Crucial M5 CT960M500SSD1 2.5in 960GB SATA 6BPS 7MM Internal Solid State Drive
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 Rating: Review Date: 01/16/14 |
Crucial M5 CT960M500SSD1 2.5in 960GB SATA 6BPS 7MM Internal Solid State Drive
Cons:Very high density NAND is a little slower in some tests.Couple of reallocated sectors since day one. Common for M5 drives apparently.Had to Power Cycle laptop a few times because BIOS couldn't find the drive sometimes. Has been solid since this was done. (Be sure to hold down power button for 1 minute with power cord and battery removed to clear CMOS).
Pros:Great Value.Huge capacity.Reliable.MLC NAND not TLC for longer life.7mm case fits everywhere! |
All in all I'm very pleased with this drive. The price was unbeatable for this capacity - under 50 cents per GB!Functionally, it may be somewhat slower in some types of writes and reads but you've be very hard to notice it in actual usage. 80,000 iops is what really makes it fly compared to normal hard drives. I like the Crucial/Micron brand and the Marvell controller. I look forward to many years of speedy performance from this drive.I cloned my 1TB 5400 RPM drive using "Paragon Migrate OS to SSD" because it was the only software that could successfully clone EFI-UEFI. I would have re-installed from scratch but I feared my Windows Office 10 Key would not work again. I had to battle Microsoft for over an hour the first time I installed it about a year ago.