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With read speeds of up to 540MB/s, it significantly reduces boot times and improves file transfer speeds compared to traditional hard drives.Installation was straightforward, and the 2.5-inch form factor fits perfectly in standard laptop and desktop drive bays. Once installed, I noticed a substantial improvement in system responsiveness—programs open almost instantly, and multitasking has become much smoother. It’s also incredibly quiet, thanks to its SSD design with no moving parts, and it runs cooler than my old HDD.With 1TB of storage, it provides ample space for operating systems, applications, and files, making it a great all-around drive for work, gaming, or general use. Plus, it’s compatible with most devices, and Crucial’s software tools make cloning your old drive a breeze.Pros:Blazing-fast read speeds of up to 540MB/s.Large 1TB capacity for ample storage.Easy installation with standard 2.5-inch compatibility.Reliable and quiet operation with no moving parts.Excellent value for its performance and capacity.The Crucial BX500 1TB SSD is an excellent choice for anyone looking to upgrade their computer’s performance. Whether for gaming, productivity, or general use, it offers reliable, fast storage at a great price. Highly recommended!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"L***E"},"datePublished":"13 May 2025","name":"Great for giving an old laptop a new lease of life.","reviewBody":"Great affordable SSD. I needed a new drive to get an older laptop up and running again but didn't want to spend a fortune. For the money here your getting a good SSD from a actually trusted brand. Laptop boots up quickly enough with this drive and it works as expected. Would buy again."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C***N"},"datePublished":"12 October 2023","name":"Bye bye old school hard drive and hello to the solid state","reviewBody":"I have owned various PCs in the last 20 years or so and they all had old school mechanical HDDs, and to be honest I never really had many issues with them. All my PCs were either from before SSDs existed or were from when they were still quite expensive and generally came in smaller capacities (my current rig is around 6 or so years old).As I cannot afford to upgrade right now or ideally build my own, I decided to make some tweaks to my existing rig as it is still fairly decent for its age. I upgraded ram a couple of years ago (2x16gb sticks) and last week upgraded from the stock cooler to a much beefier Be Quiet cooler as the CPU was really getting hot under heavy load.While I was at it I thought it was time to finally go over to an SSD seeing as they now have much better capacity for not a lot of money.I decided to go for Crucial as I have always had good experience with them. My PC ram is Crucial and so is the M.2 SSD in my PS5. I felt this had the specs that suited me and as I say, price wise, it was pretty damn cheap. Sadly due to my board being slightly older and being a micro ATX I don't have an M.2 slot, so SATA was the only way to go.I did make one error though as I assumed it would come with a SATA cable, but of course we know what you do if you \"assume\" anything. It was a simple enough solution, order a cable from Amazon and just fit the drive a day later than planned (I only mention this as I am sure there are others as naive as me who will get caught out too).It was very simple to fit as well. Plugged the SATA cable into the drive and the motherboard and found a spare power plug coming from the power supply that fitted as well and then it was time to test things out.Booted the PC up and while it did take a while to boot (remember this is still booting to my old drive) which is quite normal when installing new parts, but booted as normal. I then opened Acronis True Image (go to the website on the SSD instructions and download the file) and followed the onscreen prompts to clone my old HDD to my new SSD. I had deleted all my music from the HDD before starting this as it took up over 400gb and I felt that would just slow the cloning process down. Even with another 400+ storage still on the drive, it only took about 2 hours to do a full copy.After it was finished I rebooted the PC, went into bios and assigned the SSD as my new boot drive.The PC then booted to Windows so much faster than it normally does and programs loads almost instantly rather than the delayed response of yore.Even web browsers and internet tabs load faster.I also noticed that after the PC logs into Windows I can access programs straight away rather than waiting for Windows to do all its stuff before being allowed to access anything.Seriously loving this piece of kit. The way it works is perfect for me, and is going to make using my PC so much of a better experience than it has been. Factor in the easy installation and the free no issues cloning software, and I think I got an absolute bargain at less than £40.Oh, and I kept the old HDD in the rig but formatted it to use just as storage for my music which I have already reinstalled.Only one program had an issue, with my copy of Photoshop saying the licence was not on it, but that was easily rectifiable, and every other program seems to have carried the licences over."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***N"},"datePublished":"2 April 2025","name":"Great value","reviewBody":"At this price, makes it worthwhile to update old pc or laptop. So far works well. Just as quick as an older Samsung SSD I had. May not be huge capacity, but for an older pc more than adequate for OS. With Windows 10 support ending updating old pc to Linux or Chrome Flex OS will give a few years of worthwhile service."}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":4.75,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":4}},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does the cloning software allow cloning to a smaller sized drive, if the source disk is not full?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I used the free to download cloning software Acronis Disk Director when I cloned my 500GB capacity HDD which had a total of 145GB of data (OS, Apps files etc) onto the BX500 240GB \nNote: you cannot put a pint of water into a half pint jug unless you compress the source drive before you clone!\nThis cloning software is very easy and foolproof (just concentrate and follow the clear instructions), if you use the default settings.\nThe whole process of cloning my HDD took 25 mins with no problems encountered. \nMake sure you select the destination ssd bootable option in setup.\nRestart the computer, use the F2 key or whatever, to enter the BIOS options screen, select the ssd as the first drive to seek on startup; save and exit. Windows will automatically designate your BX500 the C drive.\nFinally download the Crucial ssd setup tool kit from their website; easy to use and does the job!\nI was astounded by the speed of startup compared to my old Seagate mechanical HDD!"}},{"@type":"Question","name":"does it work for pc?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes it works fine (SATA cable connection) I put one in my PC last week and is super fast."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Does it work in toshiba satellite l50-b-1nx?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The toshiba satellite l50-b-1nx has a normal 1 TB hard disk, so provided you can get its back off, I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is drive 'manufacturer sealed' with standard packaging? Does frustration free packaging mean that it will just be wrapped?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The drive is in a sealed plastic anti static moulding designed for the job.\nThe packaging is a cardboard letter type sleeve, flat and sealed with tear off strip."}}]}]}