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Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Chris , review by: technologyx.com
The Crucial M550 2.5" SSD is truly a premium solid state drive that consistently provides excellent performance that will not leave you disappointed....
Abstract: Crucial has just released its latest the Crucial M550 SSD series, which offers capacities up to 1TB and is available in three different form factors - 2.5-inch, mSATA, and M.2. The 2.5-inch version is available in 128 GB (CT128M550SSD1), 256 GB (CT256M...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
When we peeked in the drive, we saw that there are 512GB (1GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes) of NAND present and after the units conversion, over-provisioning and Windows have their share, we are left with 476GiB logically (1Gib = 1,073,741,824 bytes). Compa...
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The Crucial M550 Series Solid State Drives In Various Form Factors,Find Them At Amazon.ComThe Crucial M550 series may be somewhat of an evolution of the manufacturer's M500 series of solid state drives which were released last year, but that doesn't make...
Outstanding 562/514 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, Native write acceleration – no compression used, Marvell 88SS9189 supports TRIM, NCQ, and Microsoft eDrive, TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption, 3Year Micron Technology product war
Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty, Most affordable SSD, but still expensive enthusiast product
Our first rating is performance, which compares how effective the Crucial M550 SSD performs in benchmark operations against competing SATA-based solid state drive storage solutions. For reference, Micron specifications suggest 550 MB/s maximum reads and...
Before we weigh in with our final verdict, we'll indulge a couple of our famous value scatter plots. These plots use an overall performance score derived by comparing how each drive stacks up against a common baseline. This score is based on a subset of ...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
Crucial/Micron significantly improves on their M500 release by adding the M550 which has upper tier performance, increased capacity, as well as a very competitive price. Crucial also includes the M.2 form factor which will benefit many newer systems avai...
Published: 2014-03-18, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.com
Our tests show that Crucial's refinements yield tangible performance improvements over the M500 SSD family. Marvell's 88SS9189 controller is responsible for much of this, though an optimized firmware helps make the M550 as fast as the quickest drives avai...
Abstract: While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...
