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Crucial M500 SSD..decent?
Posted on 12/3/14 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 12/3/14 at 12:52 pm
Its $79 right now for the 240GB model so I'm thinking of pulling the trigger.
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My 128GB for $49 is out of stock
so maybe its worth another $30 to get the 240 anyway since the 120 is a 'M4' (older model) and the new M500 is supposedly a great deal better.
eta too late i just bought it
christmas is getting close..
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My 128GB for $49 is out of stock
so maybe its worth another $30 to get the 240 anyway since the 120 is a 'M4' (older model) and the new M500 is supposedly a great deal better. eta too late i just bought it
christmas is getting close..
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 12/3/14 at 1:13 pm to CAD703X
For that price, hell yeah. It's considered a "last-gen" SSD, but it was widely praised back then too. I'd only say don't get it if the MX100 was the same price or just slightly higher, but it's $30 more right now.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 1:15 pm to CAD703X
I have a couple of the 240 GB M500's, one the OS drive in Windows 7 and the other a data drive in Windows 8.1. They have been fine, along with my Samsung 830 (the boot drive in the Win8.1 system) and old Intel X25-M in my even older laptop.
However, Crucial does not provide any software for things like manual TRIM or Secure Erase, and significantly, it does not provide a tool to revert the PSID and undo what Windows 8 does to OPAL drives (which disables the Secure Erase feature and makes the lack of software for that somewhat moot):
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Someone has developed such a tool:
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There is also this queued TRIM issue under Linux:
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Again, I've had no problems other than verifying that Windows 8.1 did disable Secure Erase, but I probably wouldn't buy these drives again.
However, Crucial does not provide any software for things like manual TRIM or Secure Erase, and significantly, it does not provide a tool to revert the PSID and undo what Windows 8 does to OPAL drives (which disables the Secure Erase feature and makes the lack of software for that somewhat moot):
LINK
Someone has developed such a tool:
LINK
There is also this queued TRIM issue under Linux:
LINK
Again, I've had no problems other than verifying that Windows 8.1 did disable Secure Erase, but I probably wouldn't buy these drives again.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 1:26 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
That's another thing Samsung has going for it, but we're talking about an $80 240GB SSD that performs better than most of the budget SSDs in this price point, with good quality MLC synchronous NAND. I'm okay with a bare drive in that instance.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 1:46 pm to ILikeLSUToo
thanks! cant wait to see my son's face when he gets it.
my son gets a new SSD, my daughter gets a new moto G with 5 different $3 cases from ALIBABA
Posted on 12/3/14 at 2:03 pm to CAD703X
Thanks. Always enjoy your posts on the tech board even though they usually make me spend money.
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