Crucial BX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD, up to 540MB/s - CT2000BX500SSD1, Solid State Drive

Excellent item! It far outperforms the original hard drive in my laptop workstation. It's a lot smaller too, so it's a good thing the workstation supports two internal drives. This 2 terabyte drive gives me enough space to do my video processing (meaning huge files) as long as remember to move files to permanent storage on a hard drive. How fast is it? On a transfer beteen this drive and an externas SSD drive I saw as high as 323 gigabytes per second. For ME? That's blazing fast! My computer starts up in seconds where it used to start up in minutes. Excellent buy!

This SSD made a massive difference compared to using a traditional HDD for game installations. Load times are much faster, and everything feels more responsive overall. I’m using it alongside an M.2 drive, and this BX500 works perfectly as a secondary drive for games and applications. Performance has been solid and consistent with no issues so far. Installation was very straightforward. My 14-year-old son installed it himself using the included instructions without any problems, which says a lot about how easy it is to set up. Great value, reliable brand, and a noticeable performance boost.

I refurbished and upgraded my son's laptop for his birthday. I pulled the old smallish harddrive and replaced it with this Crucial BX500 1TB drive. Now he has plenty of storage space. The drive, for its price, is well built and had no issues whatsoever since delivery and installation. Happy customer.

I recently purchased the Crucial BX500 4TB SSD and wanted to share my experience so far. Here’s a breakdown of its performance and features: Performance Although I’m not sure how to measure the exact read/write speeds, the drive has performed excellently in terms of loading times and file transfers for my needs. It feels fast enough to handle everything I do without any noticeable delays, whether it’s loading games or moving large video files. Installation and Setup The installation process was straightforward. The drive came with all the necessary cables. I did format the drive during setup, which was quick and easy, and everything has been running smoothly since. Reliability I’ve had no issues with reliability so far. The drive has worked perfectly, and I’ve received positive feedback from more tech-savvy friends who recommend the Crucial brand. I’m confident in its performance. Build Quality The physical build of the drive is solid. It fits neatly into my PC case, and I’ve noticed no overheating issues, even when I’m running games and streaming simultaneously. It stays cool under load, which is a big plus for me. Value for Money At the price point, the 4TB capacity is a fantastic deal. Compared to other brands, this drive is more affordable while still offering great performance and reliability. For anyone looking to expand their storage, this is an excellent choice. Overall Impression I highly recommend the Crucial BX500 4TB SSD for anyone looking to boost their storage capacity. Even if you don’t think you’ll need 4TB, Crucial offers other sizes that can fit a variety of needs. Whether you're a gamer, content creator, or just need more space, this drive offers great value for the price.

I've been a longtime fan of Crucial memory products, so trying this SSD out to give my old P920 some new life was a no-brainer. It's a fantastic SSD, with excellent capacity and performance., The executive software that allows you to tweak various performance characteristics of the drive is great - make sure to download it from the Crucial site when you have it installed. Regrettably, my enthusiasm does not extend to Crucial's recommendation of the Acronis software for cloning your boot drive. It simply did not work for me. I was moving a 5 TB drive to the 4 TB drive. Only 1.1 TB of the original hard drive was in use, so it should have been no problem. But the Acronis software couldn't handle it - it said there wasn't enough room on the 4 TB Crucial drive to store the 1.1 TB of stuff from my HD! What's worse is that it took about 4 hours for the Acronis software to decide it couldn't do what I wanted. I was able to use the free utility, DiskGenius, to clone the drive. It worked great, cloning all the partitions, including the rescue partition, adjusting them proportionally. If you have trouble with Acronis, give this a try.

Works for storing data where read speed is more important than write speed. Think movies or games. Pros: Decent price per GB. Good read speeds, up to 500 MB/s as advertised. Cons: Writes are slow for a solid state drive. Around 50 MB/s best case, one big file. I often average single digit MB/s if writing a lot of small files. Seems like a it should be faster, but I guess you get what you pay for. A tale of two drives: 1. Replaced a 5400rpm HDD in an old laptop. Boots up quickly, plenty responsive for a 3rd gen i7 machine. 2. Added it to a modern 12th gen i7 machine to hold VMs. I got suspicious when it took a while to copy the 80 GBs of VMs to the new drive. But, the VMs booted up and ran fine. One time it did freak out and stop responding until I restarted. This was during a lot of random writes from parallel file downloads and response times got into the 3000ms range before it just locked up. I don't try to run VMs from it anymore and I wouldn't use it as the boot drive on a modern system.

Best $100 upgrade I ever made! Fast quiet and cooler than old HDs

.. Upgraded both of my Optiplex Computers with these .. and they work great .. Their App makes it easy to copy from your Old Hard Drive to this one ...

Works well. Great value for money.

Funziona perfettamente, è molto veloce e facile da installare. Il computer ora si avvia in pochi secondi. Ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo. Consigliatissimo!

Esperemos que funcione y no vuelva a perder todos los datos en garatia, como el amterior.

Perfetto, nessun problema

Bought Crucial as I made a price and product comparison with other brands before deciding to use it. To date, it has been good. Am now looking to buy the ram to upgrade my laptop.