Crucial
Crucial introduced their X9 Pro and X10 Pro high-performance portable SSDs last month. Based on Silicon Motion's SM2320 native USB flash controller, coupled with Micron's 176L 3D TLC NAND, these SSDs promise performance suitable for power users. The company sent across their 1 GBps-class X9 Pro for review first, followed by the X10 Pro a few weeks later. This review takes an in-depth look at the performance and value proposition of the X9 Pro and how it compares against other 1 GBps-class portable SSDs.
Crucial M550 Review: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB Models Tested
In what is shaping up to be one of the most exciting months for SSDs in quite some time, we've seen Intel's new flagship SSD 730 just a couple...
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Crucial Showing DDR4 Modules and Sport VLP DDR3
I’m nearly finished with my CES coverage (thanks to a relapse as well as a household of sick family members), with just a few final visits to discuss. My...
29 by Jarred Walton on 1/21/2014
Hardware Accelerated BitLocker Encryption: Microsoft Windows 8 eDrive Investigated with Crucial M500
Most modern SSDs come with some form of hardware encryption. On these drives with hardware encryption, it’s usually permanently turned on - all data written to the NAND is...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2013
The Crucial/Micron M500 Review (960GB, 480GB, 240GB, 120GB)
This is probably the most excited I've been about any SSD launch in quite a while. At CES this year, Crucial announced its M500 SSD - the world's first...
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Crucial Demonstrates DDR4-2133 Modules
We’re not likely to be running DDR4 any time soon on desktops, and even most laptops are probably over a year away from getting the upgrade, but now is...
22 by Jarred Walton on 1/10/2013
Micron/Crucial Announces M500 SSD Line of SSDs
Micron/Crucial briefed us on their new M500 line of SSDs, which upgrades the controller to the Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2 along with moving to 20nm Micron MLC NAND. Along with the...
25 by Jarred Walton on 1/10/2013
Crucial v4 (256GB) Review
As with virtually all consumer electronics devices, there is market for various types and levels of SSD. Not everyone is ready to pay the premium for the fastest possible...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 11/22/2012
Crucial's v4 SSD: Affordable 3Gbps SATA SSD based on Phison's PS3105 Controller
Crucial's m4 SSD has been extremely popular. It's priced very competitively and although it's not the fastest SATA 6Gb/s SSD, its performance is still very good. Crucial has now...
20 by Kristian Vättö on 7/31/2012
Crucial Releases Firmware Update for m4 SSD
Crucial has released a firmware update for its popular m4 SSD series. The update carries a version code of 000F. The update is said to improve compatibility with certain...
40 by Kristian Vättö on 4/12/2012
Micron C400 mSATA (128GB) SSD Review
The arrival of affordable, high-performance client SSDs gave us two (closely related) things: 1) a high-speed primary storage option that could work in both a notebook or a desktop...
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2012
Introducing Our 2012 Case Testbeds and Revised Methodology
Over the past year we've tested more than twenty different enclosures using our existing testbed and produced a mountain of comparative data. The goal of the undertaking is produce...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/29/2012
Crucial Provides a Firmware Update for M4 to Fix The BSOD Issue
Last week, we wrote about the BSOD issue that Crucial's M4 SSDs were experiencing. After 5184 hours (yes, that's the specific number) of active use, the SSD started to...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/14/2012
Crucial 50GB Adrenaline SSD Cache, Available in Q1
Earlier this week Crucial announced its first SSD caching solution: the Adrenaline SSD. The drive will be available in a single capacity: 50GB with 64GB of 25nm MLC NAND...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
Crucial to Fix M4 BSOD Issue in Two Weeks
Here we go again. Pretty much every SATA 6Gb/s SSD offering has experienced some issues and it appears the Crucial M4 is no exception. There have been threads about...
40 by Kristian Vättö on 1/6/2012
The Crucial m4 SSD Update: Faster with FW0009
When we first reviewed Crucial's m4 SSD we came away with mixed feelings on the drive. In some cases it was the first or second fastest drive we'd reviewed...
45 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/31/2011
The 2011 Mid-Range SSD Roundup: 120GB Agility 3, Intel 510 and More Compared
A year ago whenever I'd request an SSD for review I'd usually get a 128GB drive built using 3x nm 4GB 2-bit MLC NAND die. These days the standard...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2011
The Crucial m4 (Micron C400) SSD Review
Last week I was in Orlando attending CTIA. While enjoying the Florida weather, two SSDs arrived at my office back in NC: Intel's SSD 320, which we just reviewed...
103 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/31/2011
The SSD Diaries: Crucial's RealSSD C300
The promise was high. Crucial was to not only offer better than X25-M performance but also be the first to deliver a 6Gbps SSD. Competing controller makers wouldn't hit...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/13/2010
Crucial RealSSD C300: 64GB for $150
To date, the least expensive SSDs worth consideration have come in at around $100 give or take. Our last roundup looked at the Intel X25-V 40GB, the Kingston SSDNow...
40 by Jarred Walton on 6/28/2010Crucial RealSSD C300 Firmware, Part III
Poor Crucial. Although it started its C300 campaign on the right foot, posting some very impressive sequential read speeds thanks to 6Gbps SATA and ONFI 2.0 NAND, things haven't...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/6/2010
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