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# 530 MB/s read speed 525 GB storage 90x energy efficient Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1

**Brand:** crucial
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## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate Your Storage Game!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1 by crucial
- **How much does it cost?** € 1.06 with free shipping
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## Best For

- crucial enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted crucial brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Dynamic Write Acceleration:** Get faster saves and file transfers, keeping your workflow smooth and efficient.
- • **Energy Efficiency Champion:** Over 90 times more energy efficient than traditional hard drives, saving you money and the planet.
- • **Advanced 3D NAND Technology:** Powered by Micron 3D NAND, enjoy enhanced durability and performance.
- • **Unleash Lightning-Fast Speeds:** Experience sequential reads/writes up to 530/510 MB/s, making file transfers a breeze.
- • **Massive Storage in a Compact Design:** With 525 GB of space, store all your essential files without compromise.

## Overview

The Crucial MX300 525GB SSD combines cutting-edge 3D NAND technology with impressive read/write speeds, offering a perfect blend of performance and efficiency for both PC and Mac users. With its compact design and energy-saving features, this SSD is ideal for professionals seeking reliable and fast storage solutions.

## Description

Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1

Review: Great Mainstream Drive with Competitive Performance, Pricing, and Crucial's Reputation for Reliability - This is a really nice drive with competitive specs, but not quite the best. The price per GB, the extra GB's in this size category along with it being made by Crucial and with a stated endurance of up to 220 TBW all add up to a great value. Some have complained that nothing comes with the drive and other than the 9mm spacer that is true, yet this is pretty much how most all drives are sold these days. The one drawback if you were hoping for a good migration tool is that they supply a key for downloading Acronis 2015 which recently was updated with patch 6613 and is now supposed to support Windows 10. I don't trust True Image any more after a simple cloning failed and corrupted my original drive. I simply downloaded Macrium Reflect Free which is very reliable and supports Windows 10. The way that I configured my new drive may not be the fastest, but it is safe and reliable. After installing Reflect, I created a full verified system image and put a copy on an external USB 3 drive, Next I disconnected my system drive and booted up off a Rescue Media CD. The external drive containing the system image was connected to one port and the new SSD was connected to another port via a Startech USB 3 to SATA 3 cable. Fired up the restoration and 22 minutes later it completed successfully. I connected it up to an internal SATA port and it booted right up without any problems. The only other thing I did was rename the C: partition to eliminate any confusion and pulled up Disk Management and extended the primary partition to incorporate the remaining unallocated space. This drive formats out to 489.05 GB which is about 43 GB more than a formatted 480 GB drive. My method isn't the fastest way to set up the new drive, but it is extremely safe because while I am doing the image restore my original drive isn't hooked up so even if the restore failed I would still have a perfectly good system drive if needed. In actual use it feels every bit as fast as my Samsung 850 EVO drive. I haven't tried enabling the Momentum Cache feature that allows for dynamically allocating up to 25% of idle system memory for burst writes and is supposed to nearly quadruple the speed. So far it is running very fast so I might not bother with it for now. My experience with other Crucial drives and memory has been excellent and have never had any problems and that was a big factor in choosing this drive as reliability is more important to me than having the absolute fastest drive. I also have several Samsung drives that have performed well and have never given me any problems. A 500 GB 850 EVO carries about a 25% premium over this 525 GB drive and it just doesn't seem to be anywhere near 25% faster, in fact under normal use I don't notice any significant difference, though the Samsung will benchmark out a bit higher. Either one of these drives would have been fine, but given the extra capacity and no discernible difference in everyday use I am very satisfied with this drive. Both are very well made and reliable drives. Update 9/24: I have enabled Momentum Cache and it does make a noticeable difference in the overall performance. My system has 16 GB of memory which means that this can allocate up to 4 GB of unused memory for caching. The nice thing is that it will adjust the amount of memory that it utilizes dynamically according to system demands and loading so that it won't have over allocated memory at a time when the system has a higher demand for more memory. It has worked very well so far without any hiccups, and I don't notice that it is there except that everything is faster. I am running Windows 10.
Review: Mature SSD technology that's affordable - Needing more storage space, I removed my m.2 PCIe x4 SSD (think 2000MB/s read speed) for this MX300 model. 1TB NVMe PCIe x4 drives cost more than twice as much as this model right now, and with drive longevity having improved in the industry in general, even TLC chips will enjoy a healthy lifespan (imagine how much more robust MLC chips are, but that issue of cost is a biggie). The good: * ECC checking for greater data integrity * hardware data encryption * 530MB/s read, 510MB/s write speeds - even coming from my previous model SSD that had 4x those speeds, I haven't noticed any real life performance issues - this drive is fast from a real world perspective. * 1TB of space for $289 at the time of this writing is downright impressive * stays cool under use (Win10 is updating in the background, SSD remains at 37C under load, 30 idle in my 23C room. SSDs need to remain as cool as possible for longevity and stability concerns) The bad: * benchmark tests do reveal high latency under more demanding disk I/O processes, which I've not yet experienced and I do considerable use, even virtual machines. Most users won't even notice this so as far as "bad" goes, it's not very bad The following 4 items pertain to SSD drives in general: * as with all SSDs, for the sake of drive write longevity (TRIM, wear-leveling, garbage collection features designed to improve longevity), try to leave 20% of space available at any given time. * don't use compression on the data on this drive (e.g. NTFS). * don't defrag a SSD, you'll wear it out quicker * TLC means more data is put into each cell. 3 bits, to be exact. (MLC holds 1 bit per cell). Every time a cell is written to, its lifespan diminishes. That's why TRIM and garbage collection were created, to more effectively store data in cells and place data in areas that hadn't been written to as often in order to increase lifespan. Under normal drive use, you're likely not going to encounter any problems during or even for some time after the warranty period ends. (Those 2x-as-expensive drives may offer 10 year warranties, but are you doing extensive disk writes the way server computers do? Know your needs and, in most cases, this MX300 is going to be perfect.) The ugly: * The m.2 version is still a SATA drive, but the NVMe PCI 3.0 drives offer 4x the read speed (and more than 2x the money for the same storage capacity). Looking forward to when Corsair makes one in the next couple of years. :) Summary: I am coming from a faster SSD for the sake of more space, so any nitpicks I have need to be kept in context. Anyone coming from a platter-based HDD is going to love this drive. It's economical and robust. Error handling algorithms help ensure data integrity and drive longevity. The only nitpick worth mentioning is the potential latency issue, which most users are not going to experience. No real need to take off a star over that, to be honest. If one is running a web server or database server with constant, heavy traffic, they would be looking at enterprise-grade drives to begin with. :) Highly recommended.

## Features

- Brand New in box. The product ships with all relevant accessories

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01IAGSD68 |
| Additional Features | Portable |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,263 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Brand | Crucial |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 525 |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Connectivity Technology | SATA |
| Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 12,017 Reviews |
| Data Transfer Rate | 6 gigabits_per_second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 525 GB |
| Enclosure Material | Nand Flash |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00649528777201, 04058154115589, 06953040952966 |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA |
| Hard-Drive Size | 525 GB |
| Hardware Connectivity | SATA 6.0 Gb/s |
| Hardware Platform | PC & Mac |
| Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
| Item Part Number | CT525MX300SSD1 |
| Item Weight | 0.01 kg |
| Manufacturer | Crucial |
| Media Speed | 510 megabits_per_second |
| Mfr Part Number | 150084 |
| Model Name | MICRON CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC |
| Model Number | CT525MX300SSD1 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Read Speed | 530 megabytes_per_second |
| Special Feature | Portable |
| UPC | 649528777201 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Crucial
- **Compatible Devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity Technology:** SATA
- **Digital Storage Capacity:** 525 GB
- **Hard Disk Description:** Solid State Drive
- **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 2.5 inches
- **Hard Disk Interface:** Serial ATA
- **Hard Disk Size:** 525 GB
- **Installation Type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special Feature:** Portable

## Images

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![Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51o4RAh-UOL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Mainstream Drive with Competitive Performance, Pricing, and Crucial's Reputation for Reliability
*by C***E on September 10, 2016*

This is a really nice drive with competitive specs, but not quite the best. The price per GB, the extra GB's in this size category along with it being made by Crucial and with a stated endurance of up to 220 TBW all add up to a great value. Some have complained that nothing comes with the drive and other than the 9mm spacer that is true, yet this is pretty much how most all drives are sold these days. The one drawback if you were hoping for a good migration tool is that they supply a key for downloading Acronis 2015 which recently was updated with patch 6613 and is now supposed to support Windows 10. I don't trust True Image any more after a simple cloning failed and corrupted my original drive. I simply downloaded Macrium Reflect Free which is very reliable and supports Windows 10. The way that I configured my new drive may not be the fastest, but it is safe and reliable. After installing Reflect, I created a full verified system image and put a copy on an external USB 3 drive, Next I disconnected my system drive and booted up off a Rescue Media CD. The external drive containing the system image was connected to one port and the new SSD was connected to another port via a Startech USB 3 to SATA 3 cable. Fired up the restoration and 22 minutes later it completed successfully. I connected it up to an internal SATA port and it booted right up without any problems. The only other thing I did was rename the C: partition to eliminate any confusion and pulled up Disk Management and extended the primary partition to incorporate the remaining unallocated space. This drive formats out to 489.05 GB which is about 43 GB more than a formatted 480 GB drive. My method isn't the fastest way to set up the new drive, but it is extremely safe because while I am doing the image restore my original drive isn't hooked up so even if the restore failed I would still have a perfectly good system drive if needed. In actual use it feels every bit as fast as my Samsung 850 EVO drive. I haven't tried enabling the Momentum Cache feature that allows for dynamically allocating up to 25% of idle system memory for burst writes and is supposed to nearly quadruple the speed. So far it is running very fast so I might not bother with it for now. My experience with other Crucial drives and memory has been excellent and have never had any problems and that was a big factor in choosing this drive as reliability is more important to me than having the absolute fastest drive. I also have several Samsung drives that have performed well and have never given me any problems. A 500 GB 850 EVO carries about a 25% premium over this 525 GB drive and it just doesn't seem to be anywhere near 25% faster, in fact under normal use I don't notice any significant difference, though the Samsung will benchmark out a bit higher. Either one of these drives would have been fine, but given the extra capacity and no discernible difference in everyday use I am very satisfied with this drive. Both are very well made and reliable drives. Update 9/24: I have enabled Momentum Cache and it does make a noticeable difference in the overall performance. My system has 16 GB of memory which means that this can allocate up to 4 GB of unused memory for caching. The nice thing is that it will adjust the amount of memory that it utilizes dynamically according to system demands and loading so that it won't have over allocated memory at a time when the system has a higher demand for more memory. It has worked very well so far without any hiccups, and I don't notice that it is there except that everything is faster. I am running Windows 10.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mature SSD technology that's affordable
*by T***2 on June 28, 2017*

Needing more storage space, I removed my m.2 PCIe x4 SSD (think 2000MB/s read speed) for this MX300 model. 1TB NVMe PCIe x4 drives cost more than twice as much as this model right now, and with drive longevity having improved in the industry in general, even TLC chips will enjoy a healthy lifespan (imagine how much more robust MLC chips are, but that issue of cost is a biggie). The good: * ECC checking for greater data integrity * hardware data encryption * 530MB/s read, 510MB/s write speeds - even coming from my previous model SSD that had 4x those speeds, I haven't noticed any real life performance issues - this drive is fast from a real world perspective. * 1TB of space for $289 at the time of this writing is downright impressive * stays cool under use (Win10 is updating in the background, SSD remains at 37C under load, 30 idle in my 23C room. SSDs need to remain as cool as possible for longevity and stability concerns) The bad: * benchmark tests do reveal high latency under more demanding disk I/O processes, which I've not yet experienced and I do considerable use, even virtual machines. Most users won't even notice this so as far as "bad" goes, it's not very bad The following 4 items pertain to SSD drives in general: * as with all SSDs, for the sake of drive write longevity (TRIM, wear-leveling, garbage collection features designed to improve longevity), try to leave 20% of space available at any given time. * don't use compression on the data on this drive (e.g. NTFS). * don't defrag a SSD, you'll wear it out quicker * TLC means more data is put into each cell. 3 bits, to be exact. (MLC holds 1 bit per cell). Every time a cell is written to, its lifespan diminishes. That's why TRIM and garbage collection were created, to more effectively store data in cells and place data in areas that hadn't been written to as often in order to increase lifespan. Under normal drive use, you're likely not going to encounter any problems during or even for some time after the warranty period ends. (Those 2x-as-expensive drives may offer 10 year warranties, but are you doing extensive disk writes the way server computers do? Know your needs and, in most cases, this MX300 is going to be perfect.) The ugly: * The m.2 version is still a SATA drive, but the NVMe PCI 3.0 drives offer 4x the read speed (and more than 2x the money for the same storage capacity). Looking forward to when Corsair makes one in the next couple of years. :) Summary: I am coming from a faster SSD for the sake of more space, so any nitpicks I have need to be kept in context. Anyone coming from a platter-based HDD is going to love this drive. It's economical and robust. Error handling algorithms help ensure data integrity and drive longevity. The only nitpick worth mentioning is the potential latency issue, which most users are not going to experience. No real need to take off a star over that, to be honest. If one is running a web server or database server with constant, heavy traffic, they would be looking at enterprise-grade drives to begin with. :) Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ AWESOME SSD Bang for Your Bucks -- BUT with 1 Caveat!
*by P***L on December 26, 2016*

Until my purchase of this Crucial MX300 SSD, I only bought Samsung SSDs. I intended to buy a Samsung EVO 850 500GB, but I choked on its $179 price. THEN I saw the Crucial SSD 525GB for $119...and could not resist. So far, the Crucial is a GREAT choice. HERE'S WHY! FASTER THAN SAMSUNG: In comparison to my 'decommissioned' Samsung EVO 850 250GB, the Crucial MX300 is noticeably faster. The Crucial boots up Windows 10 a little faster. Big software, like Photoshop, opens a little faster. There isn't a massive performance difference. Nonetheless, I am very impressed with the very snappy speed of the Crucial. It is the fastest SSD I have owned yet. RELIABILITY: I always bought Samsungs because of their rock-solid reliability. That factor almost caused me to pay $179 for the EVO 850. HOWEVER, I bought Crucial RAM since the 1990s because of its extreme reliability for my custom PC builds . So, I hoped Crucial SSDs are as solid as Crucial RAM. So far, so good...but it is only Day 8...and thus only time will tell. MOMENTUM CACHE: This feature dramatically improves the SSD's 'burst' performance. (I think this feature is why software apps open faster in Crucial than with a Samsung SSD.) PRICE: At $119, the Crucial is a bargain in comparison to Samsungs and Intel SSDs. At $89, it is a screaming steal (which I paid for my 2nd Crucial during an Amazon sale). Definitely 5 Stars for price. SUPERIOR USA-Based TECH SUPPORT: I had a little trouble with setting up the SSD. I thought I got a defective one. I called Crucial Tech Support. A very courteous, knowledgeable technician discovered I overlooked a critical step. My mistake. Thus, the issue was resolved quickly. Afterwards, the SSD worked perfectly. The CON: MEDIOCRE SET-UP UTILITY: Crucial's software utility for setting up the MX300 SSD is a little clunky in comparison to the software offered by Samsung and Intel. Thus, initial set-up is slightly more tricky. In fact, my first attempt failed (but not to worry...just call Crucial Tech Support if you get stuck). CRITICAL ADVICE: You can't just install the Crucial SSD (either as an internal or external drive) and hope it will be immediately recognized by Windows. The SSD will not appear in Windows Explorer (or File Explorer). After connecting the Crucial SSD, you have to open Windows' Disk Management utility and INITIALIZE the SSD. Then it will be recognized and ready for the additional steps below. (If you don't know how to initialize the SSD, call Crucial Tech Support.) CRUCIAL ADDITIONAL STEPS: 1. Download and install Crucial's utility called Crucial Storage Executive. (I installed and used the utility after clean installing Windows 10 and updates on the SSD. You should use the utility before installing apps and other software.) 2. *** VITAL *** Use the utility to UPDATE the SSD's FIRMWARE. My SSD's firmware was out-of-date. 3. Use the utility to OVER-PROVISION the Crucial SSD. Use the recommended setting. (Over-provisioning will extend the life of the SSD at the cost of reducing the usable drive space by about 40 GB. Yes, some geeks say over-provisioning is unnecessary for modern SSDs...but I have a strong feeling that it should be done for the Crucial). 4. Enable the Momentum Cache feature. Perform the steps cited above...and your awesome Crucial SSD is ready to blast off! The VERDICT: If the Crucial MX300 proves to be as durable and reliable as Intels and Samsungs, it is definitely the best quality, fastest 'consumer' SSD for the lowest price. I am betting the Crucial is rock-solid. That's why I bought a second one less than 2 weeks after the first. :-)

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