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2TB Crucial MX500 TLC 3D NAND 2.5" Solid State Drive SSD

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Amazon has 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive SSD (CT2000MX500SSD1) on sale for $102.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member sr71 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Sequential reads/writes up to 560/510 MB/s and random reads/writes up to 95K/90K on all file types
  • Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology
  • Integrated Power Loss Immunity preserves all your saved work if the power unexpectedly gets cut
  • Aes 256-bit hardware-based encryption keeps data safe and secure from hackers and thieves

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  • Newegg has 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive SSD (CT2000MX500SSD1) on sale for $102.99 after promo code SSCQ832. Shipping is free.

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Amazon has 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive SSD (CT2000MX500SSD1) on sale for $102.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member sr71 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Sequential reads/writes up to 560/510 MB/s and random reads/writes up to 95K/90K on all file types
  • Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology
  • Integrated Power Loss Immunity preserves all your saved work if the power unexpectedly gets cut
  • Aes 256-bit hardware-based encryption keeps data safe and secure from hackers and thieves

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $4 lower than this current Front Page deal.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.8 from over 84,700 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this store:
  • Additional Note:
No Longer Available:
  • Newegg has 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive SSD (CT2000MX500SSD1) on sale for $102.99 after promo code SSCQ832. Shipping is free.

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tsm37
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Amazon is selling at the same price
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While the old Samsung 860 EVO was great, the 870 EVO has been plagued with reliability issues. I keep hearing claims that the issue has been resolved with a firmware update or hardware revision but I remain wary. For now, even if the prices were the same, I probably wouldn't pick the Samsung.



Ironically, the firmware update seems to have made Crucial Storage Executive work even worse with my drive. However, I have yet to notice any issue with actual drive functionality. I think they still have some work to do on this variant.

I think you can tell when the drive was manufactured by the first two or four digits of the serial number. I suspect they're in a YYWW format (Y=year, W=week).

I believe you can tell which hardware variant by the second-to-last digit in the firmware version. They will all be M3CR0XY. X=2 in the original version. X=3 in the first major revision. X=4 in the latest variant (that I know of). The original version had 1GB DRAM per 1TB NAND. I'm not sure about the first major revision but suspect it may have been changed. I know the latest version has 512MB DRAM, regardless of capacity. Technically, it's only a downgrade at 1TB+ capacities (which is what most people are buying now). It's unchanged for the 500GB model and possibly an upgrade for the 250GB model (who buys that???).

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Mar 08, 2023 07:59 PM
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tsm37Mar 08, 2023 07:59 PM
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Amazon is selling at the same price
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Nvermind.
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Amazon [amazon.com] has 2TB Crucial MX500 2.5" Internal SATA Solid State Drive SSD for $102.99. Shipping is Free

Product Description from Store
  • Sequential reads/writes up to 560/510 MB/s and random reads/writes up to 95K/90K on all file types
  • Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology
  • Integrated Power Loss Immunity preserves all your saved work if the power unexpectedly gets cut
  • Aes 256-bit hardware-based encryption keeps data safe and secure from hackers and thieves
  • Crucial 5-year limited warranty
Last edited by tDames March 8, 2023 at 01:07 PM.
Mar 08, 2023 11:15 PM
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noobtech206Mar 08, 2023 11:15 PM
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This is my favorite 2.5 ssd everrrrrr.
Mar 08, 2023 11:23 PM
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fantastliMar 08, 2023 11:23 PM
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Is it good for PS4?
Mar 08, 2023 11:49 PM
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ScubaslimMar 08, 2023 11:49 PM
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Quote from fantastli :
Is it good for PS4?
It's what I have in mine. Seems to work better than the first SSD I tried
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rbross3030Mar 09, 2023 12:13 AM
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So what's the deal with these Crucial drives now? I've bought a bunch of these in the past but I've read Crucial has been silently downgrading the hardware on these under the same model number, and I see a lot of reviews nowadays saying these sometimes die after a year or so. Can someone in the know explain more? If there's bad serial #s to look out for I could buy and just return if I get a bad batch but I don't know what to look out for.

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DraconianMeasuresMar 09, 2023 01:17 AM
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Quote from rbross3030 :
So what's the deal with these Crucial drives now? I've bought a bunch of these in the past but I've read Crucial has been silently downgrading the hardware on these under the same model number, and I see a lot of reviews nowadays saying these sometimes die after a year or so. Can someone in the know explain more? If there's bad serial #s to look out for I could buy and just return if I get a bad batch but I don't know what to look out for.
i dont know the answer to that question, but when ssd first came out they worried they would not last long enough, probably over-saftey padded them. makes sense if they start lasting too long the conglomerates would want them to die faster to sell more. same as every industry.
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KorboMar 09, 2023 02:13 AM
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Quote from rbross3030 :
So what's the deal with these Crucial drives now? I've bought a bunch of these in the past but I've read Crucial has been silently downgrading the hardware on these under the same model number, and I see a lot of reviews nowadays saying these sometimes die after a year or so. Can someone in the know explain more? If there's bad serial #s to look out for I could buy and just return if I get a bad batch but I don't know what to look out for.
At least some of the failures were apparently from a firmware issue [reddit.com], so be sure to update it as soon as you get it.

I'd like to find out when the DRAM size downgrade happened, since my box says (c)2020-2021, if that means anything.
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a repost from a staff!?
https://slickdeals.net/f/16497436-2tb-crucial-mx500-tlc-3d-nand-2-5-solid-state-drive-ssd-103-free-shipping
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beritolamMar 09, 2023 04:17 AM
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Crucial may be cutting corners. But in the land of the slowly dying out 2.5 SSDs, the only drive that you could argue is better than Crucial is Samsung...and Samsung 2TB 2.5 SSDs start around $140 right now.

I have deployed multiple versions of the mx500 over the years, and never have had any problems. The older ones all have made it 5 years without a hiccup.
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Quote from beritolam :
Crucial may be cutting corners. But in the land of the slowly dying out 2.5 SSDs, the only drive that you could argue is better than Crucial is Samsung...and Samsung 2TB 2.5 SSDs start around $140 right now.

I have deployed multiple versions of the mx500 over the years, and never have had any problems. The older ones all have made it 5 years without a hiccup.
While the old Samsung 860 EVO was great, the 870 EVO has been plagued with reliability issues. I keep hearing claims that the issue has been resolved with a firmware update or hardware revision but I remain wary. For now, even if the prices were the same, I probably wouldn't pick the Samsung.

Quote from Korbo :
At least some of the failures were apparently from a firmware issue [reddit.com], so be sure to update it as soon as you get it.

I'd like to find out when the DRAM size downgrade happened, since my box says (c)2020-2021, if that means anything.
Ironically, the firmware update seems to have made Crucial Storage Executive work even worse with my drive. However, I have yet to notice any issue with actual drive functionality. I think they still have some work to do on this variant.

I think you can tell when the drive was manufactured by the first two or four digits of the serial number. I suspect they're in a YYWW format (Y=year, W=week).

I believe you can tell which hardware variant by the second-to-last digit in the firmware version. They will all be M3CR0XY. X=2 in the original version. X=3 in the first major revision. X=4 in the latest variant (that I know of). The original version had 1GB DRAM per 1TB NAND. I'm not sure about the first major revision but suspect it may have been changed. I know the latest version has 512MB DRAM, regardless of capacity. Technically, it's only a downgrade at 1TB+ capacities (which is what most people are buying now). It's unchanged for the 500GB model and possibly an upgrade for the 250GB model (who buys that???).
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savagepaganMar 09, 2023 07:49 AM
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They dropped the price again. I bought it just a few days ago for $107.
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The previous low is $106 -ish last Oct. This is a great price for a TLC and dram drive.

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Frank_NittyMar 09, 2023 02:47 PM
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This deal looks so tempting as each day passes, and I wish it was a Gen 4 NVMe SSD instead at the price. That may sound delusional, but just wishful thinking. Should I pull the trigger?

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