The M.2 Type 2280 Crucial MX500 250GB does have about the same performance as its 500GB version and the installation process is pretty straight-forward. With a MTTF of 1.8 million hours, an endurance of 100TB (TBW) and a limited five-year warranty, we can consider it an ideal upgrade as a boot drive for many mainstream systems. MX500 does come with hardware-based encryption, while the integrated power loss immunity does avoid unwanted data corruption if the system would suddenly freeze or shut down.

While the 2.5’’ drive format is available with capacities up to 2TB, the M.2 version is found in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB.

The 250GB drive can be bought for about 57 Euros, the 500GB for about 86 Euros, while the 1TB variant can be had for about 172 Euros.

Crucial MX500 250GB M.2 Type 2280 SSD is Recommended for:

We would like to thank again to Micron for making this review possible!