Testseek.com have collected 93 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX500 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX500 Series SATA600.
July 2019
(74%)
93 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: We have come a long way from the "Crucial SSD" that offered a peak sequential read of 100 MB/s. In the last decade, Crucial, operating as the consumer arm of Micron, has brought years of innovation to the market with their C300, m4, BX, and MX series of s...
In the introduction, we said we would talk about Crucial's marketing of the BX500 to gamers and also detail some advanced info on DRAMless SSDs.Let's look at two scenarios first that everyone will be able to pick up easily. Let's say you have 99 white pin...
Published: 2018-10-30, Author: David , review by: itwire.com
Abstract: This is a mid-priced SSD with better-than-expected performance.We recently announced the availability of the Crucial BX500 SSD with 120, 240 and 480GB versions. Following the announcement, iTWire received a review unit.Installation was a breeze (once we h...
The BX500 is all about value. The SSD's speed performance is very fast for normal usage and temporary intense workload. The Crucial BX500 is one of the most budget-friendly drives in the 500GB range since the DRAM chip was not included.The BX500 480GB SSD...
Crucial always sets the bar for affordable and efficient SSD storage. Their new BX500 SSD is a great indication of how Crucial have evolved their storage products over the years. If you have been sitting on the fence with storage technology, this drive is...
Blissfully cheap, Impressive read and write speeds
Low TBW rating
Some PC enthusiasts might look at the TBW limits or small file transfer speeds and scoff, but then the BX500 was never for them. This is a simple yet sufficiently quick entry-level SSD, priced accordingly, which means almost anyone can upgrade from their...
Lower than average application performance, Low endurance, Low sustained write performance
Crucial's BX500 is a cheap option that will outperform any HDD as a boot drive, but it comes with drawbacks. The BX500's low endurance and application performance rank far behind most current-gen SSDs in the market. Pricing is competitive, but there are m...
DRAM-less design does affect performance, Kitguru says: If you are on a very tight budget and need a 480GB SSD then Crucial's BX500 is an obvious choice but and it's a big but, there are much better-performing drives on the market for not very much more m
Crucial once reigned supreme in the entry-level SSD market segment but this a segment that has become ferociously competitive so to give the Crucial BX500 a fighting chance, Crucial have gone all out to keep the cost of building the drive as low as possib...
Published: 2021-04-16, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Crucial's BX500 internal SSD offers a lot of capacity for not so much cash, along with great everyday, real-world performance. Most users will be perfectly happy with this QLC drive, as long as they don't bang on it too hard—as in writing large amounts of...
