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Crucial M500 240GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD3

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240GB
  • Transformative performance: dramatically faster than a hard drive
  • Nearly instantaneous boot times
  • Ample storage: available in capacities up to terabyte-class
  • Extensive quality and reliability testing built into every drive
  • Three-year limited warranty
  • Compatible with PC and Mac systems
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Crucial M500 240GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD3 + Intel NUC D54250WYK1 Intel 4th Gen Core i5-4250U Processor with Power Cord + Intel Network 7260.HMWG WiFi Wireless-AC 7260 H/T Dual Band 2x2 AC+Bluetooth HMC
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Technical Details

Capacity: 240GB
  • Hard Drive: 240 GB
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Product Details

Capacity: 240GB
  • Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 0.7 x 6.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00BQ8RKT4
  • Item model number: CT240M500SSD3
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2013

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Product Description

Capacity: 240GB

Dramatically faster than a hard drive, the Crucial M500 SSD isn't just a storage upgrade - it's a complete system transformation. Designed to keep your system up to speed with today's multitasking demands that often require instant and simultaneous connections with friends, apps, websites, downloads, and playlists, the Crucial M500 delivers nearly instantaneous boot times, powerful data transfer speeds, increased multitasking capability, and rock-solid reliability - all at an affordable price. Available in capacities up to terabyte-class, the Crucial M500 has passed hundreds of SSD quality tests and over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing. Don't settle for anything less.
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Boy, did this speed up my Dell XPS-8500.
Gary G. Self
Has considerably reduced the boot time and all applications run/start very fast.
Deepak Nadig
Crucial has always made a quality product from my point of view.
Jason

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Great Drive-Compares With Samsung and Intel
By Anthony J. on January 18, 2014
Size Name: 120GB Amazon Verified Purchase
When I opened the packages to assemble my Intel Next Unit I thought "Where is the drive?". Well, there was no box and the little container might have held a stick of RAM. Now, I use two Intel 530's and a bunch of Samsung Pro's and they evidently have a lot of case, ..anyway. If you need installation help, YouTube has Crucial and other videos to guide you and Crucial's memory advisor includes compatible SSD's.

This drive has an advantage over many because it has error checking and built in power backups to keep your data safe just like their Enterprise server drives or so I've read, however it doesn't have any software, but that's not a problem if you optimize Windows by a guide like Sean's for Windows or The SSD Review's. Remember to make sure TRIM is enabled in your OS or your drive will slow down over time and you'll have to use a secure erase utility to regain your performance. Firmware can also be a cause and as of today the last firmware update was 9/13, so in Windows you can check your's under the drive's Properties in the Device Manager, but I haven't had a problem. I'm told it has over provision built in, which extends the life of the drive, because a 120GB is really 128 with 8GB over provision and a 240 is 256 and they use a Redundant Array of Independent NAND technology to achieve this. It also uses an adaptive thermal protection circuit to adjust its power to allow it to run cooler, which seems to work except at idle, where it draws above average power according to HardOCP. All of my other SSD's are 240GB but I haven't had any issues using this 120GB. After formatting it was 111GB and Windows 7 Pro and programs used 21GB. My Samsungs format and then use software to over provision to about 200GB, so this 240GB version, like my Intels, will end up 10% larger.Read more ›
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Good price for a reliable SSD
By R C on December 7, 2013
Size Name: 240GB Amazon Verified Purchase
My old 3rd gen Phoenix Pro drive finally started having issues being detected by my bios (even with firmware updates) so I figured it was time to once again do some research on the ssd market. From my readings, I learned that mSata drives are finally reaching parity in price/performance and speed with their larger 9.5mm and 7mm counterparts, so I decided I'd grab a new mSata drive to fill the empty slot on my new laptop.

I decided on the m500 after seeing it recommended in Anandtech's 2013 Holiday SSD guide as one of the top mSata SSD's. A recommendation from the web's highest-quality technology blog is more than enough for me.

I would recommend readers to try to spring for at least the 240 gb if you have the change. There's a bump in performance going from the 120GB to the 240GB. Look online for reviews if you want more info.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fast, tiny drive (240GB version)
By J. Linford on February 20, 2014
Size Name: 240GB Amazon Verified Purchase
I installed this msata in my Lenovo Ideapad Y580. Installation was easy (thank you, Crucial, for including screws with this drive!) and the machine recognized the drive immediately. After a little work, I was able to install Ubuntu on this drive and dual-boot between Linux and Windows 8.1. Booting into Linux is super fast, even compared to regular Linux boot times.

For anyone else looking to do the dual-boot trick, the key is to use the most recent version of Ubuntu (the older versions don't play well with the Windows UEFI boot loader) and make sure you disable the Secure Boot option in your BIOS. Also, turn off the Fast Startup in Windows 8 if you want to be able to access your Windows partition from Linux, otherwise Windows just hibernates instead of doing a complete shut down.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fast, Fast FAST
By Marc on January 26, 2014
Size Name: 480GB Amazon Verified Purchase
Installed in a Dell 2720 27inch AIO. After Using Paragon (purchased version) to image the drives to my Drobo N5, I set up all the applications I use. I than did another image of the drive and shut down the system to install a Crucial M500 480GB Msata card. Put everything back together and booted up. Using Paragon I migrated the OS to the Msata selecting the option to make the drive bootable. Paragon set up three partitions 1. 500MB EFI System Partition, 2. 400MB Recovery Partition and 3. 446GB OS partition. Reboot and windows now boots up in like 10 seconds or so. Other programs are almost instantaneous. I have Outlook and Word pinned to the tool bar and one click and the program is there on the screen. Highly recommend any of the Crucial Msata devices if your system can accept one.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
It works
By Steve Rogers on December 3, 2013
Size Name: 240GB Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this as the cache card for a Drobo. It's hard to characterize it based on that, because when it works well, it's invisible. There were no compatibility problems, and it seems to work great.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great Speed and Very Stable
By Greg on March 6, 2014
Size Name: 120GB Amazon Verified Purchase
Using it in a Intel NUC running Windows 7. It's being highly rated by Windows and seems to be perfect so far. I love it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Runs very hot
By Dennis J. Streveler on March 2, 2014
Size Name: 480GB Amazon Verified Purchase
This 480GB product emits a lot of heat! Whereas the 256GB version emits hardly any heat. Well perhaps I have a lemon, I guess I will give it a little more time. But if it keeps emitting so much heat I might have to return it. Ugh. Too bad. Btw, the unit offers 447GB after formatting, which is acceptable.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Best option for a Thinkpad
By Tom! on January 17, 2014
Size Name: 240GB Amazon Verified Purchase
I put it on my Lenovo Thinkpad X230 without any trouble: remove the keyboard and the palmrest and you will see the slot next to the wifi card. If you don't have installed a wan card it should be empty. I was able to keep the original HDD as a secondary storage. Cloned it using Acronis. Now boot speeds are awesome and programs open at blazing speeds.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Very cool product.

It just worked right out of the box. Easy to install and no fuss. I appreciate the reliable adverts on this product and would purchase again.

Published 9 hours ago by Thomas Pellegrino
Good, fast, and about as much memory as a normal pc needs

Works well, fast, and has enough space left.
Price is a bit high, but 120GB is no longer enough for pc's nowadays for Windows 7.

I recommend it!

Published 1 day ago by H B
Brilliantly FAST and Becoming More Reasonable

Excellent SSD drive. While prices remain clearly higher than regular hard drives, they're coming down and the speeds are incredible. Read more

Published 1 day ago by Tom Ritchie
Good so far

Changed out the Msata card in my computer for a larger size. So I got the box to put the old one in. The M4 board is the one I got ripped on. Over $300 for the 256 gig. Read more

Published 2 days ago by James Greenwold
Happy with purchase

Device works perfectly and has improved speed in Drobo. Would recommend it to all who purchased a Drobo. Delivery was as expected.

Published 2 days ago by Dianne
Fantastic for the price

I have to say this wasn't my first choice for an msata drive on my Alienware 14. I went with Mushkin Atlas because most of the reviews were favorable and the ones that complained... Read more

Published 4 days ago by CLYDE
Plug and play m-SATA SSD

I put this unit into a new System76 Gazelle laptop which has the m-SATA connector. It plugged right in after I removed the bottom laptop cover. Read more

Published 4 days ago by l. Cullen
POWER HUNGRY but RELIABLE: BEST for Desktops

I did research on mSATA drives before purchasing a drive for a Intel NUC home office desktop computer. Read more

Published 6 days ago by Stephanie Sullivan
480gb iPod video project.

Used this card to upgrade the capacity of my 80gb iPod video. I used the mSATA to zif adapter sold here on Amazon and the process was easy. Read more

Published 7 days ago by cmarti
Fast! Decent Price! SUPER SMALL!

Popped this bad boy in my Acer Aspire V laptop. It's in addition to my 750GB hard drive. This thing is super fast, and I use it for all my applications and Windows.

Published 7 days ago by Nathan Smith
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