Crucial M500's on sale - 2.5" and mSATA

[MiniKnight]

Pre-BF sale: Crucial sale at Amazon

240GB - $99 2.5 and $129 mSATA
480GB - $199 - even for mSATA
960GB - $389

These don't have power loss protection but they're cheap and reliable.

That 480GB mSATA is hot.

 

[andrewbedia]

...dang. too bad amazon charges tax for me, making it not worth it.

still good though. huge fan of crucial after reading very positive warranty service experiences.

 

[Chuntzu]

Why not get the m550? $10 more for the same size drives with much better write speeds?

 

[andrewbedia]

Pretty sure the MX100 is the one to go for nowadays Amazon.com: Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT512MX100SSD1: Computers & Accessories

Even has power loss prevention.

 

[Patrick]

Pretty sure the MX100 is the one to go for nowadays Amazon.com: Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT512MX100SSD1: Computers & Accessories

Even has power loss prevention.

All of these Crucial consumer drives do not. Sly marketing ploy.

 

[andrewbedia]

Can you link to a neutral third party that has confirmed that @Patrick ? I see bank of SMT caps on the board.

I know the Crucial M4 didn't have this feature, but everything I'm reading says that M500 and MX100 have it. I've even seen pictures.

 

[andrewbedia]

I did some digging, and this seems to be very educational:
http://www.micron.com/-/media/docum.../ssd_power_loss_protection_white_paper_lo.pdf

I know what Patrick means now.

 

[0dd]

FMA1394 thanks for posting that white paper in all the time i have seen power loss prevention talked about with SSD's i never fully understood it, now it finaly clicked.