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Of course I liked it better when it was on sale for $48
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but this is the lowest price I've seen on it for a while... it got recommendations and good reviews from various websites back in it's time for being a reliable quality ssd (2.5 form factor) drive although there's been some controversy about the newer versions of it having problems with the firmware..
... on the other hand I've purchased (thinks) .. going off memory maybe two or three of the newer (firmware wise that is) that I've been using for several months now with no problems... I've purchased .. going off memory here I think maybe nine or ten of them of various sizes (from 250 GB to 1 TB, 1 TB more often than not ) and installed them in various desktop and laptops and have not had problems with any of them.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078211KBB
if that link doesn't work you can search on amazon by the model number, CT1000MX500SSD1
some reviews from way back when the drive was first introduced I believe
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/crucial-mx500
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...,5390.html
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I did see that with Samsung NVME and the trim issues. I don't believe it applies to a SATA drive but I could be wrong as I haven't investigated. I have a WD NVME (SN810) for my Hackintosh boot drive.
interesting, I forget which version required the apple drives, maybe big sur. if that changed then great, I really don't want to ever go back and open it again!
oh and yeah samsung sata drives don't seem to have any issues in the macs afaik.
This price is way too high for 1tb.
This price is way too high for 1tb.
He probably meant mb 😂
The other drive is rock solid from day 1.
The other drive is rock solid from day 1.
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A variant with different firmware AND hardware was released last year. I'm hoping this one properly resolved the issue. I have yet to hear of any major issues with it but it might be too early to tell.
Controller is SM2259AB
Flash is Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 2048Gb/CE 512Gb/die
(edit) I do think the cache was reduced from initial release though, you get more from Samsung for most equivalent models on that front.
Even external hard drive's are going down in price. I remember last year I bought a 5TB WD HD for around $80, now it's around $115