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;

With the majority of PCs and laptops having SATA ports, companies that make SSD drives are determined to support this technology even if superior interface options are available.

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

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

Installed into Mid-2012 MacBook Pro. Easy install, and works as described. I cloned my hard drive onto this prior to swapping it out for my old SATA hard drive. Then simply booted it up and it ran fine. Seemed to run hot at first but this was an apple issue and was fixed by resetting the SMC.

Great value for good quality, not as well known as Samsung but just as good, i have had no issues, fast and reliable. Great cloning software included!

"Here is your new license plate," the person at the local registry said as she handed me a license plate ending in "1688". I quietly giggled to myself about my sheer luck of getting the most Asian plate in the world -- I swear it was pure coincidence -- as I inserted my debit card to the payment...

When we get a brand new SSD model with a higher number than the previously released one we see a performance increase and as clearly shown from our charts this is exactly the case with the MX500 500GB drive when compared to last year's MX300 480GB model.

- Build Quality / Durability (180TB TBW / 1.8 Million Hours MTBF; - Very Good Performance; - Features (NANDXtend / Static Data Refresh / SLC Caching / DevSleep/ eDrive Support; - Crucial Storage Executive Software; - 5 Year Warranty; - Price

- Small Performance Increase Compared To The BX300