Crucial has been on a tear as of late. In the last few weeks alone, the company has released a couple of new series of solid state drives, one targeting the enthusiast segment ( the M550 ) and the other targeting data centers ( the M500DC ).

Strong Performance; Affordably Priced; Spacer and Imaging Software Included

Didn't Lead The Pack In Any Particular Category

I have been following technology for quite a while and in that time I have witnessed the birth of solid state drives and many companies bringing them to the masses. When they first came out like all new technology they were very expensive.

– Price; – Good performance; – Acronis True Image HD included; – 3year warranty

– None that I found

Crucial's new MX100 SSD is super affordable, yet provides excellent performance that can easily compete with the big boys. It uses brand-new 16 nanometer flash chips from Micron, paired with a proven Marvell controller. Hands down the best SSD you can get!

Awesome price per GB; Best price/performance; 7 mm thin-Ultrabook compatible; Leading MySQL performance at 64 threads; 3 year warranty; Acronis cloning software included

Largest capacity available is 512 GB

Coming off the back of our look at the 512GB model of Crucial's new MX100 line of drives, our review today focusses on the mid-range 256GB drive which comes in at a level that many users tend to adopt due to the balance between performance and capacity.

Super cheap price for 256GB of storage; Well known vendor; 3 year warranty

Write performance is sub-par compared to some other budget drives that are out there

The SSD market is perhaps the most dynamic and competitive of any in today's IT industry. It can change rapidly, requiring a flexible and long-term strategy from its players. Those who fail to follow its trends may quickly find themselves outplayed.

Crucial MX100 hits the market offering many enterprise grade features at a budget friendly price point. Combined with its high performance, this drive is almost impossible to pass up if you are in the market for a new SSD.

At the start of June, Crucial introduced their new MX100 series SSDs. They are fairly inexpensive due to the usage of 16nm transistors for the flash memory. But, are they any good?

Crucial's remit with the MX100 line of SSDs was to design a premium drive without being encumbered with a premium price tag. Our look at the 512GB version, priced at £160, shows that it has succeeded in releasing a budget SSD imbued with high-performance credentials.

Crucial has done an excellent job with the MX100 series, offering up a very budget friendly drive with performance and features that we would expect from drives that cost much more.

Crucial is out with a new solid-state drive line-up that's generating a lot of interest due to its lower price-per-Gigabyte than competing drives or even their former drives. The Crucial MX100 is the new SSD series and today we're testing out the Crucial MX100 128GB SSD, which costs just $80 USD (or...