What is an SSD?
Do you know what an SSD is? Discover what SSDs do, the difference between HDDs and SSDs, and what's better for performance with Crucial
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Performance
Crucial MX500 SSD
Starting at
Best For: Students, general computing, mainstream users
- Read speeds up to 560MB/s
- Write speeds up to 510MB/s
- Capacity: 4TB, 2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB
- 5-Year limited warranty1
Crucial BX500 SSD
Starting at
Best For: Students, fast general computing, mainstream users New 4TB!
- Read speeds up to 540MB/s
- Write speeds up to 500MB/s
- Capacity: 4TB, 2TB, 1TB, 480GB, 240GB
- 5-Year limited warranty1
Quality upgrades for dependable storage
SATA SSD technology offers 4x faster2 performance than traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) while also running cooler, quieter, and less fragile to drops and bumps. You’ll notice an immediate difference in bootup and loading speeds. And with up to 4TB of storage space, you’ll have room for more family photos, important documents, videos, music and more.
Crucial’s award-winning SATA SSDs are built with the quality and reliability that are synonymous with Micron, a leader in memory and storage for 40 years. We invite you to explore our lineup of SATA drives – and if you need help, our free System Scanner tool can help match your computer with a 100% compatible upgrade, guaranteed.
Feeling creative? Inspiration is calling
Don’t let frustrating hardware slow your creative flow. With accelerated speeds up to 560MB/s, Crucial SATA SSDs cut the wait out of your projects so your imagination can soar.
Essential gaming performance
Whether you’re in a match with friends online or playing the latest AAA-title solo, time waits for no gamer. Ditch sluggish, outdated HDDs and transform your gaming experience. Leave load screens in the dust with SSD speeds up to 560MB/s.
Set the curve on performance
Ever wonder why your phone responds faster than the computer you use for school? It's probably time for an upgrade. Adding a SATA SSD to your computer is one of the easiest ways to get all the speed of a new computer without the price. You can count on Crucial SATA SSDs to give you the speed and reliability you need in the classroom and beyond.
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Crucial MX500 SSD
1TB
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Crucial MX500 SSD
1TB
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Crucial MX500 SSD
1TB
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Crucial BX500 SSD
960GB
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Crucial MX500 SSD
2TB
Additional resources
The Benefits of an SSD
Discover the advantages of a solid state drive (SSD) with Crucial’s guide.
Read moreHow to Upgrade to an SSD
Our helpful step-to-step guide tells you how to upgrade your computer to an SSD and why this change will help your computer’s performance.
Read more- Warranty valid for 3 to 5 years from the original date of purchase or before writing the maximum total bytes written (TBW) as published in the product datasheet and as measured in the product’s SMART data, whichever comes first.
- MB/s speed measured as maximum sequential performance of device as measured by Crucial on a high-performance desktop computer with Crystal Disk Mark (version 6.0.2 for x64). Your performance may vary. Comparative speed claims measured as maximum sequential performance of similarly situated portable SSDs, mainstream portable HDDs and mainstream USB flash drives from vertically integrated manufacturers selling under their own brands as of June 2019.