Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" Internal SSD

I have purchased a number of these drives in the last couple of years while upgrading laptops for myself and friends and they are seriously good. Speed difference between a standard hard drive and this SSD is amazing. The fact they come with a 5 year warranty suggests Crucial have faith in these drives and thus far I fully agree as I have never had an issue. Thanks PB Tech I have purchased a number of these drives in the last couple of years while upgrading laptops for myself and friends and they are seriously good. Speed difference between a standard hard drive and this SSD is amazing. The fact they come with a 5 year warranty suggests Crucial have faith in these drives and thus far I fully agree as I have never had an issue. Thanks PB Tech

A small and thin drive that is perfect for anyone. Great value for money and extremely fast. You can easily remove the sticker on the front if you have it visible in your PC and want it to have a cleaner look. I did this, and underneath the sticker is just the same metallic grey as the rest of the SSD. A small and thin drive that is perfect for anyone. Great value for money and extremely fast. You can easily remove the sticker on the front if you have it visible in your PC and want it to have a cleaner look. I did this, and underneath the sticker is just the same metallic grey as the rest of the SSD.

I placed this in a thunderbolt enclosure to be used as a boot disk for 27-inch late 2012 iMac. Till using this, the Mac was extreeeeemly slow to do anything. Now, with the SSD it's like a new Mac - extreeemly fast, even with multiple user accounts active and dozens of apps running. (BTW, a ready made thunderbolt SSD drives are currently retailing for about $800 (US$?) so, buying a 2nd hand thunderbolt HDD drive and replacing the HDD with the SSD saved me hundreds of $$$) I placed this in a thunderbolt enclosure to be used as a boot disk for 27-inch late 2012 iMac. Till using this, the Mac was extreeeeemly slow to do anything. Now, with the SSD it's like a new Mac - extreeemly fast, even with multiple user accounts active and dozens of apps running. (BTW, a ready made thunderbolt SSD drives are currently retailing for about $800 (US$?) so, buying a 2nd hand thunderbolt HDD drive and replacing the HDD with the SSD saved me hundreds of $$$)

By: StevenK9 08/08/19

Verified Owner

I have only had the Crucial SSD installed for a couple of weeks, so haven't had time to test it, other than to say it appears to be well made (I'm an electronic engineer) and looks like a good quality product, especially having a 5 year Warranty. The price was competitive and overall was an excellent purchase. It arrived virtually the next working day after I paid the account and I was very impressed by the service from PbTech who were recommended to me by a close friend who is IT technical manager for a large TV production company. The product itself is not always the most important factor, rather the integrity and performance of the...view more I have only had the Crucial SSD installed for a couple of weeks, so haven't had time to test it, other than to say it appears to be well made (I'm an electronic engineer) and looks like a good quality product, especially having a 5 year Warranty. The price was competitive and overall was an excellent purchase. It arrived virtually the next working day after I paid the account and I was very impressed by the service from PbTech who were recommended to me by a close friend who is IT technical manager for a large TV production company. The product itself is not always the most important factor, rather the integrity and performance of the retailer. Furthermore, companies with integrity usually ensure their products are good quality and measure up to the the customers expectations.

The MX500 is currently our favourite SSD in terms of price/performance and we drive them in our Development Virtual Server Cluster and are very pleased with their performance The MX500 is currently our favourite SSD in terms of price/performance and we drive them in our Development Virtual Server Cluster and are very pleased with their performance

I bought this to upgrade my laptop HDD to SSD. The cloning process was super easy and went off without a hitch - I used the software that Crucial recommends. The instructions on their website were clear and easy to follow. After that, it was pretty straightforward to swap out the drives. The performance increase by using this SSD is massive - my laptop now boots from cold in only a few seconds, and loading times on games has dropped immensely. Highly recommended - a good SSD at a decent price. I bought this to upgrade my laptop HDD to SSD. The cloning process was super easy and went off without a hitch - I used the software that Crucial recommends. The instructions on their website were clear and easy to follow. After that, it was pretty straightforward to swap out the drives. The performance increase by using this SSD is massive - my laptop now boots from cold in only a few seconds, and loading times on games has dropped immensely. Highly recommended - a good SSD at a decent price.

Until 2 weeks ago I was using a 7200rpm HDD as my primary and loading times were good, but I had never used an SSD before.

Now that I own one I can safely say that now my loading times are so much better and I can't believe that I didn't get one sooner Until 2 weeks ago I was using a 7200rpm HDD as my primary and loading times were good, but I had never used an SSD before.

Now that I own one I can safely say that now my loading times are so much better and I can't believe that I didn't get one sooner

I bought a Crucial 1TB SS hard drive. Fast delivery easy to install and has given my laptop a new lease of life, it is much faster
I would deal with PB tech again, very happy I bought a Crucial 1TB SS hard drive. Fast delivery easy to install and has given my laptop a new lease of life, it is much faster
I would deal with PB tech again, very happy

Excellent product, great price. Was easy to clone. Installed into mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Much faster startup and running. Excellent product, great price. Was easy to clone. Installed into mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Much faster startup and running.

I needed an ssd for external music storage. Transferring over 300Gb was no issue, as the sustained write speeds didn't dip due to heat like many cheap drives. On USB 3.0 the drive runs faster than I need, and editing hundreds of files at a time is a snap. I needed an ssd for external music storage. Transferring over 300Gb was no issue, as the sustained write speeds didn't dip due to heat like many cheap drives. On USB 3.0 the drive runs faster than I need, and editing hundreds of files at a time is a snap.

I bought the 500gb version of these a couple of years ago and they didn't fail me. Now that the 1TB versions are about the same price I upgraded, and these work fine too. Set up in RAID 0 config, they offer 2TB of fast storage. My RAID controller maxes out at 750MB/s so can't verify their max speed. I bought the 500gb version of these a couple of years ago and they didn't fail me. Now that the 1TB versions are about the same price I upgraded, and these work fine too. Set up in RAID 0 config, they offer 2TB of fast storage. My RAID controller maxes out at 750MB/s so can't verify their max speed.

I bought this to help speed up a small form factor PC I use as an FTP server. I had issues with clients saying it was too slow. Well it isn't now! The supplied clone software worked a treat and within a few hours of getting the SSD, it was swapped in and the everything worked perfectly first time.

There are no "cons" for this. Great capacity, great speed and great value for money I bought this to help speed up a small form factor PC I use as an FTP server. I had issues with clients saying it was too slow. Well it isn't now! The supplied clone software worked a treat and within a few hours of getting the SSD, it was swapped in and the everything worked perfectly first time.

There are no "cons" for this. Great capacity, great speed and great value for money