Crucial M500 2.5" SATA III 240Gb solid-state drive

The Crucial M500 Gb solid-state SSD drive rightfully belongs to the high performance segment. This is possible thanks to its impressive speeds:

• Read speed - 500 MB/s;
• Write speed - 250 MB/s.

Such speeds were achieved not only through the use of next-generation chips, but also by utilizing the accelerated ONFI 3.0 interface.

The drive's form factor is 2.5 inches, which allows it to be installed not only in laptops but also in desktop systems with SATAIII support, significantly boosting the performance of any mentioned device. In addition, this drive is interesting for its other features.

The Crucial M500 model is equipped with chips that have been enlarged from 64 Gb to 128 Gb. This increase in size not only enhances the storage capacity, but also increases the page size from 8 to 16 KB. The number of pages per block has also increased to 512.

Inside the aluminum housing, there are 16 NAND chips that store all the information.