![]() It is available in capacities of 120GB ($59.99), 240GB ($89.99), and 480GB ($144.99). Sequential performance is rated at up to 555MB/s read and 515MB/s write. The Crucial BX300 is a SATA 6Gb/s SSD that comes in a 7mm 2.5″ form factor. SPECIFICATIONS, PRICING, AND AVAILABILITY The all-new, third generation, BX300 looks like it just could be the next value king, but with such fast change in the PC world as we know it today, will their tried and true recipe continue to deliver the goods? Read on to find out. Keeping the same recipe as the original BX100, Crucial now infusing their BX Series with a newer controller featuring SLC caching and their latest 3D MLC NAND. With such low prices, great performance, and Crucial’s focus on quality and reliability, it was a big win for both the end user and Crucial. They stripped away the enterprise features of the MX100, utilized a cheaper controller from Silicon Motion, but kept their quality NAND in this new series. The BX100 was Crucial’s first product series denoting an entry-level product that was aimed to replace HDDs. Today, Crucial SSDs are still some of the best value drives on the market. Back when I bought my Crucial M4 it was the best value at the time. The times are moving and boy are they moving fast, and Crucial is making times faster with their latest SSD, the BX300. SATA 6Gb/s is now standard, M.2 NVMe devices are nearly everywhere and more are yet to come, and USB 3.1 now has a Type-C connector that allows you to plug in a corresponding device on the first try! No more flipping the cable upside down three times to get it in once! My how things have changed. ![]() Since then, the computer market has evolved quite a bit. USB3.0 was just emerging in the market and M.2 NVMe devices were just a dream by those laying the groundwork for them. While my X58 motherboard had the latest SATA 6GB/s ports provided by Marvell chipset, those in the know always opted for the Intel SATA 3GB/s ports for the reliability. Remember, the Crucial MX200 500GB SSD was installed on my Asus Vivobook Ultrabook, with an 8GB DDR3-1333MHz memory.It seems like it was just yesterday that I was holding the Crucial M4 in my hands and I was ready to upgrade my first gen i7 system with my first SSD ever, let alone with the first SATA 6Gb/s SSD ever. As a result you see a significant increase in the sequential read/write speeds.īelow are some benchmarks I run comparing the speeds when Momentum Cache is disabled and when enabled. It’s using the system’s memory to read and write data first, instead of directly writing the data on the SSD itself. Momentum Cache is very similar with Samsung’s Rapid Mode or Plextor’s FlexTurbo. When you enable Momentum Cache, it will ask you to restart the system. Just be careful when sanitizing your drive as it will erase ALL data on the drive.įinally, here we have the option for the Momentum Cache. Using the tool, you can update your SSD’s firmware or “Sanitize” it, making sure that it’s running at its optimal speed. Also, the installation file is a huge 130MB+, and that’s a pretty large file compared to other utility software. ![]() ![]() The only thing that I didn’t like about this utility is that it is a web browser-based utility, meaning it will run using your system’s default web browser. The Storage Executive looks nice and simple, and it’s very easy to navigate. I’ve also included some benchmarks below including speeds when Momentum Cache is enabled. When I took the screenshots, the Crucial MX200 was installed on my Asus Vivobook as its OS drive. The previous version has only 6 main menus, now it has 7, the last one is for the Momentum Cache. Remember, this is Storage Executive V 3.20. The Crucial Storage Executive works with the Crucial MX-series, BX-series, M550, M500 SSDs and is compatible with Windows 7 or newer versions.
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