Crucial M500 Solid State Drive

[ERSCreeper]

Product:

Crucial M500 240GB SSD (http://www.crucial.com/store/ProductMarketing_m500.aspx)

 

Rational:

I went out of a limb and bought my first SSD. Since it was on a good deal ($60 off) I said: "What the hell, I might as well get one!"

 

Packaging:

Just a standard flip box. The box is strong and would withstand some abuse. The internal mounting for the SSD is plastic but has a strong grip on it.

 

Inside the box:

The SSD and the 5mm to 7mm bracket. It didn't come with any paper work or warranty manual. Felt a little empty

 

Thoughts:

Since I just got the SSD and haven't had time to really give it a full testing (I will update this over the next few weeks). Straight off I will say that it is solid (Pun intended). I didn’t have any problems with my system picking it up and didn’t have any initialisation issues.

 

 

Pros:

• Great price to performance.
• Very good finish to the housing of the SSD.
• Build quality of the SSD is really strong although it is plastic.
• 5mm to 7mm bracket comes with double sided tape.

 

Cons:

• The SATA connectors felt a little flimsy when I first connected the SATA Power but it was fine.
• The lack of paper work is a little concerning since I always like to have my paperwork for products.
• The 5mm to 7mm bracket is made of plastic. (Would have liked to have seen metal.)

Performance:

 

 

Conclusion:

 

A very well rounded SSD for a great price. Does what I need it to do, when I need it to do it. Load times in games have reduced from 25sec to around 3-4secs (Battlefield 4)

 

Pictures:

 

(Sorry about the quality and resolution, I didn't have my DSLR on hand.)

 

Package arrived

 

You need a proper cutting knife Linus!

 

Awesome looking box.

 

It awakens

 

Pretty pearl right there.

 

Who needs warnings right?

 

5mm to 7mm bracket.

 

The beauty itself.

[simtransporter]

Nice review, well written, fairly simple and very well thought out.

 

I also like your knife

[ERSCreeper]

Nice review, well written, fairly simple and very well thought out.

 

I also like your knife

Thanks

[miyabwah]

Good review. I guess I'll have to buy a SSD when they're on sale.

[ERSCreeper]

Good review. I guess I'll have to buy a SSD when they're on sale.

They are worth it

[brownninja97]

Suprisingly it looks like an ssd

[ERSCreeper]

Suprisingly it looks like an ssd

I'm starting to think that too.

[AndyCapets]

Good review man! As expected Crucial doesn't have the fastest SSDs on the market, but I heard they'll last you a very long time.