Total Capacity:
1TB
Series:
BX500
Product Line:
Client SSD
Interface:
SATA 6.0Gb/s
Form Factor:
2.5-inch internal SSD
Specs:
1TB 2.5-inch internal SSD SATA 6.0Gb/s 540 MB/s Read, 500 MB/s Write
Density SSD:
1 TB
Device Type:
Internal Solid State Drive
Unit Height:
7.0mm
Form Factor SSD:
2.5-inch (7mm)
Package Content:
Crucial BX500 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch SSD, Acronis True Image for Crucial
Unless you're using this for something that doesn't write often, there are much better options for not much more money. Look at the MX series instead! (I did use this BX to upgrade my Xbox, but it's generally low-write outside of system updates.)
The MX500 1TB is $30 more and has a longer expected life and matching longer warranty.
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDCRU30600/
I bought a 240GB one of these from PB Tech for my iMac and it’s been fine - $40 well spent I reckon. I checked on YouTube first and the reviews were okay.
If you're an Amazon customer that doesn't use the app for purchases, might be able to find a coupon code that gives you ~US$10 off first your app purchase. Did this back in January and got MX500 1TB for NZ$132 delivered.
For any older laptop or PC this SSD is all you need as you won't be processing any high definition video anyway and these crucial drives are pretty bullet-proof compare to some of the cheap alternatives. Start up and programme load times are the biggest benefit of this SSDs compared to mechanical drives and buying a more expensive SSD has no advantage on older computers.
How easy is it to replace an HDD with an SSD? I've got an HP from 2015 and not sure if this would be compatible?
Easy as; they use the same SATA connector, so you open it up, pull the old one out, put the new one in.
Difficulty can vary though, especially when you get to older machines. There's mounting to consider, as you'll be replacing a 3.5" with a 2.5" (personally, I just cable tie my SSDs to the chassis), and, you may have to remove your GPU in order to remove the old drive.
This crucial SSD comes with cloning software or you can reinstall windows from scratch which would be my recommendation. The hardest part usually is accessing the old Drive. There are plenty of step-by-step videos on YouTube on how to swap a mechanical hard drive for a SSD . Cloning the drive is by far the easiest, but you will need a SATA to USB Cable to do this. The cable used to come with the SSD once but that's when they cost $500 for a 64 GB SSD. After the Drive is cloned , put it were mechanical drive came out of and it will boot up. If you have a Mac the big advantage is, put a new drive in and the computer does the rest.
I bought this SSD a month ago $158 to replace a dead drive in a 2014 imac 27. For light usage this is perfect! I really can't complain.
This SD will before than enough for old devices.
Did some research to see if this was worth picking up as my games drive, this seemed significantly faster for not much more money. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDCRU30600/Crucial-MX500-1…
I believe IRL speed is only about 5% less than the MX500.
This drive is all good for 90 percent of the population. Its a crucial not a off branded or used drive. Can't go wrong at this price point really.
I had one of these and if you are writing a lot of big files to it I wouldn't recommend it. Mine often peaked at 100% usage when downloading anything and using it as my boot drive it brought the system to a standstill whenever that happened. Cloned the drive to an MX500 and it works much better.
Also then whacked this in a usb enclosure for my Xbox one and the same happened whenever I download games in there. Eventually I just stuck it in an old pc as a boot drive that I use to watch overseas TV using a VPN as I never write anything to the pc. For that last use case and reading data it's fine but the mx500 is a good upgrade for anyone wanting to download a lot in one hit.
Whatever SSD you chose, if you are in the market for one in the near future it might be best to get one now rather than wait for the next PB Tech sale. While the sale won't be long off, I think (haven't looked carefully), Chia hasn't affected local SSD prices yet. From what I've read and seen, it's starting to affect SSD prices elsewhere. Definitely on AliExpress it looks like it has although given the demands of Chia, I think it's more in 1TB and 2TB models. It sounds like it's starting to affect prices in the US too.
No guarantees of course. Chia's price doesn't seem to have been affected by what China did much yet but it could still crash. Other factors could come into play too like if people decided Chia is dumb. However I don't expect SSD prices to tumble either, it's not like manufacturers have drastically ramped up production in anticipation of Chia. So at best I expect they'll be slightly cheaper in a few months whereas there is a chance they'll be 50% higher or something too. But I'm not a SSD day trader. Maybe inflationary concerns and other things will lead to significantly rising interest rates and dampening of consumer confidence i.e. less people buying SSDs and other forms of flash memory.
this is one of the worst SSD you can find in the market