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Newegg has 1TB Crucial BX500 2.5" Solid State Drive SSD (CT1000BX500SSD1) on sale for $74.99 - Extra $17 Off w/ promo code SSBWA928 (apply in cart) = $57.99. Shipping is free.

Note, this is backordered, but can still be ordered. Must apply the listed promo code to receive discount in cart.

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  • 2.5"/7mm Form Factor
  • Micron 3D NAND Memory
  • SATA II Interface
  • Up to 540 MBps Max Sequential Read Speeds
  • Up to 500 MBps Max Sequential Write Speeds
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial Cloning
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Model: Crucial BX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD

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No. This drive tends to freeze when it wants to do some internal maintenance. The freeze periods can be quite long - 10-15 seconds.

For an OS drive you want something with DRAM, like Hynix S31, WD Blue, MX500.
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Up until last week I had been using this drive in a Thinkpad X230 for years and not once experienced this behavior.
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Same, I've used only DRAM-less SSDs for years as I didn't even know what SSD dram was and just bought the cheapest Samsung and Crucial offerings. people on this site tend to say you NEED relatively expensive features that most people really don't.
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TrevynA
09-19-2022 at 10:18 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:18 AM.
Quote from scholzpdx :
Up until last week I had been using this drive in a Thinkpad X230 for years and not once experienced this behavior.

Same, I've used only DRAM-less SSDs for years as I didn't even know what SSD dram was and just bought the cheapest Samsung and Crucial offerings. people on this site tend to say you NEED relatively expensive features that most people really don't.
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09-19-2022 at 10:20 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:20 AM.
Quote from TalentedHaddock257 :
No. This drive tends to freeze when it wants to do some internal maintenance. The freeze periods can be quite long - 10-15 seconds.

For an OS drive you want something with DRAM, like Hynix S31, WD Blue, MX500.
What about Crucial P5 (NVMe)?
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09-19-2022 at 10:22 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:22 AM.
Quote from TrevynA :
Same, I've used only DRAM-less SSDs for years as I didn't even know what SSD dram was and just bought the cheapest Samsung and Crucial offerings. people on this site tend to say you NEED relatively expensive features that most people really don't.
I think it's because the increase from mechanical spinning platters to a solid state disk is so drastic that you don't notice those minor hiccups. Once you get used to one with proper cache, you will notice it more.

So like anything, buyer beware.
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doctorttt
09-19-2022 at 10:29 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:29 AM.
Mx500 is the ssd to get, not this one
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SimMike777
09-19-2022 at 10:36 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:36 AM.
I would get the MX if you can get a good price.
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09-19-2022 at 10:47 AM.
09-19-2022 at 10:47 AM.
pretty cool that ssds are finally around the same price as hdds
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Ilovedeals
09-19-2022 at 11:45 AM.
09-19-2022 at 11:45 AM.
seems like a good ps4 drive
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09-19-2022 at 11:50 AM.
09-19-2022 at 11:50 AM.
Quote from gamingdroid :
What about Crucial P5 (NVMe)?
I have no experience with P5. It has a different controller, so it could be more sensible. Search or reddit and see if there is an issue.
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09-19-2022 at 11:52 AM.
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Quote from gamingdroid :
I think it's because the increase from mechanical spinning platters to a solid state disk is so drastic that you don't notice those minor hiccups. Once you get used to one with proper cache, you will notice it more.

So like anything, buyer beware.
That's not true. I was using BX500 as a system drive, and it was locking up way worse than the HDD prior to that. DRAM drives cost about $10 more, and return that handsomely in terms of performance.
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09-19-2022 at 12:07 PM.
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Quote from TalentedHaddock257 :
That's not true. I was using BX500 as a system drive, and it was locking up way worse than the HDD prior to that. DRAM drives cost about $10 more, and return that handsomely in terms of performance.
YMMV

Quote from TalentedHaddock257 :
I have no experience with P5. It has a different controller, so it could be more sensible. Search or reddit and see if there is an issue.
I personally haven't noticed any issues.
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09-19-2022 at 12:25 PM.
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I personally haven't noticed any issues.[/quote]
Quote from TalentedHaddock257 :
That's not true. I was using BX500 as a system drive, and it was locking up way worse than the HDD prior to that. DRAM drives cost about $10 more, and return that handsomely in terms of performance.
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YMMV
Yep, it's YMMV indeed, so choose carefully :
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc...orks_just/
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09-19-2022 at 01:09 PM.
09-19-2022 at 01:09 PM.
While crucial is great brand, the bx serious has low tbw. Go for their MX series. Much much better. Maybe will cost you $15 more but totally worth it.
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09-19-2022 at 02:10 PM.
09-19-2022 at 02:10 PM.
Quote from TalentedHaddock257 :
No. This drive tends to freeze when it wants to do some internal maintenance. The freeze periods can be quite long - 10-15 seconds.

For an OS drive you want something with DRAM, like Hynix S31, WD Blue, MX500.
While it's better to have one with DRAM when using it for an OS drive, it's not totally necessary. I've used plenty of DRAM-less drives as system drives and they usually work adequately. Also, Raspberry Pis are designed to run off Micro-SD cards and generally do a lot less I/O than a regular PC.

That said, I would strongly advise against the Crucial BX500. I too have had the freezing issue and found that the ONLY solution is to wipe the drive and re-write all the data. It is by far the worst SSD I've ever used and truly does slow down well below the speeds of a hard drive. I'd buy one of those cheap no-name drives before I'd buy another one of these.
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09-19-2022 at 02:56 PM.
09-19-2022 at 02:56 PM.
I moved my system into a more modern case and it only had room for 2 - 3.5 HDD (I had 4).
So I'm using this to replace a 7 year old WD Black with music and pictures on it. Im sure it will be fine for this.

I also added one of the Samsung Refurb m.2 NVMe drives from best buy (980 non pro 1tb $75) So I'm slowly moving away from the 3.5 drives completely.
But the 4TB is gona be an expensive one to replace.
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09-19-2022 at 04:03 PM.
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I have used several BX drives. They are probably the best dramless drives on the market. The controllers handle this way better than others. Having said that, if the mx500 is only slightly more expensive, go for that model every time. I would only recommend the BX series for a second computer or cheap laptop or your grand parents computer for which they only use it for email and zoom.
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