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Easy Installation
Customers have reported that the installation process for this SSD is straightforward and effortless. They've had no issues setting it up in their desktops or laptops, and many have noted a significant improvement in performance after making the upgrade.
Value For Money
Customers generally find the Crucial MX500 SSD to be excellent value for money, with many praising its reliability and speed in improving computer performance. However, a small number of customers have reported issues with the product's longevity.
Fast Boot Up Time
Customers have expressed their satisfaction with the fast boot up time and improved performance of their devices after installing the Crucial MX500 SSD, resulting in significantly reduced startup times and quicker application loading. Some users also noted the ease of installation process and value for money. However, a few customers mentioned that the fitting process was fiddly but manageable.
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Reliable Performance
Customers generally have a positive opinion on the reliable performance of the Crucial MX500 SSD, with many reporting fast speeds and no issues even after extended use. Some customers also appreciate its affordability compared to other brands. However, a small group of purchasers have experienced failures with this product.
Highlights
Quality
Our based to upgrade and old win 10 laptop that is now booting up in seconds and is now lightning fast in all applications, a s... Read More
Effortless and seamless installation and using acronis true image for crucial made transferring my current os to this new drive was easy.
One of the 2 1gb toshiba hdds in my hp envy 17t-j100 notebook pc failed, after about 6 years of use.
The top reviews here are all talking about failures, but thats a very poor representation of these, the same way everyone talks... Read More
Price
Great value, super fast in it's price range.
My local computer shop also recommends these as an inexpensive 'one size fits all' upgrade for any computer running an old hdd ... Read More
The price was reasonable for a premium ssd.
Seemed like a really great price when i bought.
Shipping
The delivery was impressively fast, arriving well before the estimated date, which is always a plus when you’re eager to get yo... Read More
On my local repairers advice i bought this around black friday from amazon and he promptly installed it for a nominal charge.
Packaging/appearance
Packaging was sturdy and ensured that the ssd arrived in perfect condition.
Competitiveness
Inspired me to repeat with desktop computer although i then opted for a competitor's ssd because of price fluctuations.
These are reliable, fast, and also quite cheap compared to samsungs equivalent offerings.
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- This product had a total of 25,147 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 26 2025.
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Boot up changed from tens of minutes to a few seconds
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Ive never got round or felt inclined to test its speed or capacity
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Fitted this to a raspberry pi 4 as nas storage
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Morning the disk is not working as its needs an activation which i had
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Now boots up in only 25 seconds and eg firefox also now loads much more quickly
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Inspired me to repeat with desktop computer although i then opted for a competitors ssd because of price fluctuations
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He couldnt do it with an older laptop as he said it was incompatible so check your systems capability before purchase
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