Crucial BX500 500GB 2.5" SATA SSD

The Crucial BX500 is the straightforward way to bring an ageing desktop or notebook back to life. Swapping a mechanical hard drive for this 500 GB SSD cuts boot times, application launches and file transfers dramatically, at a fraction of the cost of replacing the machine.

It uses a standard 2.5-inch 7 mm form factor and a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, so it fits the drive bay and cable already in almost every system built in the last fifteen years. Sequential reads reach up to 550 MB/s — effectively the ceiling of the SATA interface — and Micron 3D NAND keeps the drive running cooler and quieter than the hard drive it replaces, with no moving parts to fail.

Rated for 120 TB written and backed by a three-year limited warranty, the BX500 is aimed at everyday desktop, notebook and office workloads rather than sustained heavy writes. For those, step up to a DRAM-equipped or NVMe drive.