If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. Part-specific certification of how this product meets the requirements of the current DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU and 2015/863/EU, a. As a brand of Micron, one of the largest flash memory manufacturers in the world, the crucial MX500 has the same quality and innovation that has brought about some of the most advanced storage technologies today. Product Description Crucial MX500 - SSD - 250 GB - SATA 6Gb/s Type Solid state drive - internal Capacity 250 GB Hardware Encryption Yes Encryption Algorithm 256-bit AES NAND Flash Memory Type 3D triple-level cell (TLC) Form Factor 2. This SSD gives near-instant performance and lasting reliability that comes with solid-state storage.

The MX500’s five year warranty is in line with Samsung’s 850 Evo and exceeds it in terms of endurance (just 75 TBW for the 250 GB 850 Evo versus 100 TBW for the 250 GB MX500). Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).

The MX500 was easy to install and super easy to update the firmware on the drive (using an iso under Arch Linux). It was frequently getting unusable with old hard disk slowing everything down and now the new disk is unbelievably faster and significantly quieter too. Micron redefines what’s possible with innovative technology that shapes how we use data in all areas of life. The drive works and the bundled acronis true image software allowed transfer of a 500gb 80gb used windows 10 drive to the 250gb ssd. I chose Crucial simply because they were also providing the Acronis True Image software to clone the old drive.

This high-end feature works similarly to how RAID is used with multiple hard drives and maintains the integrity of your data, especially for intense users. As a result, the Crucial MX500 uses only a minimal amount of power and still delivers a high cost-to-performance ratio — without needing a financing plan to pay for it.Intel, the Intel Logo, Intel Inside, Intel Core, and Core Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U. I certainly made the right choice, the Acronis human on-screen interface was very simple to use which is not always the case with powerful disk cloning software like this. Box Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (registration number 726076) as a credit intermediary and not a lender, offering credit products provided by PayPal Credit. JP” is attached at the end of the parts number of official Japanese distributed products shipped after April 2017. PCPartPicker may receive compensation for purchases made at participating retailers linked on this site.

Also, any downloadable content (DLC) or codes that usually come with these items are likely to have been redeemed already and are not available for reuse. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX500 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.I bought a Crucial MX500 250GB SSD from CCL computers to replace a mechanical Seagate 250GB hard drive in my refurbished i5 processor desktop HP 6300 which is now about 5 years old but still going strong. Say Goodbye to your HDDBacked by thousands of hours of pre-release validation, dozens of qualification tests, and a heritage of award-winning SSDs, the Crucial MX500 has been thoroughly tried, tested and proven. The 256GB is easily good enough for a 4yr old, I7, Win10, office machine with little else installed, so he can delay replacing it a bit longer.