Crucial BX500 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III QLC 3D NAND CT480BX500SSD1T

General Information for Crucial Hard Drives

Crucial BX500. SSD capacity: 480 GB, SSD form factor: 2.5", Read speed: 540 MB/s, Write speed: 500 MB/s, Data transfer rate: 6 Gbit/s, Component for: PC/Laptop

BX500

- Boot up faster. Load files quicker. Improve overall system responsiveness.
- 300% faster than a typical hard drive1
- Improves battery life because its 45x more energy efficient than a typical hard drive2
- Micron 3D NAND advancing the world's memory and storage technology for 40 years

Essential performance
The easiest way to get all the speed of a new computer without the price.

Ever wonder why your phone responds faster than your computer? It's because your phone runs on flash memory. Add flash to your laptop or desktop computer with the Crucial BX500 SSD, the easiest way to get all the speed of a new computer without the price. Accelerate everything.

Improve Performance

Boot up faster. Load files quicker. Improve overall system responsiveness for all your computing needs.

Tools for Easy Installation

Our simple instructions, cloning software, and how-to videos make installation straightforward! Millions of people have upgraded with a Crucial SSD.

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3-year Limited Warranty1

We back thousands of validation hours, dozens of qualification tests, and a heritage of award-winning SSDs with a 3-year limited warranty.

Micron quality a higher level of reliability

With thousands of hours of Micron pre-release validation, dozens of SSD qualification tests, and a heritage of award- winning SSDs, the Crucial BX500 has been thoroughly tried, tested, and proven.

1. Warranty valid for three years from the original date of purchase or before writing the maximum total bytes written (TBW) as published on our website and as measured in the products SMART data, whichever comes first.
2. Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch. BX500

Further details for this product, BX500, can be found at the manufacturer website. Please note, these web addresse(s) are supplied by 3rd parties, Quzo UK is not responsible for the content.

480 GB, 2.5", 540 MB/s / 500 MB/s, SATA 6.0Gb/s, 3D NAND, 7 mm

Crucial BX500. SSD capacity: 480 GB, SSD form factor: 2.5", Read speed: 540 MB/s, Write speed: 500 MB/s, Data transfer rate: 6 Gbit/s, Component for: PC/Laptop

Warranty information: Limited 3-year

Initial Release Date: 12/09/2018

Crucial BX500 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III QLC 3D NAND CT480BX500SSD1T Specifications

Product Type Internal Solid State Drives Product Type Solid State Drives Product Type Hard Drives Brand Crucial Collection Model Crucial BX500 Manufacturer Product Type Crucial Hard Drives Product colour Black Interface Serial ATA III Form Factor 2.5" Interface S-ATA/600 Form Factor 2.5" SATA Hard Drives Data transfer rate 6 Gbit/s ECC Yes Capacity 480GB SSD form factor 2.5" SSD capacity 480 GB Security algorithms 256-bit AES Power consumption (read) 3 W Power consumption (write) 3 W Width 100.3 mm Height 7 mm Depth 63.5 mm S.M.A.R.T. support Yes Mean time between failures (MTBF) 1500000 h Year 2018 Memory Type QLC 3D NAND NAND flash type SLC (Single Level Cell) Component for PC/notebook Component for PC/Laptop Read Speed 540 MB/s Write Speed 500 MB/s TRIM support Yes SSD temperature monitoring Yes Active garbage collection Yes Harmonized System (HS) code 84717070 Endurance rating (for 5 years) 65 GB/day Operating temperature (T-T) 0 - 70 C Certification FCC, UL, TUV, KCC, BSMI, VCCI, CE, WEE, EPEAT, Halogen Free, SATA-IO, ICES Sustainability certificates RoHS Compliance certificates RoHS Bundled software Acronis True Image Package Type OEM Series BX500 Web Address www.crucial.com Model Number CT480BX500SSD1T Max. Sequential Read Rate 540MB/s Max. Sequential Write Rate 500MB/s Product Height 7mm Package Contents SSD Keywords SSD480GBBX5007mm2.5-inch3D NAND MPN CT480BX500SSD1T Drive Type(s) Supported Internal SSD

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Crucial BX500 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III QLC 3D NAND CT480BX500SSD1T Reviews

+Blissfully cheap, Impressive read and write speeds
-Low TBW rating

Some PC enthusiasts might look at the TBW limits or small file transfer speeds and scoff, but then the BX500 was never for them. This is a simple yet sufficiently quick entry-level SSD, priced accordingly, which means almost anyone can upgrade from their...

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+Strong sequential burst performance, Low cost, Supporting software,
-Lower than average application performance, Low endurance, Low sustained write performance

Crucial's BX500 is a cheap option that will outperform any HDD as a boot drive, but it comes with drawbacks. The BX500's low endurance and application performance rank far behind most current-gen SSDs in the market. Pricing is competitive, but there are m...

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+Strong Sequential performance, Price, Crucial Storage Executive software
-DRAM-less design does affect performance, Kitguru says: If you are on a very tight budget and need a 480GB SSD then Crucial's BX500 is an obvious choice but and it's a big but, there are much better-performing drives on the market for not very much m

Crucial once reigned supreme in the entry-level SSD market segment but this a segment that has become ferociously competitive so to give the Crucial BX500 a fighting chance, Crucial have gone all out to keep the cost of building the drive as low as possib...

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