Crucial BX500 SATA SSD 1TB, 2.5" Internal SSD, Up to 540MB/s, Laptop and Desktop (PC) Compatible, 3D NAND, Dynamic Write Acceleration, Solid State Drive - CT1000BX500SSD101

The Crucial BX500 1TB SATA SSD is a fantastic upgrade for both laptops and desktops, offering a noticeable boost in speed and performance. With read speeds of up to 540MB/s, it significantly reduces boot times and improves file transfer speeds compared to traditional hard drives.Installation was straightforward, and the 2.5-inch form factor fits perfectly in standard laptop and desktop drive bays. Once installed, I noticed a substantial improvement in system responsiveness—programs open almost instantly, and multitasking has become much smoother. It’s also incredibly quiet, thanks to its SSD design with no moving parts, and it runs cooler than my old HDD.With 1TB of storage, it provides ample space for operating systems, applications, and files, making it a great all-around drive for work, gaming, or general use. Plus, it’s compatible with most devices, and Crucial’s software tools make cloning your old drive a breeze.Pros:Blazing-fast read speeds of up to 540MB/s.Large 1TB capacity for ample storage.Easy installation with standard 2.5-inch compatibility.Reliable and quiet operation with no moving parts.Excellent value for its performance and capacity.The Crucial BX500 1TB SSD is an excellent choice for anyone looking to upgrade their computer’s performance. Whether for gaming, productivity, or general use, it offers reliable, fast storage at a great price. Highly recommended!

Great affordable SSD. I needed a new drive to get an older laptop up and running again but didn't want to spend a fortune. For the money here your getting a good SSD from a actually trusted brand. Laptop boots up quickly enough with this drive and it works as expected. Would buy again.

Affordable little SSD with a lot of power and capacity! It's fairly easy to set up, you can just search up how to install something like this most of the time. I've found its heavily sped up the speed at which my pc loads games, videos, all sorts! Really happy with it.

Purchased to upgrade an old Acer Aspire 5-series laptop, which someone had foolishly installed Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit o.s. despite it only having an Intel Celeron 540 processor, and 2GB, 533MHz, DDR2 RAM! The machine was so slow as to be virtually unusable. You couldn't even run You Tube or open photos.Changing the processor to an Intel C2Duo, T7500, and upping the RAM to 3GB, made You Tube and opening photos doable but still slow. The boot up time of 1m 40secs, however, was ridiculous, compared to a more modern machine.My first thought was to put it back through the site with 4 letters, and get something else. I liked the tank-like build quality, however, and the screen appeared to be fairly new, so I reckoned it was worth experimenting further.There are many cheap SSDs available, but one has to be careful because, as with memory cards, you could end up with something dodgy which isn't what it claims to be. Best to stick to recognized brands; Crucial being one of them. At just over £26 for 240GB, this was also one of the cheapest.It arrived quickly, and I was surprised by the total lack of metal. 100% plastic, but well made nonetheless. Impressed by the fact that though thinner, the width and length were the same (see pictures) and it fitted the laptop's metal caddy, perfectly (see photos).I've noticed some reviewers mention the need to use third-party cloning software such as Macrium Reflex, as an alternative to the Arconis True Image software recommend by Crucial. Apparently, some owners state that their SSD wasn't recognized by it, and for those that were, many have reported manually adjusting the partition size, rather than leaving the software set to auto. People have also spoken of the need to allow over 2 hours for cloning.Well, without my new SDD connected to laptop by SATA to USB cable (see photos) the Acornis software wouldn't open, because it detected no Crucial device connected. When connected, however, it did, and the process took roughly an hour to clone a 320GB HDD, with about 120GB of data; and the auto setting worked fine. The 'time remaining' message was all over the place (often the case!) first stating in excess of 2 hours, then 1 hour 40 after only three minutes, etc.Acornis True Image software is massively large (600Mb) compared to Macrium Reflex (about 130Mb). One reviewer stated that Acornis isn't free; you need to pay to use it! Not so in my experience. Maybe some folk are sold fake Crucial SSDs, which the software is good enough to spot!So, was it worth it? The boot-up time on Windows 10 Pro, 64, is now 27 seconds (previously 1 minute 40 seconds) so yes, in terms of boot-up time. Overall, however, it's still slow opening apps; and only marginally quicker than before, so I'm not overly impressed. Can't be bothered to conduct scientific tests to confirm just how small the advantage is!One big surprise was no noticeable reduction in noise. Clearly, the old HDD was not to blame, even though it seemed likely, and for me was a motivating factor for changing to an SSD!Only time will tell whether this is as good a deal as it seems, but one thing which did bother me was the short length of warranty (only a year). Compared to a 5-year warranty, it might prove false economy! Would I buy it again in retrospect? Probably not! I'm quite interested in the even-cheaper, 500GB, hybrid drive by Seagate, on Amazon at only £25. It loads Windows as fast as an SSD; and with a spin speed of 7200rpm, probably wouldn't feel much slower in use. The memory capacity, however, is over double though!