One of the fastest SSDs

First thing to know: SI, this SSD can be mounted in a tower without having to 3.5 "adapter (not supplied) It depends on the case and the records of the fixing method chosen by the manufacturer. . Just as the racks have good locations for screws, and it sets SSD carefree upside down. I put a picture of my SSD in place. You can notice the small holes screw on the empty racks.

What about speed? I added screenshots of a benchmark for the M500 and M550. The new kid posted strong growth compared to its predecessor, especially in writing large files, since it earns almost 200 MB / s! Reading small files (4K), however, remains slow That is the weak point of the two Crucial (how that, proper names are not put in the plural?).

To illustrate in a practical speed gain provided by SSDs (and the difference between these two models), I copied a file of 12 GB of an SSD to another:

- The M500 to M550: 30 s (approximately 400 MB / s).
- The M550 to M500: 43 s (about 277 MB / s write one feels boundaries M500).

The normal hard drives (HDD) fastest running at about 130 MB / s, which would have taken at least 92 s.

The difference is huge!

However, it is relative. SSD is not made for storage, so you normally do not have to copy files from several GB Suddenly, the large gap between the M500 and M550 do not really feel in a banal use: it goes very fast, period. I do not know if it is really advantageous for an individual to take the M550, almost 50 more than his big brother when I write these lines.

Both are guaranteed three years (five years against a part of the competition) and use the same type of memory (even if you write tens of GB each day on, the M500 and M550 will last many years! The tests show that they are reliable over time, despite writing a large amount of data).

I added a few things about the advantage of the SSD compared to HDD: between the time I press the Power button on my PC and when I use my Windows Seven 30 seconds have elapsed Add to that they do not heat up much, they are perfectly silent and they consume little (3 or 4 watts in operation, almost nothing at rest), and you will understand that the SSD is the choice to install the operating system.

The M550 is a product that ranks in the top of the basket of SSDs, despite some slowness in reading small files (but that is not noticeable, do not worry). An excellent choice!