For most other consumer usage cases, though, the MX500's performance will more than suffice. That, plus its comprehensive selection of capacities and form factors, and its long warranty, help it snag our Editors' Choice award for budget SSDs.

Low cost per gigabyte; Excellent performance for a SATA SSD; Available in 2.5-inch or M.2 SATA versions; Capacity options from 250GB to 2TB; Long warranty

Endurance rating low for usage cases involving heavy data writes

Easy to install and great instructions. Product is as described and fixed my sisters older, slow gaming laptop. She can now play the latest games

Easy installation and cloning of old 120GB SSD onto the new 500GB one. The included transfer software was very easy to use and successfully cloned the old (full) drive in about 5 minutes.

I had absolutely no problems cloning my hard drive and installing the SSD. It is working brilliantly so fast and quiet. Before changing the hard drive I thought my fan was noisy, but now it is obvious it was the HDD. The Crucial MX500 is a brilliant product will recommend it highly.

I have put this into a mid 2010 macbook pro, along with a RAM upgrade... it's like having a new laptop. It went from a 10 minute start up time to under 1 minute...amazing. I cannot recommend it enough, i am going to purchase one for my mid 2011 iMac!

Really fast

I got this product because my HP Notebook 15-f387wm had a failing Seagate HDD (stock). I had a crash screen occur for no reason twice, which is why I thought the HDD was about to die. Fortunately, I had a 10-15 year old HDD laying around, so I installed it into my laptop.

Decent Price; Easy Installation; Great Performance; Reliable Brand

User Has To Test SSD For Possible Failure

Fast, cheap and with a lengthy warranty, the Crucial MX500 is a great option for anyone who doesn’t need a pro-level drive

Very fast; Competitive price; Lengthy warranty;

No NVMe option;

Fast, cheap and with a lengthy warranty, the Crucial MX500 is a great option for anyone who doesn’t need a pro-level drive

Very fast; Competitive price; Lengthy warranty;

No NVMe option;

Fast, cheap and with a lengthy warranty, the Crucial MX500 is a great option for anyone who doesn’t need a pro-level drive

Very fast; Competitive price; Lengthy warranty;

No NVMe option;