[News] Crucial Starts Selling MX500 2.5-inch SSD Models

[StyM]

https://www.techpowerup.com/240652/c...nch-ssd-models

Crucial started selling all four models of its premium SATA SSD, the MX500. The drive was launched earlier this month. It comes in 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB variants; and in the 2.5-inch form-factor, with SATA 6 Gbps interface. M.2-2280 variants with SATA interface, which were shown off at the 2018 International CES, could launch a little later this year. The 250 GB variant is priced (MSRP) at USD $79.99 ($0.31 per GB), the 500 GB variant at $139.99 ($0.27 per GB), the 1 TB variant $259.99 ($0.25 per GB), and the range-topping 2 TB variant $499.99 ($0.24 per GB). All four models come with 5-year warranties.

Crucial MX500 combines Micron's 2nd generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory with a Silicon Motion SM2258 controller, and a custom firmware by Crucial. The NAND flash chips by design offer the same levels of power-loss protection as drives that need capacitor banks to do so. Among its features are Dynamic Write Acceleration (SLC-cached writes), and Redundant Array of Independent NAND (RAIN). All four variants offer sequential transfer rates of up to 560 MB/s with up to 510 MB/s writes, and 4K random access performance ratings of up to 95,000/91,000 IOPS (reads/writes).

[Sparky]

What, they didn't like the MX400 nomenclature?

MX500 reminded me of my old Logitech mouse.

[Particle]

The numbers four and nine are sometimes avoided due to their unlucky connotations in Korea/Japan. Four is also bad in China.

[zanzabar]

That amazing value of twice the price of the mx300 launch

[drmrlordx]

MX300 was kind of slow though. On the plus side, I paid $200 for a 500 GB MX200 SSD. Getting a 1 TB MX500 for just a few dollars more is progress. Let's see if it has the same longevity and performance as the MX200 though.

[alfaunits]

3 years ago I paid 200EUR for a 1TB drive, with (EU) VAT. That wasn't the cheapest even, but close.
Currently the cheapest is 240EUR.... progress my a**e

[Sparky]

Thing is the MX200 was MLC, the MX300 and this new MX500 are TLC.

But then, I guess the Samsung evo drives are TLC also...

All my drives are MLC (old M4 and a Mushkin Reactor).

[alfaunits]

And as we know the controllers always surpass the lifetime of the NAND, as showed by a full 0.1% of tests on Xtreme Storage subforum

I'll take 4TB flabbyNAND SSD for $200 over an SLC 1TB 10/10GB/s for 800$.

[bluestang]

Ah, yes...those were the days torturing some drives!