Crucial BX500 4TB 2.5" Internal SSD

Used this to speed up boot times and general performance of an older PC, the included cloning software is really useful (its a lot faster than similar free versions that are throttled), the SSD works as advertised and improves PC boot times and file copying/moving performance. Used this to speed up boot times and general performance of an older PC, the included cloning software is really useful (its a lot faster than similar free versions that are throttled), the SSD works as advertised and improves PC boot times and file copying/moving performance.

Using as a steam drive and have no issues Using as a steam drive and have no issues

Made my computer as fast as new. Made my computer as fast as new.

Great product, easy to install Great product, easy to install

Great drive, for very little cost managed to revive an old, tired and dog-slow laptop and avoided having to buy a new one. Saved heaps, and the old laptop now boots in less than 12 seconds, with fast login. Great drive, for very little cost managed to revive an old, tired and dog-slow laptop and avoided having to buy a new one. Saved heaps, and the old laptop now boots in less than 12 seconds, with fast login.

Really good SSD, well priced, saved an old HP SFF and boots in 10 seconds. Really good SSD, well priced, saved an old HP SFF and boots in 10 seconds.

Used this to breath some life into an 8yr old PB Tech pc, along with some other upgrades. Obviously windows boots way quicker and software takes doesn't take an eternity to load anymore. No real downside, especially for the price and 3 yr warranty included. Used this to breath some life into an 8yr old PB Tech pc, along with some other upgrades. Obviously windows boots way quicker and software takes doesn't take an eternity to load anymore. No real downside, especially for the price and 3 yr warranty included.

Budget price for a fast SSD, boots up windows 10 on an i5 processor takes 10 seconds or less. Budget price for a fast SSD, boots up windows 10 on an i5 processor takes 10 seconds or less.

Pro: low unit cost per GB storage

Cons: Slow write time; especially when moving large chunk (5GB+) at once. Transfer speed gets down to as low as 20 MB/s (slower than a spinning hard drive with 60-80 MB/s) with burst of 200-300 MB/s.

The write speed profile is in wave form (up and down) throughout the write process. Typical SSD has a fairly flat write profile (no slowdown to 20 MB/s once in a while).

Drive is relatively new (less than a month old) and empty (less than 200GB out of 2TB capacity). From this experience, I will not consider getting another Crucial drive. It is a terrible deal even at the low cost.... Pro: low unit cost per GB storage

Cons: Slow write time; especially when moving large chunk (5GB+) at once. Transfer speed gets down to as low as 20 MB/s (slower than a spinning hard drive with 60-80 MB/s) with burst of 200-300 MB/s.

The write speed profile is in wave form (up and down) throughout the write process. Typical SSD has a fairly flat write profile (no slowdown to 20 MB/s once in a while).

Drive is relatively new (less than a month old) and empty (less than 200GB out of 2TB capacity). From this experience, I will not consider getting another Crucial drive. It is a terrible deal even at the low cost....

Failed within 2hrs of use Failed within 2hrs of use

I really regret buying this piece of equipment. It really doesn't perform much better than an HDD.

I regularly see 100% active time, with less than 25MB/s write speeds. I really regret buying this piece of equipment. It really doesn't perform much better than an HDD.

I regularly see 100% active time, with less than 25MB/s write speeds.

The SSD is fine to read and write, but I don’t know why my steam always get crashed while I try to download new games into this SSD. And my other brand of SSD don’t cause any of this problems. The SSD is fine to read and write, but I don’t know why my steam always get crashed while I try to download new games into this SSD. And my other brand of SSD don’t cause any of this problems.