Incredible performance. I plugged this into my Ultrabook which now just flies along on Windows 8. The transfer speeds are incredible and the laptop boots up in under 10 seconds.

The Crucial difference between this and the EVO?

Very good price; Good performance; Temperature control features; Good RAID 0 performance

Not as fast as the Samsung EVO

Bought this for my 2009 27" iMac, seemed a good replacement for the 1TB built in spinner. Had no trouble from it so far, speed improvement is fantastic. Tried putting an SSD into a MacBook previously and the MacBook wouldn't take it, so very happy that this worked first time.

For SSDs to become more cost effective they need to implement higher density NAND, which is often at odds with performance, endurance or both. Samsung chose the endurance side of the equation, but kept performance largely intact with the vanilla 840.

The previous M4 model by Crucial/Micron was launched back in 2011 and although it offered very good read speeds (up to 500MB/s) it did lack the punch needed in write speeds (up to 260MB/s) and 4KB random IOPS performance (read 45k/write 50k) to compete with the top models by other manufacturers so...

- Build Quality; - Very Good Overall Performance; - Features (RAIN & eDrive Support; - 3 Year Warranty; - Available In 960GB; - Price (For Some

- Bundle

Installation and setup were a breeze. This fast SSD makes editing photos a lot faster.

Easy To Install; Fast; Highly Compatible; Reliable

The Crucial M500 (and the OEM-tailored Micron M500 ) are a new mainstream SSD family that offers a SATA 6Gb/s interface, Marvell controller, 7mm drive height and Micron's latest 20nm MLC NAND.

Highest capacity of any mainstream consumer SSD; Very attractive pricing; sub $600 for 960GB; Excellent performance/cost ratio

Corsair Neutron GTX; Intel SSD 520; Samsung SSD 840 Pro; Plextor PX-M5S; Crucial m4; OCZ Vector; Highest capacity of any mainstream consumer SSD; Very attractive pricing; sub $600 for 960GB; Excellent performance/cost ratio; Weaker performance than other mainstream SSDs

Crucial has returned to the hit list of must-have SSDs with its M500. Not because it's the fastest but because it has great multi-platform PC support, a good balance of large- and small-file transfer speeds, and an attractive price without relying on slower performance three-layer cell (TLC) flash...