Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - $48

[hal]

CHEAP

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078211KBB

[gadje]

I read reports of Crucial failing more than other reputable brands like Samsung for example.

In my very limited experience, I had one Crucial M4 fail after a few days and another Crucial with a few bad sectors.
Disk Utility says it is OK, 2 other utilities (Volitan’s SMART Utility and another one I don’t recall right now) report some bad sectors.

I have 2 other Crucial which are just fine and a few other brands (Samsung, WD) which are also just fine.

YMMV of course.

[Forrest]

SATA drives test much slower than NVME SSD drives. Amazon is currently selling the Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD which PCIe Gen 3x4 interface with read speeds up to 2,200MB/s and write speeds up to 1,600MB/s at $34.97

[jdc]

What Forrest said. NVMes are dropping faster than 2.5" SSDs. "Much slower" might be a misnomer, unless you spend the $$$ on a Thunderbolt case.

1 TB Sabrent Rocket Q is currently $50, add a $20 USBC case for potential 10 GB/s speedy storage.

And that's great if you just want a small budget drive, but 2TB NVMe is the sweet spot right now, with many name brands at $80-90 --plus case = $100-110 for 2 TB.

FWIW, if you don't want to DIY, several prebuilt options same price -- Samsung T5, Crucial X8, etc.

[hal]

you guys do realize that there a people who have computers with 2.5" bays in them right?

[jdc]

hal wrote:
you guys do realize that there a people who have computers with 2.5" bays in them right?

Absolutely, but no macs since 2012 13" MBP.

If you have a PC, and its not super old, odds are you have a PCIe slot on your mobo.

[Robert M]

Hal,

I'm sure everyone here realizes that. Still, dollar for dollar, if someone is buying the drive for use in an external solution, then it doesn't pay to go with a 2.5" model when an NVME stick will be significantly faster. Even in a USB 3.x enclosure.

Robert

[Black]

Nice. I just ordered 3 no-name 2 TB 2.5" SSDs off Amz at $65 each to take my 2012 Mini to SSD only.

[ka jowct]

I haven't had any Crucial drive failures yet. I have them in three older MBPs and one 2012 Mini.

[datbeme]

I like those Crucial 512GB/1TB SATA SSDs for clone backups and for storing previous OS versions. For bare bones versions, even 256GB would do. They pop into toaster docks like Atari game cartridges, they don't require an enclosure, and the extra speed isn't necessary.