about 5 years old and cloned the old Seagate 1tb hard drive hdd to the Crucial BX500 ssd. It worked perfectly and now loads windows 10 in about 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes. I left about 15 unallocated space in the primary partition. I used Macrium Reflect free software instead of the Acronis True Image free software that was recommended, it was my choice, not that there is any problem with Acronis True Image
willey09 –
SSD purchased to enable some of our early family videos, which were copied from 8mm film to digital, to take with us on holiday to show to our two elderly daughters while visiting them on holiday, in our caravan. Small size, powered from the same usb port on the laptop which in turn was powered from an adapter from the 12volt leisure battery in the caravan, which also powered the TV for viewing them rather than a small laptop screen.
bradthetechnut –
This SSD do what SSDs do and thats work faster than an HDD and speeds up the PC as a result. Boot time is only a few seconds on Win10. SSDs breathe new life into older or classic machines and thats just what this SSD did to my Optiplex 755 MT. USB 3.0 is about 10x faster and Im sure 2.0 speeded up as well. I used this SSD to switch from Win7 on an HDD to Win10. Am I ever happy with it. It helped make my PC faster than the newer PCs Optiplex 390 MT, 3020 SFF at the library.
Michael S. –
The drive works great. I use it to keep a complete copy of my iTunes library stored locally. 4K movies, shows and everything else loads super quick. I couldnt be happier and would definitely recommend this drive to a friend.
Charles L. –
I purchase this ssd to write on HiveOS for a mining rig. It have been detected instantly on my main setup plugged in a usb 3.0 hard drive dock, write the .iso image, safely disconnect, move on the mining rig and it boot up directly
Franklyn –
Does not work Atomos Ninja V. I bought this to use with my Ninja5 and this drive could not keep up with the Ninja 5. I would get the Yellow skippy icon meaning my ninja would stop recording because the drive was too slow. Other than that its an ok drive.
wozza –
Awesome upgrade for my laptop. This is the second laptop I have added a SSD to. This has taken my wifes 18month old i5 2 core laptop to a respectable speed. Startup is around 16 sec, all software opens with out any hang time. Recommend this to anyone wanting to put new life into an old laptop. The first laptop I did this to is an i7 and is now 5 years old. SSD upgrades are a cheap option for extending the life and improving the function of and older laptopPC.
Stingy dave –
Just ordered the third of these. 1st two on different systems reduced boot time to around 40 secs and restored sharp performance. No more clicking on something and waiting to see if it will happen. Read write happen very quickly making transfers of images much faster. Comes with Acronis software so if you have USB3 port and the handy usb sata adapter, you can clone your old disk then exchange it with the new ssd, and it will work. Could not be simpler.
Anonymous –
Didnt work full stop. Had to get a replacement so upspeced and went for a different manufacturer slightly more expensive you could see the difference in quality no fine micro threads of rough plastic off the casting. New drive works well. Dont think Id go for Crucial again as its been 01 so far.
Steven F. –
Michael, I appreciate your feedback in your review. All good points. I could have been clearer that not all speeds are slow. I built my PC less that a year ago Ryxen 1600X, X370 motherboard. All Sata III, so the use of Sata II is not the issue. Not all speeds are slow. Some are just fine, but many are considerably slower than the MX500 with dram, expecially write performance. Ive read 2 professional reviews on the BX500 and both are poor. One is Toms Hardware. I pasted a link below if you wanted to look at it. Toms gives it a 2.5 out of 5 rating. Youll see results posted do show some slow speeds. They praised the BX500 for strong sequential burst performance mainly. But the cons overpower that positive. Their cons are …lower than average application performance, low endurance hence 3 year warranty vs the MC500s 5 year, low sustained write performance. httpswww.tomshardware.comreviewscrucialbx500ssd,5377.html Maximum PC gave the BX500 a 5 out of 10 with many of the same negative points. I think the BX500 would be fine if was substantially cheaper, but at the time Im writing this the MX500 is .13 cents CHEAPER than the BX500 on Newegg. Why settle for lower write performance and only a 3 year warranty vs the superior performance and 5 year warranty that the MX500 offers at the same cost to you
Anonymous –
An SSD has been the best upgrade ever to my I7 laptop. No information or backuprestoreclone software was supplied with the SSD Drive but a visite to the Crucial Website and downloading and installing Acronis True Image for Crucial made backing up and restoring Windows 10 System to the SSD relatively easy and painless. After 2 weeks all is well…I am still stoked with the much increased speed and performance of Computer Restarts and Hibernation, starting of applications, etc.
James F. –
I bought this as a replacement for a 640Gig mechanical in an Asus 5600 laptop. The laptop is very nice and we have had it for a long time. But the mechanical hard disk was soooo SSSllllooooowwww… This new 2TB SSD gave new snap to this good old lap top. Its like a new machine. Its exactly what I needed. Some people may be confused by this. When you plug this disk in for the first time. You will have to format it with your favorite flavor of formatting. Once properly formatted it works like a charm.
alex2468 –
I have used a few of these Crucial BX drives now, and they are proving to be reliable and the performance is great. Prices are also extremely reasonable, which make these extremely appealing if youre adding to an older system.
Matthew –
Checked on crucial.com to find something compatible with the Dell Optiplex 990 that Im using as a domain controller on my home network, Shows up and paltry instructions included mentions a spacer but that I might not need one. No spacer included and, as to how this thing is supposed to fit correctly in the spot where my old HDD lives, crucial has basically left you to figure that out for yourself with only a link to their online tech support as help. Whats more, the free acronis software wont install on Windows 2016. After a few weeks of muckin around with it I finally get the server OS transferred to the new hard drive and it held in the bay with spit and duck tape and prayers but next time I want to buy an SSD, Ill consider any brand but Crucial.
IvanS96 –
I have upgraded to of my families laptops with this SSD, and I can honestly say that it is an excellent drive. Compared to other drives that are faster or have more esthetically pleasing exterior, this one makes up for in price and good performance. If you are looking for a cheap but effective upgrade for your old system, this is a great option
jflimeiii –
I put this drive in my older gaming laptop. These days I use it as a backup to my desktop and for telehealth appointments as it has the webcam and mic. The old drive was a 1TB 7200 rpm model. The machine boots in under 20 seconds now and the games load in less than half the time they used to. Definitely recommend as either a primary drive or as a secondary for running games on.
k3nrd0 –
I am using this as a secondary drive in my gamingwork laptop replacing a platter drive and the energy savings are definitely worth it I have increased my battery life by 25. I would recommend this drive for a secondary SSD in gaming or work applications or an upgraded primary drive in slightly older machines. An NVME drive is definitely faster but if you are looking for quick low energy storage at this price point it is difficult to find a better option. There are some SSDs that perform slightly better but not so much as to notice a substantial difference unless you are doing something like video editing on a regular basis.Read 485Write 423Mixed 395SusWrite 124
NgardenSt –
I installed a 240 Gig in a 2009 Mac book pro clean El Capitan installand a 480 gig in a newer Mac book pro with cloning software to retain all software installed.Both installs were with 8 gig of RAM updatesBoot times under a minute when done.If it was my computer I probably would have gone with the Samsung SSD but this is a perfectly acceptable upgrade. I tend to waste money going for the brand
Donald M. –
Replaced a 1TB HDD with this 2TB SSD. WOW What a difference. Yes SATA is slower than NVME but if all you have is SATA, its a moot point. Just going from a spinning drive to an SSD really adds life to an otherwise aging machine. Im happy to have it and anticipate a good long life from it.
KyleW53 –
Replaced old HDD with this in a laptop. Really easy to swap over and installed new operating system in this SSD. Much quicker and works really well. Perfect purchase amount for this product.
Jim B. –
With my twins using their handmedown laptops for hours each day for online schoolwork due to the pandemic, I decided to give their slow laptops a speed boost with a SSD upgrade. I picked up a couple of these basic Crucial BX500 drives over better, faster but also more expensive drives with cache like Samsung and Crucial MX lines. For each laptop, I first connected the SSD to the laptops USB port using the Sabrent USB 3.0 to SSD cable. I then cloned the the laptops drive using Acronis True Image software a free download from Sabrent. Note I believe Crucial offers the same free software download as well. After cloning was complete, I proceeded to open up the bottom of the laptop and swapped the drives. Both laptops with the new SSDs booted up 5 times faster and should run cooler too. I dont think my kids appreciate the SSD upgrade but it brought new life to the old laptops and I was happy that everything worked out so well.
DougS16 –
Forget about flash drivesmemory sticksthumb drives. If youre not using the cloud, just buy one of these to transfer your large files between computers at work and home. I use it for my multitrack songs in Logic Pro as well as video files…soooo much faster than a flash drive. Im super happy
Robert E. –
My old Dell laptop was too sluggish to enjoy using. Its HDD was not fast enough to please. I popped this Crucial SSD into a USB enclosure and cloned my OS to it, and then replaced the HDD. As I expected, it now is much speedier and responsive
Swayze Media –
What can I say more than an SSD is a good replacement to an M.2 drive if you have a system that is not able to mount one to the motherboard. Fast readwrite speed times make for excellent boot times for systems. These drives are great for Windows and a lot of primary launch drives like Steam or other launchers. Just dont expect to have a lot of space for games
Eric W. Roberts CLU –
I havent installed the drive yet, but I bought Crucial because I have bought solid state drives to replace spinners in the past, and Crucial is a name I trust. Ive been messing with computers since 50 baud timesharing and running FORTRAN IV on a WATFIV compiler with card decks.
Anonymous –
Needed more fast storage. My M.2 was pretty full and needed some quicker storage. Is reasonably fast but no where near as fast as stated. No drivers etc found as suspected this could have been the issue. Seems to be just not a 540mb read drive. Guess it is theoretical speed rather than actual.
Sheikh –
Pros superb dealdoes what it says on the tingreat crucial migration softwaregreat build qualitysuperior speed. Needed the reliability and speed to upgrade a very old machine to new working order
Tlmoore91 –
This breathed new life into an aging Dell i7. It fit in the factory drive carriage with no issues and all of the mounting spots aligned perfectly. Though nearly 8 years old, the laptop recognized the drive immediately, formatted it, and I was ready for a clean Windows install.
Victor A. –
Very disappointed. First hard drive ever that was DOA upon arrival, and Ive bought probably over 100 drives of various sorts. I know that this happens, but this is a first for me. I give 3 stars instead of 1, because Ive bought Crucial drives before, and all worked fine. I know their product is good at least it has been in the past. Hopefully this isnt an indication of something that is happening to the company
Deanna –
I replaced this in my old Lenovo B590 and upgraded its RAM too. It goes very fast but just a word of warning that now my fans go up and down so I am not sure if it is because the power is too much for the i3 core cpu or not, but just know before you upgrade an old machine. And also make sure the thermal regulator is not on your original HD. Also machine will not boot via keyboard because startup is too fast.Other than that it was easy to cloneeven though I got a few disk errors I skipped past with Acroniswindows 10. Maxium is a nightmare though. Also easy to install. Im hoping it lasts and I can figure out the fan issue but I am doubting its the HD its self so good purchase.
T H. –
Bought this from CCL Computers. Theyre my first port of call for systems and bits. the delivery is fast, and the prices are competitive.SSDs are great for replacing boot drives, the fast startup makes even relatively aged PCs a lot faster, and at the price CCL offer these, its a very cheap and effective upgrade to any computer.
RodJ7 –
I bought this SSD to install and run my OS on mainly, and also to get some extra storage space in my SFF HTPC HP 8300 Elite. Running Windows 10 on the 1TB hard drive was driving me nuts too slow and noisy. I ended up installing Manjaro Linux on this SSD instead Im really a Linux guy anyway and it runs perfectly and quietly. For the price the performance is excellent. Been using it for a few months now without any problems.
Robert O. –
I am happy with the drives and would recommend them. This is my 3rd purchase of a Crucial SSD. Ive installed them in 7 year old Dell and HP Laptops as well as a 5 Custom Built desktop PC. Rejuvenated the old laptops speeding up boot times to under 25 seconds adding pep to otherwise older, slow laptops. Same with custom built Desktop. All 3 PCs running Windows 10 Home Pro flavors.
Brian H. –
The performance of this SSD is barely better than a HDD. If youre looking for some extra storage and not concerned about read or write speed, especially when copyingmoving large files then this SSD might suit your purpose. Frankly, I would spend a little more money, like for a Sansung 860 and get good durability and better performance.
James –
This is third Crucial 1TB drive I have used to upgrade desktop and laptops. Crucials Acronis software makes cloning the drive simple and easy. Compared to the old mechanical HDD, this SSD results in a significant performance improvement in terms of bootup time and app startups. Very pleased.
Kenneth M. –
I do love the speed, and the look of the drive. After imaging a Windows 10 installation to this drive the real speeds were able to be seen in comparison to the old 5400 RPM mechanical drive. What used to take over 2 minutes to load into windows now takes 11 seconds from power on. Astonishing loading difference.
Jude –
Basically if I have any machines that are within a fiveyear scope of manufacturing and they came with mechanical hard death drives originally these drives are a down and dirty quick easy upgrade.If the machine is with a lot of legacy software I just end up taking the dryer is brand new installing them in the machine and then either reloading windows 10 64 bit or in the case of a Mac which ever operating system is certified for the computer.These drives are perfect for business and small office home office there an easy upgrade and actually a very nice product so far in three years have had no failures
kenwleig –
Create recovery disc from current pc if you havnt got already Install new drive instead od existing one. Boot computer with firstor only Recovery discwait for it to load windowsor other system You will get a factory fresh install, a very quiet and cool running pc. Very low energy usage too. Very fast. Very pleased. Just make sure you get suficient capacity for operating system and needs.
rshelton –
I replace an original hard drive in an ASUS i5 processor notebook computer. Made this a super fast computer. This is a great drive and installing was easy. Setup with Windows 10 and was up and running very fast. I highly recommend this drive. I purchased when it was on sale and it was a very good buy
DoneOne –
Bought for an older i5 Sata2 laptop. Would do again, even though its speed was limited by the sata2 still about 4 times faster than the old spinner.In the Sata3 desktop, this easily kept up with the samsung 850 860Used the free aomei backupper software to make a system backup to usb swapped disks and restored to the new drive perfect.Download the storage software from crucial for over provisioning.
Boyd S. –
I used different cloningsoftware EaseUS ToDo backup, version 12, because my source original Hard discdrive had badsectors, and I had created a rescue disk DVD already with their utility. The cloning process went well with that tool, and the use of the new Crucial SSD has been very smooth. Im very satisfied with it
Matthew V. –
Bought to update a laptop I use for writing. I dont need much storage so 120GB is about 100 more gigs than Ill actually need which is to say only like 70 because of the oldtimey way that HDD manufacturers measure their capacity, and were somehow still OK with. Anyway, made that laptop faster than lightning, and now if I drop it I dont have to worry about breaking the hard drive and losing my files.
Daniel M. –
To me, Crucial has always been a top notch brand. Have a couple NVMe versions besides some of these 2.5 inch SSDs. Am storing more data on these for offline long term now that the prices are coming down. Good to not relying on the mechanical drives as I had lost significant data in the past. Lets see ho this goes instead.
Kenneth –
I swapped out a 750GB HDD on my laptop for this big beautiful beast. After upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, my total start up time is under 30 seconds. Its blazingly fastapps open almost instantly.If youre wondering whether to upgrade, dont wonder. Just do it. Youll have no regrets. I know I dont.
Barry S. –
This drive is simple to install once you address the fact that it is slightly thinner than legacy SATA slots. It took me a couple of tries to get it to seat properly in the connection due to this fact. Id recommend replacing old, smaller spinning drives with this SSD for the reasons mentioned in Pros above. It is very economical considering the price of spinning HDDs it replaces in older system. SATA III seems to be completely backward compatible.
Kurt –
This upgrade from standard mechanical drive to SSD improved my boot time and overall performanceWent from over 10 minutes to less than 2 to boot up and now has all the apps running and waiting for me to use my laptop.I wasnt sure I wanted a laptop, but I bought a slightly used one from a friend to help them out. Initially I was disappointed. The laptop was years newer than my towers but a disappointing startup, once I realized it still had a mechanical drive in it, it was well duh Replacing the drive was all I needed to finally move into having an easily mobile and effective computer to use.
jdw –
Replaced a defective SSD in my primary desktop computer with this one. Installation was smooth and troublefree. The instructions that come with this SSD include software to transfer data from one HDD or SSD to this new one if that is what you need it for. I thought that was a nice touch. Good value
Johnny –
My 10 year old laptop was running very slowly with Windows 10 which is very disk intensive. It was almost unusable. Want to buy a new one, but thought for the price, this SSD might make a good stop gap. It really has. Laptop completely usable now. Still obviously not lightning fast, but it is 10 years old. However it is very useable straight from boot up even when Windowsofficeantivirus all want to perform their updates.Very very pleased.
LeoL48 –
Over last a few months, I purchased 7 SSD, include samsung Evo, QVO and Bx500. In comparison, the BX500 is the best option, price that is cheapest products, stability is beyond Samsung. The samsung is great SSD, transfer speed fluctuate up and down. The BX500 is more stable without fluctuation. I used Aomei PA standard version that is free version easily cloned OS on multiple computers. There are some limitation see their website. Overall, this BX500 is really a great SSD.
NileshW1 –
This was second time I bought this ssd and very satisfied with the product. Got it installed and configured without any drama. It has given new life to my aging laptop as noticed vast improvement in boot and data seek times when compared to older spindle hard drive. Also can see charged battery now lasting longer than before. Highly recommended.
Anonymous –
Crucial is a very good brand of SSD, and this has been a great way to liven up a sevenyearold PC. Great value compared with the traditional mechanical hard drives. Fairly easy to convert into a portable SSD, too.
shylerbrew –
Have used this SSD Crucial BX500 in several older laptop upgrades with more than acceptable results. While there are faster drives available, these work very well for their price point. Warranty TBW is somewhat less than a Samsung, but for an older laptop, these are less of an issue.
technocrat –
Its relatively fast compared to older hard disk drives but requires an additional temperature sensor for replacing Apple iMac hard drives. Crucial shouid make this clear on their website. Crucial online support also appears to have little or no technical knowledge. After spending an hour on their web chat their assistant was unable to understand what I was trying to complain about and at the end agreed that someone with some technical knowledge will call me back from Crucial however no one ever called back.
Charles –
The MX500 is apparently a little faster, but this was on sale for thirty dollars cheaper, so I went for it. Really easy to install and format. Successfully launched several games and apps from it with no issues so far.
Jose O. –
I used this drive to replace the stock HD in my sons PlayStation. Went from 500 gig to this SSD 1 TB. Works perfect. My son is on the game all day every day. Not a single problem. Highly recommend.
shifter536 –
I use an older Dell laptop as it was inexpensive and does what I need. Decided to upgrade to SSD as Ive heard that it speeds everything up. WOW It is like a rocket now. Just a few seconds from being off it is ready to work. And shutting down it dont sit and choke puke like before. Almost like turning a light switch off. Applications load so fast youll think they were already open. When you put the SSD in make sure you also install a good bit of RAM so it can keep up.,… GOOD INVESTMENT I wont be buying a new computer, I just made this one new.
Anonymous –
Since I am using it mainly as a storage drive for my games, the write speed is not as important as the readload speed. So, this drive is fast enough for my purpose. However, if overall performance and warranty will be an issue for you, then spend a little more on the MX500 model, instead.
Myo –
I ordered it for my Lenovo Ideapad, which my hard drive giving noise. To prevent my hard drive cash, i clone my hard disk and replaced. Now working well , feel like faster than Hard Disk.it comes with Clone Software .download link. So you dont need to buy the cloning software.
George P. –
I had an issue with the first SSD due to a plug defect. No big thing as Newegg and Crucial made the exchange simple. When the drive arrived, simply installed it using Acronis. This is the second Crucial SSD that I have, both are great. This is a good drive, but the exterior plugin shield is a bit fragile. Good price, easy install.
Bouldip –
Ive had more than 40 of these drives, they are fantastic. Dead cheap and FAST.Best of all they come with Acronis True Image Download Clone the hard drive in the machine. Turn off, insert this one and BOOM Brilliant. Highly recommended
David G. –
I bought this drive to replace my Samsung SSD EVO 840 250GB and WD Green ITB HDD. Unfortunately the results were underwhelming. After cloning the 250GB boot drive and transferring the remaining data from the HDD, boot times were significantly slower compared to the original setup. Even after a clean install of W10 and then reinstalling all my programs took a days work results were no different.I have resorted to reinstating the original Samsung SSD boot drive and replacing the HDD with the crucial SSD. It is better than the original setup but not what I intended. I can only assume the difference in performance is due to the better performance of the Samsung vs the Crucial. I suppose you get what you pay for lesson learned. Next time Ill pay a bit more for the better product.
Anonymous –
Purchased this for an older AMD Phenom II X4 system. Paired it with a used 160GB laptop drive. System boots in moments and I dont have to wait on application startup. Windows 10 updates install much faster too. Planning to purchase 3 more of these for similar systems in an English as Second Language lab. BTW the Crucial downloadable Acronis software for cloning is worth the couple extra dollars.
Paul B –
Received the Crucial BX500 SSD in a timely manner. The BX500 was easy to install and works great. I highly recommend this product for anyone looking for a cost effective way to upgrade from an HDD.
colhabe93 –
So I upgraded to this ssd from a hard drive and I will NEVER switch back. I have Windows 10 and all my applications installed on it. Windows boots in less than 30 seconds and everything runs really smooth. If you want a good ssd for a budget gaming pc this is definitely the way to go.
Edward –
I love the fast bootup times of SSD drives, the fast file transfer times and not having to defragment the drives. My 480G SSD was nearing capacity so I went for the 1T SSD. Crucial has been making memory products for years so I feel comfortable with the brand. The drive went in easy. Crucial has a download for backup software which makes the file transfers easy. The Acronis True Image backup software only works with Crucial drives though. Clonezilla does the same thing as the Acronis True Image although the user has to be familiar with linux.I installed the drive and no problems yet.
Calum –
Pros Suitable direct replacement for an old 2.5 HDD. Very lightweight and much much quicker even when paired with an entry level laptop CPU. Laptop now boots in about 20 seconds. In my experience SSDs will last a long time so I expect this one to also.
Anonymous –
If you need a cheap upgrade for small business, lower end PCs that have most files on a Server and not on local PC, this the cheap upgrade for you. Triples the speed instantly, easy cloning software with Acronis True Image via Crucial is probably the game changer for me. The software clones your previous disk without a need to reinstall Windows or reinstall any software. If you have a 500GB hard drive, you the software will readjust the size of the drivepartition to make it all fit as long as you dont have more than the 240GB used up already.Definitely worth the priceupgrade for the cost. SSDs are amazing and your clientsemployees will be happy about the noticeable difference in performance
VAHAN Y. –
Purchased to speed up aging MacBook Pro 2009, replacing its old SATA2 5400rpm hard drive. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test showed 400mbs write and 420mbs read speeds, which are way over the SATA2s limits and should saturate the bus fully even when the SSD gets midway full.
Charles T. –
After purchase steep promo, I read a few reviews of this SSD learned this this is a DRAM less unit, meaning theres no true RAM installed. My intentions was to get hold of ShopRunner to initiate a return before it arrived due to this reason. Yet I kept the SSD because its in a notebook thatll be booted at best, once monthly, if it were my main system, would had went back unopened, to include the Newegg packaging. They didnt state that this SSD had no true RAM installed, running on Flash chips alone, no way would this last with my normal PC usage over 12 hours daily when cleaning, usually over 500MB of Google Internet files alone. Therefore, I cannot recommend this item for ones main or only system. There are better choices in the size range for 1520, sometimes on promo for just 510 more. Being this SSD is in a SATA2 notebook will accumulate less than 30 days usage for the duration of the warranty, I ate the loss from now on as usual will check out promos before pulling the trigger. The reason why I didnt here, was I never imagined that Crucial, of all corporations, would build sell a SSD wout physical DRAM. Please dont take my word for it, Google search this SSD model youll see, the ones from last year are 2x faster on many depth charts. But for a notebook thatll only be booted to keep Windows the software updated, I guess itll do. Five eggs for Newegg due to their fast delivery actually due to my ShopRunner benefit minus five for Crucial for doing this to their loyal customers. Since I cant give the rating I want 2.5, will up to 3. Its still hard for me to digest that Crucial is too broke to provide DRAM on their SSDs, and at least make it prominent if otherwise. Youve been warned, stay away from this SSD, unless sticking in a computer to sell. If used hard, I doubt itll outlast the warranty, which was exactly why I turned around purchased a SquareTrade one on it from the link provided on invoice as a just in case measure.
Satisfied User –
This is a no brainer for every day computers. With SSDs the computer flies through Windows startup and various and sundry program updates so long as the files are loaded in the background. Use the Crucial mirror software to set it up.
Anonymous –
This is the second crucial SSD Ive bought to upgrade HDDs in my desktop and laptop. Im a casual PC user, needing to use Office and back up photosvideos. Super nice to have my systems start up in less than 10 seconds now.
Ian v. –
Replaced the hdd on an old laptop with the crucial ssd. What a big difference it has made in speed and battery life. Breath new life into your older machines with little money. Highly recommended. Only con is smaller storage capacity. Cant comment on durability as I just had it. Thanks.
Peter G. –
Bought Crucial as I have used this before in different capacities to modify my own computers and those of several friends and by far prefer this with the software provided but prefer the advanced settings top the auto as that would close a 160 onto a 500 SSD and reduce the size likewise on auto but with manual the options are open.First one I installed was a 1 Tb as the windows 10 pro boot drive on one of the main system computers which uses 12 sata 3 connection to run 10 drives plus dual boot to MAC and a dual density DVD . Blue ray writer and the difference in start up time is like comparing night and day..Every one I have installed has received a warn welcome and in most cases the comment hell its performing at last.If you have not got one why not
Norma –
Its very easy to install and clone. Crucial recommends downloading a latest version of Acronis cloning software, but you can use whichever other cloneware youd like. I found using the Acronis for Crucial easier and fastest of them all. After all was said and done, my desktop computer boots faster and performance is better.
David –
My four year old lap top was slow and contained much that I did not want to lose. In considering replacing the disk drive with solid state I was concerned both by the need for easy physical compatibility and data transfer to a new drive.With this 1TB unit from BH I quickly resolved both issues. Only the time taken to transfer data and the need for an intermediate unit to effect transfer was an issue. One that in the event was easy.A great unit
Albator –
I needed to improve the user experience on a Win7 computer that had become frustratingly slow, and was looking for a performance upgrade while keeping an eye on the budget. This unit was a simple choice.I already had an external enclosure the process of installing this drive into it, connecting it to the laptop and cloning the host drive ie, the c drive was a breeze, and done overnight.Opening the laptop was more of a challenge but I found a YouTube video for the Dell Inspiron 11 Series 3000 Memory replacement, which shows how to carefully remove the lower shell to locate the drive. Replacement merely involved unscrewing the HDD casing and setting the SSD in its place.Once done, my laptop is back to its youth. All I need now is a new battery but that is a story for another day
boddington –
I havent had this SSD for more than 8 months. In this short time the enclosure has broken in two spots when the computer needed some basic maintenance. In one instance, mounting this to a 3.5 tray caused the enclosure to split right in half using correctly sized, standard mounting screws. This was right when it it was purchased. In the other instance the SATA cable got nudged while moving cabling around and snapped the top of the enclosure right off. This now adds to my time and workload and may even introduce a data recovery procedure. In both instances one could say that I could be more careful. Perhaps thats true but after building many, many PCs for about 25 years Ive never seen a branded component fall apart so easily and quickly, particularly since the part is new with under 40 hours of usage on it. This enclosure is just plain low quality. Its too brittle even at this price and is shockingly bad. Data integrity Time will tell … if I can get a SATA cable to hold onto the pins
Christopher J. –
Exactly as expected. Cloned my PS4 Pro HDD to this drive using the Inateck FD2002 SATA HDD Docking Station and didnt have to go through all the steps listed in the official HDD replacement guide from Sony. Literally opened the drawer, pulled the drive, cloned, put the SSD in the drawer, closed, booted. Yay Much faster load times now.
Mac –
Cant say how fast it is, or anything else After having to initialize, format and partition the drive because the Acronis digital download for Crucial refused to recognize the drive and perform those functions, Acronis STILL would not recognize the drive. So, I couldnt clone a backup of my laptop. I decided to just make a system image of it, but theres no way to test such a thing until your drive fails and you have to restore the image. Whatever. I NEVER had so many steps to install, and then fail to install a seemingly perfectly functional drive. Ive cloned and installed Crucial, Intel and Samsung drives in the past, no problems. Id appreciate help in getting the Acronis to recognize the drive, but I think that may not due to my having put a system image on it. I thought about finding 3rd party software, didnt want to deal with the security risk.
JeremyK72 –
I picked this over the MX, considering that once Xbox games are installed, theres not a lot of writing to disk beyond game saves. It took maybe 20 minutes install, and maybe 10 at most to reinstall the Xbox OS from a recovery USB stick. My games load so much faster now, its like having a new console without buying a Series X. This is a highly recommended drive for upgrading an Xbox One SX
Richard S. –
Would highly recommend for any system without m.2 support on the motherboard. An SSD, especially one as reliable and reasonablypriced as this one, can speed up even the oldest SATA system for very little money. It could be prettier to look at, but if your case hides drives out of sight, not a big deal. Just about the best value youre going to get for a SATA SSD, and theyre available in sizes up to 2TB.
Craig M. –
Maybe not the fastest there is, but Ive no need to hammer my system with benchmark testing each and every time I make a change. After all, how often does anyone use devices to the absolute maximum of capacity while using a computer If youre only concerned with what a device is maximally capable of, youre better off working in test labs to make an attempt to destroy these things at their limits. The available Acronis software from Microns website is easy to use and very effective. I cloned drives from a laptop and desktop system, swapped old for new, and all is good. No trouble, easypeasy. USBtoSATA, run the clone software, shut down, swap drive. Thats all there is to it. Theyre a standard 2.5 form factor, no surprises. Id have liked better shipment packaging, as it was only a bubble envelope with 2 drives in it, but no damage, so no problems. Great price, trusted brand, trusted vendor All good.
MikeW342 –
Installed windows 10 on this empty drive from a Windows boot DVD. The install was easy and hassle free. The laptop runs better than it ever did. If you dont use a laptop often, or you have to reboot or start from poweroff often, then an SSD can make a HUGE difference to the pickup and go performance of the computer. For a basic user, I cant see anyone needing more than what this drive provides.
Kevin M. –
I mean, it was technically my fault, but when you see windows saying the original drive is 467gb and you see the new drive says 480GB, you assume the new one is big enough to hold the old one. Come on, man, just use the size units everyone is familiar with instead of the ones preferred by computer scientists. Signed, a computer scientist.
Will –
Honestly does everything I needed it to, which was just to store games. Decent storage and fast load times. Would definitely recommend this as maybe a dedicated games library or just your main drive.
Peter F. –
It went in an Acer Aspire V5 laptop that had a decent but slow hard drive. I used it to do a clean install of Q4OS, a linux variant of Ubuntu. It now boots from cold and is ready to go in about 25 seconds. You cant ask for much better than that.
Peter –
Pros Physically easy to install in an old Fuji V5535 laptop helpful info from Crucial on what to do. I also used their bespoke USB to external SATA connector, which is an additional expense you need to take into consideration but worth it.Cons Cloning a complete nightmare no mention by Crucial of multiple reboots needed to install drivers after the initial swapping over of HDD to SSD. Got there eventually. Crucials Storage Executive software doesnt work on Windows 32 bit versions, so post installation configuring and firmware updating much more difficult to do.
jessiebaker10 –
So far after a couple of weeks use this SSD card works well. I have used this card after formatting in NTFS format to save videos that I have made in 4K high resolution and then connecting the card thru a USB to Sata3 cable to connect to a 4k Ultra HD Flat screen 65ins TV. As 4k video files are on the large size, this medium is great to save and playback on a large screen TV. Files saved in FAT format will not play back on a large screen TV. To fix the card to the back of a large TV just use some strips of Hook and Loop Velcro strips, this keeps it neat and invisible from the front of the TV. Make sure you do not block any air vents that are on the back of the TV. Just use the TV remote to switch to the SSD card to see your saved 4K movies.
JMark4 –
The Ryzen 3 2200g was something I never really invested my time in when it first came out. Being over a year and then some since its release I recently picked this up for a budget mATX ryzen build. Little did I know that this cpu is highly underestimated. I have not had one issue so far. I even am going to use the stock cooler. Since I am not overclocking this that will work perfectly fine. Paying 80 for this at the time couldnt be passed up. Dont sleep on this or its older brother, the 2400g.
Miles E. –
I realize there are some reviews out there criticizing Crucials BX models for their relatively low speed compared to more expensive solid state drives. But after installing and using one in my main laptop for a few weeks, its definitely much faster than the regular hard drive it replaced. The difference is noticeable in games and in things like Windows File Explorer. The drive is also obviously more durable than a regular hard drive and runs cooler. Im very happy with the purchase and the benefits its bringing to my gaming laptop.
Sean W. –
Been using the Crucial BX and MX SSD range of drives to upgrade familys old laptops and PCs, the difference in performance gives a new lease life to the machines. Old Pentium and Core 2 Duo machines are just as quick as newer machines.. I always start with installing the operating systems from scratch avoiding all the bloatware which probably helps as well..
Patrick –
The 2011 iMac was slow and tired. After adding the SSD and configuring it as the primary boot device, this machine is now useful, snappy and fun again. The upgrade was a bit of a major pain in the , but WELL worth the effort once all was said and done. So very happy now.
Bryan –
This SSD is offered at one of the most competitive prices on the market for a 1tb drive. It runs seamlessly and was a great improvement from my previous SSHD hybrid drive. I wouldnt recommend shelling out an extra 30100 for a slightly faster SATA or M.2 drive if you dont absolutely need it. This will give the average consumer everything they need.
Anonymous –
Through some mingling, I was able to fix the 1gb problem. I installed windows, and all was good until I took a short break. When I went back to my computer it was telling me to select a boot device. Now after installing my programs etc., it has went back to the same problem. I dont want to reformat if the ssd if faulty. Any help if I might be doing something wrong
Bill1224 –
After waiting for too long I finally purchased this ssd to replace the painfully slow 5,200 rpm can that came with my laptop the benefit was immediately noticeable.I did have some issue with the cloning software in that the original HD was 1TB and the SSD only 240GB I had less than 60GB on the original HD. I cant recall the message I received, but never had message saying the cloning was successful. After a couple of attempts I decided to try and boot from the new SSD and success Im guessing I never received a message that the clone was successful due to the difference in capacity. Whats important is I dont have to wait for an extended period of time to boot up or for programs to load.
Anonymous –
I bought this to swap out the mechanical hard disk in an old 2015era laptop. Everything else about this computer is good enough for me, but the old disk was bottlenecking performance and causing it to take forever to load any apps. Did the trick. Much cheaper than buying a whole new laptop.
TechMatcher –
If you havent upgraded to SSD yet on your compute device what are you waiting for The difference from a spinning disk in phenomenal This drive is no exception its fast, quiet and produced the results I was looking for. Upgrade today
cbach1997 –
I feel comfortable using Crucial for anything, drives and memory appear to be their specialties I was pleased to see that their drives routinely are well priced so you can feel comfortable going with something well engineered with real support if anything were ever to happen. Ive used 20 of them in the past year with no issues. In cloning original drives to these, every once in a while one will feel warm after the partition copy, but otherwise they all stay cool, fast, and dead quiet. Transfer rates of 400MB are common with SATA3 controllers.
Anonymous –
I purchased this drive to replace my old HDD in my pc. I went online to PB Tech and completed the order online It arrived 2 days later and after I cloned my HDD to the SSD it only took a couple of minutes to change the drives over and boot up. I found the drive is quiet to run and boots up quite fast . Everyday operation is faster than what I had on my HDD I wish I had changed over sooner. I would recommend anyone still using the conventional HDD to change to an SSD now that they are a lot cheaper than what they were. I would recommend getting your related computer bits and pieces from PB Tech as they are quick to deliver and the range of products and prices are very competitive. A for service and product selection. Gary Burke
RaghavS68 –
Got this to upgrade my laptop from a 500GB HDD. The performance boost this provided was absolutely amazing Not to mention my battery life improvement. I can now use my laptop for the whole day with only a 50 battery loss The battery life before was 6 hours, and now its 50 for 6 hours, this does depend on what you do on your laptop and what your specs are, but regardless, you would notice the improvement in battery life.
SeraphimGrim –
What can i say,installed in PC downloaded acronis copied my windows 10 over to it set it as 1st boot system up and running.No problem at all would recommend this to anyone upgrading to ssd the drive when running is very fast very smooth A1 product .scan as usual delivered sharply the next day….great service.
Bruce B. –
Ive been putting together pcs since the early 90s and this is the first time I had a drive inoperable right out of the box. The smoke it let out and the heat generated were impressive. And that new SSD drive smell… Seriously, I dont know what happened. Hopefully the replacement is much better quality. Returned it, it is on its way back. I have used Crucial in the past with no issues, hopefully this problem wont be a trend.
I D Safairis –
I was using normal hardisk before, and boot time was taking so much time. Some time even to load an application was tiring. But this ssd works like a charm. Super fast boot time. No lag on application loading and my laptop does not heat that much anymore. Will buy again for my desktop later.
Javid A. –
Ive tested two SSDs with Crystal Disk Mark and Hard Disk Sentinel and here are the following results Read MBs Write MBs Seq Q32T1 279.7 2nd drive 270.0 256.4 2nd drive 256.9 4KiB Q8T8 189.0 2nd drive 181.5 180.9 2nd drive 182.5 4KiB Q32T1 136.1 2nd drive 135.6 112.4 2nd drive 112.6 4KiB Q1T1 15.54 2nd drive 15.41 30.26 2nd drive 30.34 I was testing SSDs with Intel Core i7 Q 740 Now, i understand that without DRAM, SSD can be a bit slow, but Crucial says that its supposed to have 540 MB read and 500 MB write speed. Hard Disk Sentinel showed me that both drives have zero health. At first i was shocked, but then i remembered that shows zero health, because the S.M.A.R.T. system doesnt have any records of readwrite cycles and thats why the program thinks that the drive is half way dead, but please correct me if im wrong. Final verdict I bought them for consoles PS2, PS3 and, as consoles cant use SSDs at the same speeds as a PC or laptop, if its not going to die after half a year, i would be really impressed.
Trent S. –
A low priced, second SSD drive for a laptop running out of storage space.Seems to be working fine and no issues to date. Hope it will prove to be reliable.Have used Crucial RAM in many builds in the past without issues so optimistic.Specs pretty good for the price, but less of an issue as not primary drive.Recommended.
Anonymous –
Installed this in my PS3 slim since it was so cheap and in my opinion you dont really need a large amount of storage space for the PS3 era of games. Its brought my old console back to life and makes it feel almost like a modern console with better load times and overall reapsoniveness, makes playing older games and trophy hunting far more enjoyable, highly recommended.
Y A. –
This might not be the fastest SSD and build quality is different from the Crucial MX500 but it is worth the purchase for old generation laptops to speed up the boot up. So far, advertised speed is consistent but copying larger files seem to take a toll to this SSD. Also, there is a noticeable difference regarding the start up speed compared to traditional hard drives. Would definitely buy from this line again if I find the capacity not enough for my office needs.
John K. –
This is my first experience with a Crucial SSD vs my go to brand of Samsung and so far so good. The only recommendation I would make is to gopher the next size up since SSD storage is becoming so cheap why not plan ahead for expansion. I grabbed this one due to price and a specific need so size didnt matter this particular time Recommended
Prophet4NO1 –
Picked this up for my firewall to install Untangle on. Works great. I tested it on another machine before installing into the server. Write performance is not stellar, but read performance is pretty darn good. Especially for the price. If this is going into a machine that just surfs the web or even a budget gaming rig, it is a good choice. Anything that needs better write performance, look higher end or even NVMe.
ChristofeS –
This SSD works like a charm on my 7 year old laptop. Replaced the HDD with this SSD and everything works much faster, from a boot time of approximately 2 Minutes to a measly 10 seconds. Would highly recommend this SSD for almost any situation.
thewebninja –
I researched several different SSD drives before deciding on this one, I expected it to perform like my other SSD drives, but I was really surprised at the difference with this one I am using it for Video editing on Linux Zorin, and immediately I noticed it boots 10 times as fast as my other drives, it jumps right past the splash screen Like BANG Its booted When I render my Videos in 4k the time is like 14 of the time it takes with my other drives This was my first time buying a Crucial Drive, but they made me a believer with this one
Steven N. –
I use drives to replace mechanical drives for clients. So far no issues with cloning drives or software issues. Best value ssd at the moment with reliability in mind. I had a lot of issues with my old brand, adata. All said and done, you get what you pay for. Sticking with Crucial as long as they are competitive and reliable. Highly recommended.
philipperri –
This Crucial SSD is a very good product. Its definitely worth the money. It was cloned from a hybrid drive for an HP Pavilion dv7, but the laptop had a HD controller issue on the motherboard that could not be fixed. The drive ended up in a Samsung laptop of an older vintage and it still worked with no issues. Techs said with different BIOSs on the two laptops it wouldnt work. Not
Anonymous –
Very easy to clone my hard drive and install on my old 32 bit desktop PC I bought in 2007. It made a big difference in performance and it boots up super fast. Im running windows 10 now with no problem. If you want to mount it securely youll need a separate mounting bracket but I didnt bother with that. Also, for a laptop a USB adapter is required for cloning.
solomon514 –
So far, I have been using this as fast storage for a few games for around a month now. I can confidently say that this drive is fast and will decrease load times in everything compared to a hard drive disk. If you are looking for a good drive with plenty of space for none massive gameseven the lower capacity drives are good for OS pick one up
Chad V. –
Installation is incredibly simple and a link to the required software is included. Put it in a Lenovo 330s. It now boots up in about 1015 seconds. Its awesome. I wish Id known I needed a cable to transfer my data before I installed. Had to wait a few extra days for the cable to arrive. The data transfer and installation were flawless and Im no computer guru. This was my first time installing a hard drive.
Jeffrey D. –
So i recently had my computer built at the start of the pandemic. My best friend who lives 3 hours away built it for me so i went and grabbed it and brought it back but filled up the memory far too quick. I ordered an external hard drive for my PC originally but it was defective so it made me decide to get an SSD to avoid the problem again. The first order got lost in transit, so i contacted customer service, they made me wait a couple business days with no updates in the shipment but then quickly worked with me for the replacement, I had a stellar and simple experience with customer support and I wish that more customer service protocols like theirs were in use everywhere. When the replacement was issued I received it in a few days and was excited to connect it. I facetimed my friend from 3 hours away and he told me what to do and it only took about 15 minutes to take my PC apart, put the drive and sata cable in, connect it to the power bank, then put it all back together. Now every game on it runs smoothly on the highest graphical settings at 145200 frames per second. Couldnt complain about anything, superb work all around
Anonymous –
Well you can never have too much storage can you, and these drives are so easy and fast to install. I was up and running within 15 minutes of the courier arriving. Safe and reliable computer storage is everything now days. Get the best you can afford, get good support if you need it and back up regularly. Oh and what a great team to deal with at PBT Hornby, love those guys.
Jonathan –
Installation was straightforward once I got my laptop opened. This laptop has always loaded really slowly, usually taking 2 minutes or so. It now loads in 30 seconds and it kept me from seriously considering the purchase of a new laptop.
mardy –
Very happy. I am a home user with no computer upgrade knowledge but this wasnt hard to do. It told me the software required had to be downloaded off their site which was no problem but was 462 mb. I just followed the prompts and it cloned my old drive to this ssd. Then I had to open the back of the laptop to swap the old drive out for the new one. I checked out how to do that on a youtube vid, but it really wasnt that hard. You do need to buy a 10 USB 3.0 to 2.5 SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable to connect the new ssd to the laptop so the old hard drive can be cloned to the new one. The whole upgrade wasnt hard and made my old laptop feel new again. It was a cheap, low end laptop that took 5.17 minutes from pushing the power button to when the browser was loaded. After this it took 1.43 minutes Its time to logon screen went from 1.43 min to 53 sec. So, I got another for my second better laptop and it went from 1.43 min to 53 sec. Its time to logon screen went from 32 sec to 8 sec
Marvin7xx –
My laptop is getting on a bit i dont earn enough to buy a new one. I have always trusted Crucial, they recommended this drive also a dearer one.Scan could provide the same drive, cheaper. Bless them.Drive ordered, next day delivery plopped into machine i didnt bother trying to clone anythingNew install W10 took hardly any time.Machine is speedy, quiet, cooler actually why I knocked a star off, the drive software reports that the drive is too hot and i cant see why it should be. It FEELS cooler. And the battery lasts longer.So, trusted manufacturer of memory and ssd, delivered to me next day by the fab team at Scan. Couldnt ask for more..Though I do wonder now if the more expensive drive wouldve been even better, this is great and i have a working machine back. Super
manatgwizzit –
My first SSD Added to my ageing desktop and installed a new system on it, while keeping the data on the old HDDs has cut my run times significantly. The product looks good, was well packaged for delivery and is performing well now. A bit too soon to comment on longevity, but I am am trusting Crucial to have made a good product as I have used many of their memory cars in the past and always found them reliable. It seems very good value for money
MatthewC68 –
Ive used Crucial SSD in all my builds, and have yet to have any issues. Great as storage or main drives, Im really happy with the performance. I had concerns when first selecting an SSD with the smaller buffer sizes, with the whole when you move a massive file write performance drops down to HDD speeds but in practice Ive never experienced it, or if I did, I never noticed it. Recently bought this one as a storage for game files, and have to say Im really happy with it. Loading speeds are very quick, file use is great, and editing 4k video on these is also awesome. Cant recommend enough, and at this price, theres no reason to be buying dodgy secondhand or unbranded online junk when you get name brand performance and quality with solid warranty. If youre on the fence about whether to buy this VS a higher priced SSD, go for more expensive options if youre runing a workstation 247 and editing 4k video on a daily basis or moving huge files around constantly, or maybe if youre installing in a laptop thats going to be moved a lot the crucial SSds are pretty light, I dont think they are the most physically solid option out there. If like me youre doing odd video editing, 3d Modelling and rendering, and high def gaming in a desktop, then youve got nothing to worry about with this one.
Mr W. –
Wow, such a small and well priced unit that has given a 2 year old unit that or of the box feel. I run Ubuntu and I have never seen such a quick starter and excellent bit of kit. Recommend this to anyone looking for a cheap upgrade. I also recommend that the ssd is used only for the operating system.
David B. –
This drive feels very cheap in build quality. First, I heard the ticking of something rattling around in the enclosure, almost like a screw or a tiny piece of plastic. Gently prising up a corner of the enclosure I managed to get whatever that was out of it but then, I discovered that the drive ITSELF rattles around inside the 2.5 enclosure Also, beware that this drive is a DRAMLESS SSD. Nevertheless, in it went, copied over HDD and now everything is faster and DEAD SILENT. The cheapest 2TB SSD you can get, so, what can I say. It works, games load fast, and all is good.
Tim H. –
Easy to clone my existing HDD to this new SSD making my PC 100x faster No more waiting for Windows to boot, no more hanging system… Love it. Price for the Size on this was great Would buy again.
Mike –
Use my PC everyday for banking, correspondence, Photoshop occasional Press work, genealogy research. No interest in games, social media.My first Crucial SSD costing over 100 five years ago has performed perfectly. On deciding to move to Windows 10 from 7 early this year I bought its modern equivalent cost 34 I copied my W7 SSD onto the new one, upgraded to W10, and now I have my old SSD with W7 as backup though W10 has been fine so far.Well pleased with both SSDs and installation is easy thanks to instructions and Acronis software provided.
Anonymous –
Rating is five eggs if you have installed other SSD. Four eggs otherwise, because you need to know the basics of some software tools such as how to initialize the disk e.g. Disk Management in Windows, how to migrate from a hard disk to a SSD .e.g. , Acronis, and how to reset the drive if you find unexpected problems e.g. diskpart in DOS. I always read the reviews thank you, Newegg and sometimes I have the feeling that some reviews are unfair because they talk about problems with an easy fix using the tools above. For Crucial, and other vendors be smart and invest a little bit of time to talk to your competitors and publish a common guide on what to do when the user finds a problem that you think it has an easy fix. Users will be happy and your sales and support people even happier.
SteveL85 –
Ive got a Dell XPS 8700 which I brought in 2013. Was getting a bit slow to boot so I thought an SSD would be a good idea. I already had Acronis but there heaps of support on the Crucial Site. Transition to the SSD was straightforward. Boot time now under 30 seconds.
j –
i needed an affordable ssd to get an older pc up and running again and this fit the bill nicely. ive bought lots of crucial memory which all worked flawlessly so i thought why not try their ssd id rather have a stable and reliable drive than an overpriced speedy one that may die much faster, a trend i see more often than not.
D. Stanoev –
Excellent quality SSD from a reputable brand and comes with software to copy your HDD onto it. You need to download the software from the official website of the manufacturer and install it. Works for Windows and Mac. You also need a SATA HDD adapter with USB to connect it to your computer. Microcenter has that one as well.
Raresh N. –
I was surprised when Ive seen this SSD at a such a low price point. When I got it and had it installed into my laptop, it speeded up dramatically. I didnt have to wait 10 minutes for Windows to finish loading everything from the hard drive. I dont have any measurable metrics for this, but if you that interested, theres Google. Id heavily recommend buying an SSD over any other upgrade if you think your PC is sluggish. Windows is a lot harder on reading data now. And since the BX500 is cheap and made by a reputable manufacturer, Id heavily recommend it. One last note, if you are running Windows, go for a 240GB SSD or larger. You may have issues fitting both Windows and your files on there otherwise.
vergs –
Ive used this drive a few times on desktop and laptop computers going from a mechanical hard drive, it is the best bang for your buck to speed up an older computer. Crucial provide Acronis imaging software, downloadable from their website to transfer the data from the old drive to the SSD. Also you download the Crucial Storage Executive software that optimizes the drive and does firmware updates if available. Great support tools from Crucial and really good pricing for a quality SSD.
Paul B. –
Im writing this review over a year after purchase I honestly dont remember buying this, and I had no idea what piece of hardware this is in right now. After looking around a bit, I guess its part of an array that I use as a gaming server for a while, so… I guess its probably been working fine I obviously dont have any complaints, other than that I dont find much use for 240gb hard drives at this point. But, if the price is right and thats what youre looking for, I guess I could recommend it.
Anonymous –
Bought this SSD to speed up our HP laptop. Im an IT novice but managed to navigate the cloning of the old hard drive and install the new drive. I cant believe how much faster our laptop now is. Everyone should do this
James L. –
I would like to preface this by saying I got this on a KILLER deal, like 22 something USD. Its large enough to comfortably house your operating system as well as your essential programs and favorite games. Its got an annoying baby blue part but its easy enough to conceal with electrical tape, or if your case has a motherboard tray mounting system, thats fine as well
PeterM84 –
I have used this to upgrade the hard drive in an exlease PC. Benchmarks tell me this SSD is faster than expected. I had Crucial RAMand SSDs before, they have all been good. I recommend this item.
Orion –
Before purchasing this item I had overlooked the 7mm thickness not the fault of product or advertising, was my error. Otherwise it was exactly as expected and performed admirably. I would recommend it for anyone looking for a budget SSD. Always be mindful to get the appropriate data storage capacity for your needs.
Victor –
I use to have two standard hard drives then replaced it with Crusial SSD. Now Windows launching 3 times faster, and rendering time has dropped significantly for photo and video editing. No noise as a bonus…
fmprodguy –
Building my young son his first PC I was looking for a budget SSD, that didnt compromise on speed, but wouldnt break the budget. The Crucial BX500 was perfect At 240gb its more than big enough for Windows plus more than the core apps, he can even keep his most played games on it. I paired it with a 3 GB HD for everything else.Competitively fast for a SATA III drive, budgetpriced, reliable, and a brand name.I know I know, a brand shouldnt mean as much. BUT when youre a company that has something to lose if there was a problem, they are always more likely to fix it.
Joost B. –
After using my laptop for 2 years, my computer became slower and slower and cleaning programs did not offer solutions. After installing the SSDdrive, everything is working 23 times faster than before. No waiting for starting up your computer. No waiting for starting up Outlook. Great investment.
jonmusical –
I didnt know if Crucial was a good one. But, I really do think that Crucial is a really good brand. After buying the 960gb, I have had zero problems. My smaller Hp SSD seems to be a little quirky and slower. I bought the 960gb used and It doesnt seem to be used at all. Maybe I got lucky but, the thing is great. I will absolutely will buy from the Crucial brand in the future. And I highly recommend them as well.
Rich –
My 8 year old HP Envy was taking forever to start in the morning. This device cut the boot time for me from power on to ready to use by 90. Plus all the other benefits from SSD app load time, not to mention lower power consumption. I used my own Acronis to clone and aside from one small glitch it all went well. By the time this SSD wears out it will be well past time for a new laptop.
Martin –
Pros Its got plenty of capacity for me and has transformed my old laptop that was a struggling to run Windows 10. Now runs super fast.Cons Didnt come formatted and my PC did not recognise it so had to connect to my Apple Mac as a usb drive to create a primary partition.
Lumcdonnell8M –
Bought this 1 tbt ssd drive to instal in a USB c hub attached to my new Mac mini m1 with 256 go ssd. Works really well, speed is great and I have saved over 500 by not having to buy a bigger internal ssd. Performance speed difference is negligible. Very happy with this purchase
LoekVH –
The primary HDD in a file server went bad. The primary is only used to contain de OS, so an SSD would be a better option. This Crucial SSD was the sweet spot between price and performance. At under 20 this drive is blazingly fast and so far very reliable. Love it.
Anonymous –
Have bought 2 of these now and makes a BIG difference swapping out the 5400 spinning rust type disk for friends. Backup with Veeam Endpoint, swap out disk, insert SSD, restore from Veeam image. Goes good. good price. These seem to be good disks thanks
SamuelR4 –
As my first ever SSD , upgrading from an old school HDD was like day and night, windows now loads in seconds and my entire pc is just much faster, was the cheapest and most efficient upgrade for me. Have nothing to compare against as its my fist SSD, but I am very happy with the performance for the price point
ertpecs –
Got this ssd and 2x4gb of some older ddr3 laptop ram to upgrade my older Toshiba laptop s7309somethingP. The ram helped and sped it up a little but this ssd is what really made the difference in speed since the laptop had the stock spinning platter hd in it. Even migrating the original win7 and bu partition over sped up boot times significantly It took the battery out to in cold boot from somewhere between 115 to 130, depending, to 25ish seconds including typing my pw. I decided I wanted to go with a fresh install after doing all that and found the ameliorated version of win10 pro that has all the telemetry and Spyware ms put in the stock release deletedremoved or in the cases that wasnt possible, just disabled. After getting that installed and the driversstock hw programs installed and working it will boot in about 15 seconds including typing the Pw. I ended up just keeping the old HD and taking the DVD drive out and installing it in a 10 adapter where the DVD drive went and putting this ssd where the stock HD went and triple booting. Would recommend both this ssd upgrade and upgrading your ram and maxing it out if possible if youre trying to get a few years more out of your investment. I ended up spending 32 on this ssd on sale and 17 each on 4gb sticks of laptop ram, so for 65ish bucks I basically have a brand new laptop. Definitely would recommend both, but this ssd in itself is the best one for the money that you can buy. Look at the read and write speeds and compare them with the others. It was the best 32 bucks Ive ever spent on anything. Its easily worth double due to how much of a performance increase it does over a stock spinning HD, no matter how many rpms it does 1110 Would buy again
Jabrams1017 –
Recently bought one of the 256gb models for an older laptop, it had a hdd in it and was extremely slow. Ive had another crucial ssd in one of my desktops for years and they work great. Installed the new ssd and had windows 10 on there in about 10 minutes. The price is good and definitely worth it, speed is awesome, not as fast as nvme but thats to be expected. Overall you cant go wrong with a crucial ssd, no matter the capacity.
Mellow –
Excellent budget SSD. I probably woudnt use this as the main drive for your OS, or anything really important as its a TLC drive, but works great as a secondary drive for games and such.
Mikaelgsx –
This SSD was a great upgrade to the standard HDD. It really helped keep an aging computer relevant. Replacing the hard drive with a solid state is one of the best upgrades to you could do besides RAM.This Crucial drive works flawlessly. I never ran any readwrite benchmarks, but it seems quite fast.
Anonymous –
About a year ago, I replaced the two 1TB 7200rpm 2.5 hard drives I originally installed in my 2012 quadcore i7 Mac mini running macOS Catalina with two of these Crucial SSD drives. The drives have performed flawlessly. Program loading and writing data is significantly faster. Parallels 14 now runs Windows 10 Home at normal PC speed.
Adam H. –
Make sure you know what youre buying when it comes to SSDs. I find most people who experience SSD failure or hate certain SSD manufacturers is because they dont take time to understand what theyre buying. This is Crucials BUDGET 2.5 SSD, it has slower write speeds, and a lower write longevity. I.E its good for information that needs to be referenced frequently but changed infrequently. I.E Steam Library, or digital storage of picturesvideos. For something with better write speeds and longevity, the MX line is Crucials mainstream SSD.
Robert –
First time user of any SSD and this disk was surprisingly quiet and easy to attach to my computer. I ordered the SSD Install Kit which included instructions to download Acronis Image. Acronis was useless I spent hours trying different 3rd party software to copyclone my OS to the SSD from a larger HD. Before I could use the SSD as a boot disk, I had to reduce HD partition sizes to clone partitions to SSD. I used Macrium Reflect and MiniTool Partition to accomplish these tasks to create an OS disk.
traderbj –
The drive was easy to install using software and instructions from the Crucial website. Had no problems at all with installation. Brought new life to an aging Lenovo laptop. Very happy.
sparky1phillip –
Best thing I ever bought. It Saved my work and my bacon Easy to fit easy to transfer data from old drive. Ill be perchasing another soon A
Toby –
I originally bought a 240 gb version of this ssd but i knew that wouldnt be enough space for my games so i bought this ssd to house my games and it works amazing. It loads my games very fast and I am quite pleased with the price of it too. Although when assembling my pc and while handling the ssd, it felt very cheap and the chassis had a little rattle, possibly due to it being made of plastic but it was a harmless corner cut as the performance is still good
Anonymous –
This SSD is installed in a computer I rarely use mostly sits in a closet. Ive owned the drive for 16 months but its barely used in terms of operating hours. Died tragically under very little stress. Id guess this is a manufacturing thing. Western Digital and Kingston both make more reliable drives in this price range. Dont waste your money.