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  • Sequential reads/writes up to 530 / 510 MB/s on all file types
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  • Over 90x more energy efficient than a typical hard drive
  • Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology;Dynamic Write acceleration delivers faster saves and file transfers
  • Interface: SATA 6.0Gb/s
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Crucial MX300 Solid State Drive

Instant performance that lasts

Increase the speed, durability, and efficiency of your system for years to come with the Crucial MX300 SSD. Boot up in seconds and fly through the most demanding applications with an SSD that fuses the latest 3D NAND flash technology with the proven success of previous MX-series SSDs. Your storage drive isn’t just a container, it’s the engine that loads and saves everything you do and use. Get more out of your computer by boosting nearly every aspect of performance.

Micron quality - A higher level of reliability

As a brand of Micron, one of the largest flash storage manufacturers in the world, the Crucial MX300 is backed by the same quality and innovation that has produced some of the world’s most advanced memory and storage technologies. With over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing and hundreds of SSD qualification tests, the Crucial MX300 has been thoroughly tried, tested, and proven. You’ll notice the difference.

Features

Instantly improve system performance

The Crucial MX300 reaches read speeds up to 530 MB/s and write speeds up to 510 MB/s* on all file types so you can boot up almost instantly, reduce load times, and accelerate demanding applications with ease. Plus, our Dynamic Write Acceleration technology uses an adaptable pool of high-speed, single-level cell flash memory to generate blistering speeds throughout the drive’s long life.

Over 90x more energy efficient than a typical hard drive**

Extreme Energy Efficiency technology within the Crucial MX300 reduces the amount of active power usage that’s consumed by the drive. The Crucial MX300 extends your laptop’s battery life by using only 0.075W of power, compared to a typical hard drive which uses 6.8W.

Entrust your files to a drive that lasts

With an endurance rating of up to 220TB total bytes written, the Crucial MX300 is engineered with Micron 3D NAND to deliver years of fast performance. The 3D NAND leverages larger NAND cells to improve performance and prolong endurance.

Protect your data with AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption, RAIN technology, Exclusive Data Defense technology, and the durability inherent in SSD design.

Keep your system cool

In addition to lower active power usage, Adaptive Thermal Protection technology dynamically adjusts storage component activity. This helps keep your system cool and minimizes the risk of damage caused by overheating.

Boost drive performance by up to 10x with Crucial Storage Executive***

This downloadable tool is easy to use and helps monitor and enhance the performance of your Crucial MX300 – update to the latest firmware and enable the Momentum Cache feature in Storage Executive to instantly improve burst performance.

Disclaimers

Note: 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Actual useable capacity may vary.

*Based on the published specs of the 525GB model. Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary.

**Active average power use comparison based on published specs of the 750GB Crucial MX300 SSD and the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EZEX internal hard drive, which, as of January 2016, is one of the industry’s top-selling internal hard drives. All other capacities of the Crucial MX300 SSD have comparable active average power consumption specs, with the exception of the 2050GB version of the drive, which consumes 0.15W.

***Validated by testing included in the 'Enhance Burst Performance on Micron and Crucial SSDs Using Momentum Cache' whitepaper.

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Increase the speed, durability, and efficiency of your system for years to come with the Crucial MX300 SSD. Boot up in seconds and fly through the most demanding applications with an SSD that fuses the latest 3D NAND Flash technology with the proven success of previous mx-series SSDs. Your storage drive isn't just a container, it's the Engine that loads and saves everything you do and use. Get more out of your computer by boosting nearly every aspect of performance.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the speed, battery life, value, and ease of installation of the computer drive. They mention that it speeds up Windows functionality, uses very little power, and generates very little heat. Some appreciate the capacity, performance, and quality of the product. That said, opinions are mixed on clogging.

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1,112 customers mention930 positive182 negative

Customers like the performance of the computer drive or storage. For example, they say it works great, does well, and has no issues. The hard drive clones worked flawless, and the 2nd tower now with the MX300 in it is absolutely fantastic. They say it's well-made, and offers performance, reliability, along with value.

"...It has worked very well so far without any hiccups, and I don't notice that it is there except that everything is faster. I am running Windows 10." Read more

"...Both clones worked perfectly on the first try and I had no issues booting up after swapping the drives...." Read more

"...Thus, the issue was resolved quickly. Afterwards, the SSD worked perfectly.The CON:MEDIOCRE SET-UP UTILITY:..." Read more

"...It's economical and robust. Error handling algorithms help ensure data integrity and drive longevity...." Read more

1,050 customers mention977 positive73 negative

Customers are satisfied with the speed of the computer drive. They mention that it is faster, faster boots and shut-downs, and that the SSD drive speeds up Windows functionality. They also say that programs can be started up right away without having to wait for Windows to settle down.

"...any hiccups, and I don't notice that it is there except that everything is faster. I am running Windows 10." Read more

"...Both clones worked perfectly on the first try and I had no issues booting up after swapping the drives...." Read more

"...Nonetheless, I am very impressed with the very snappy speed of the Crucial. It is the fastest SSD I have owned yet.RELIABILITY:..." Read more

"...I have had several people tell me that the SSD drive speeds up Windows functionality and they were right...." Read more

627 customers mention509 positive118 negative

Customers like the quality of the SSD. They say it is a very good SSD, faster, and a lot better than regular hard drives. It is easy to install and has good speed improvement. Some say that the SSD itself is fine, but the Acronis software is still as bad as other. Overall, customers are happy with the quality and performance of the product.

"...Overall - great drive to use, easy install, good speed improvement and no issues at all. 2TB at a reasonable price is awesome...." Read more

"...Installation, as I said, was a breeze and it has given new life to my aging computer from dramatically improved start up times to launching resource..." Read more

"...about SSD drives... My apologies for the long review, this is an excellent product made by the best company in my opinion who makes drives these days..." Read more

"The SSD is very nice itself, but buyer beware on the Acronis software that comes with it...." Read more

474 customers mention459 positive15 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the computer drive. They say that it is a good investment from start to finish, the price for the performance increase is very reasonable, and the Reflect migration software is free and easy to use.

"...and with a stated endurance of up to 220 TBW all add up to a great value...." Read more

"...It's economical and robust. Error handling algorithms help ensure data integrity and drive longevity...." Read more

"...2TB at a reasonable price is awesome. In about a year you should be able to purchase 10TB SSD's, but for now this will work just fine for me." Read more

"...Use Reflect migration software it is free and VERY easy to use...." Read more

401 customers mention357 positive44 negative

Customers find the installation process of the computer drive to be easy. They mention that it was actually pretty easy, it didn't take long to complete, and it's easy to set over provisioning and to check smart status along. The instructions provided on the Webb are easy enough to follow, and getting one of these running was easy as pie.

"...The process from there is pretty simple - roughly 4 steps...." Read more

"...Overall - great drive to use, easy install, good speed improvement and no issues at all. 2TB at a reasonable price is awesome...." Read more

"...It was simple to install. I made a bootable OS X El Capitan installer on a thumb drive then removed the old hard disk. The new mx300 fit perfectly ...." Read more

"...The drive is actually 1050 TB. The installation was actually pretty easy...." Read more

123 customers mention88 positive35 negative

Customers like the capacity of the computer drive or storage. They say that it allows for a larger storage area in a laptop, is perfect for RAID arrays, and is versatile enough to be used in any disk-intensive application. Customers also appreciate the data preservation features of the drive.

"...The nice thing is that it will adjust the amount of memory that it utilizes dynamically according to system demands and loading so that it won't..." Read more

"...Tons of writes left on this and data preservation features. About 10% faster than the 1024 prior to enabling Momentum Cache...." Read more

"...There was a small issue with getting the right partition size on the new drive, since the Acronis software was persistent in creating two 500GB..." Read more

"...This is an excellent choice for the PS4 if you want a good amount of space and don't want to completely kill your wallet...." Read more

55 customers mention55 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the battery life of the computer drive. They mention that it uses very little power and generates very little heat. The SSD makes their PC a fuel-efficient, hybrid Hummer, and it's efficient to use the computer again. The power used by the SSD is lower, and the bottom doesn't get as hot as often. It also helps extend the life of both the drive and the battery. Customers are also surprised how light the drive is.

"...and it also helps extend the life of the drive as random writes will wear out the drive faster than sequential..." Read more

"...Overall highlights:Ssd drives are more energy efficient..." Read more

"...SSD made my pc a fuel-efficient, hybrid Hummer. MX300 may seem slower on the benchmarks but that's what firmware updates are for...." Read more

"...few years old, and It definitely speeds up older laptops and offers better battery life too...." Read more

129 customers mention82 positive47 negative

Customers are mixed about the clogging of the computer drive. Some mention that the included cloning software was pretty straightforward, while others say that it is poor and could not transfer the files to the SSD.

"...There is no fee to use the software, but it will only install as long as one of the active drives on your system is made by Crucial...." Read more

"...In terms of "cons," the bundled Acronis cloning software is poor. To start with, it does not give good status..." Read more

"...The next reason I purchased this drive is because it comes with the software from Acronis True Image HD 2105 software.. Most people buy the software..." Read more

"...Client is very happy that it came with a cloning software for free!..." Read more

Great hardware, software needs work
4 Stars
Great hardware, software needs work
There are a couple reasons I bought this 275 GB Crucial SSD Drive. Some reasons prove to be very practical and others did not windup working out.1.Larger size of the drive - worked.2. Crucial Tech Support - left a great impression.3. Company & Warranty - very good.4. Software Bundle - glitchy and frustrating with my setup.Size of Drive Larger than CompetitorsThe first reason I bought the 275 gigabyte SSD Drive is because the data and software on my original SATA drive was 224 gigabytes period I was concerned that a 240 gigabyte drive would not hold my software or data.Crucial Tech SupportWhen I called Crucial to find about if the drive was compatible with my computer. I talked to some very good tech support people who impressed me with their knowledge of the computer I had and what I was trying to do. Amrican tech support people who are kind, helpful and extemely knowledgeable scored high on my list. It is very important when you buy an SSD drive that you have someplace you can call for technical support which they will help you. Crucial also has some very good videos.I also choose to buy The crucial drive because when I talked to the tech person he stated that Crucial is one of the few companies that make their own drives and their own and Flash NAND. The drive comes with 3 year warranty. These were all good buying choices.SoftwareThe next reason I purchased this drive is because it comes with the software from Acronis True Image HD 2105 software.. Most people buy the software after they buy the SSD drive. I figured it saved me some money.The tech also told me that when push comes to shove if I did not have electrical power for the new SSD drive I could take it off of the DVD drive already in the computer to enable the drive to work.The only place I ran into glitches was with the Acronis True Image HD 2015 software. The Crucial SSD Drive comes with an OEMversion of the software which means that only some features of the software are enabled.Basically the True Image HD 2015 Software did not boot as it was supposed to do after finding the Crucial Drive. I couldn't the software it to boot. I could generate an zip file error message but that’s all. I couldn't get the bootable drive to boot, then I became very frustrated there isn’t Acronis support for the for True Image HD 2015 software there is only Crucial support and I installed the drive on a weekend.The screen froze and the software was not doing what it was supposed to do which was to reboot to copy the drive. It was freezing in the middle of the drive not initializing the Crucial Drive. The support information from Crucial was not really clear what to do it said make a bootable Drive I tried that it did not work.Finally, I borrowed a full version of Acronis True Image from my neighbor who gave me up the bootable CD / DVD disc and then I was able to copy the information from the original drive to the SSD drive.I plan on buying a full version of a Acronis True Image to copy my drive in the future because I spent quite some time trying to get the OEM version to work which lacked certain functionality. It's not really clear whether the software was unable to copy the device correctly and but after about five hours I just gave up.I think the OEM software that comes with the drive is good enough for most people however it did not work for me.I realize that the Crucial SSD drive is not the cheapest but it is working now at the speed of light. I am very happy with the drive I wish the 500-gigabyte drive was less expensive.The tech support guy also told me that I didn't have to worry about an buying a 3/12” drive adapter kit that I could just use foam double stick tape to hold in the drive because it was a solid state drive. That saved me the price of the adapter kit which I am grateful for.I have had several people tell me that the SSD drive speeds up Windows functionality and they were right. Things that were cranking and taking forever now take very few seconds.The entire procedure for installing the drive took a several more hours because of the software not working, Therefore, I suggest if you really want to do the whole change over quickly to invest in buying the full version of the Acronis Image Software.Another thing that did not work out properly which I thought would is that I ordered the Crucial Drive from Amazon directly as opposed to ordering it from Crucial. I thought that ordering it from Crucial would take longer because they are in Idaho and I needed the drive delivered to California. However, it took a almost took 8 - 10 business days before Amazon shipped this SSD Drive. Once it was shipped it was delivered the next day. It leads me to believe that Amazon when it gets an order,contacts Crucial, who then sends the drive to Amazon and then they send it to the customer. Now that I see how fast Windows is running on the SSD drive I wish I bought an SSD drive soonerI rate crucial the drive itself very highly. They are they are aware that if you don't have the right software to install the drive then people will return the drive. I realize that they are not in control of whatever made it impossible for their OEM software to work. The technical support directly from Acronis does not work for the OEM version. The support documentation for the software from Crucial was not that great.Fortunately, for me I have a neighbor who is a software engineer and brilliant. He told me at one point “Google” the solution but the solution was having a good smart tech person to be your neighbor.I highly recommend the crucial SSD drive to users. I only wish they would bring the price down which I would suspect would be happening in a few years
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Enrique Martinez
5.0 out of 5 stars Rápido y a buen precio
Reviewed in Mexico on August 10, 2017
Capacity: 525GBStyle: MX300Verified Purchase
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Bonfire
5.0 out of 5 stars CAPAZ DE REVIVIR ORDENADORES MUY VIEJOS!!! 👍💾👌😍
Reviewed in Spain on December 14, 2018
Capacity: 525GBStyle: MX300Verified Purchase
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Bonfire
5.0 out of 5 stars CAPAZ DE REVIVIR ORDENADORES MUY VIEJOS!!! 👍💾👌😍
Reviewed in Spain on December 14, 2018
Compré este disco duro para remplazarlo a mi portátil, ya que tenía un disco duro tradicional de 2.5 pulgadas.
En mi caso escogí el de 525 GB por su gran capacidad. Aunque hay que tener en cuenta que una vez aplicado el formato al disco se nos queda en 487 GB aprox.

📀 - Tiene una tasa de transferencia de 6GB por segundo, según especificaciones. Aunque con mi hardware fueron 533MB/s de lectura y 514MB/s de escritura.
📀 - Tiene entre 7 y 9 milimetros. El disco duro en sí es de 7mm, pero trae un adaptador (que se fija con cinta de doble cara) para convertirlo en 9mm en el caso que vuestro pc tenga más hueco para el disco duro.

📀 - El adaptador que trae hace que sea una medida compatible para remplazar todos discos duros de portátiles,
incluso con modelos que sean muy finos.

📀 - Es perfecto para conseguir una buena tasa de transferencia, lectura y escritura (adjunto una foto de los
resultados que ha dado en mi equipo personal).

📀 - Cero ruidos

📀 - Más resistente a los golpes que los convencionales y con un índice mayor de durabilidad.

📀 - Trae memorias 3D NAND.

Yo lo compré de oferta a 59€, pero es un precio muy barato, recomendaría pillarlo a 110€ . Muy recomendable!!!

En mi caso realice una instalación limpia pero he puesto varios disco SSD a clientes y os describire el proceso de clonado con Acronis y EaseUS Partition Master.

ACRONIS MUY RESUMIDO:

1 - Descargar ISO de ACRONIS y bootear en un USB con RUFUS o similar.
2 - Conectar los dos discos al equipo .
3 - Cambiar el orden de arranque del equipo (BIOS), para que arranque desde el USB con ACRONIS.
4 - Entre las opciones seleccionar: "Clonado de disco automático" y seguir el asistente.
NOTA: En discos de diferente tamaño, se reparticionará automáticamente.
5 - Reemplazar el disco duro y arrancar.
6 - LISTO!!!

EaseUS Partition Master MUY RESUMIDO:

1 - Descargar el software desde su página oficial y lo instalamos.
2 - Conectar el SSD a nuestro ordenador.
3 - En las opciones, seleccionar "Migrar a SSD".
4 - Seguimos el asistente. NOTA: En discos de diferente tamaño, se reparticionará automáticamente.
5 - Apagamos el equipo y remplazamos el disco duro.
6 - LISTO!!!

En ambos casos, recomiendo ver un vídeo en Youtube para más especificaciones.
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ShammyB
5.0 out of 5 stars Works really well on laptops with Crucial momentum cache enabled
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017
Capacity: 1TBStyle: MX300Verified Purchase
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5.0 out of 5 stars Works really well on laptops with Crucial momentum cache enabled
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017
I’ve been a big fan of Samsung drives, but the price difference on the 1TB was enough to make me jump ship to Crucial. I use it in a gaming laptop as my data drive (I have a 250GB system drive and then the Crucial 1TB for data, games and applications).

The laptop is a recent (2017) MSI Apache 17”. It has space for one PCIe SSD and one standard SATA 3. I chose to go with a standard SATA because I’m lazy and didn’t want to mess about with moving the system disk.

Anyway, all good, and decent for a SSD (but not outstanding figures) in CrystalDiskMark. That is until I downloaded Crucial Storage Executive and enabled momentum cache.

The figures speak for themselves (see my screenshot of CrystalDiskMark).

I've also added a second image from Task Manager showing how momentum cache works. The G drive is a traditional HDD transferring 25GB of data to F, a 1TB SSD with momentum enabled (I'm actually installing the game Fallout 4 from G to F). You can see that the SSD only occasionally writes data (about once every 10s).

So, a very good thing about Momentum cache is the way it handles small files; it caches them to memory and only writes them to the physical SSD occasionally. This not only saves wear on your SSD, but it also makes certain tasks fly. I am a web application developer, and my build process (which involves working with literally thousands of javascript files) is now super fast (it would be even faster if node/npm was multi-threaded, but that's another story!).

What are the downsides of doing this?

Momentum cache uses your PC memory as a read/write cache, so you need to have a decent amount of memory. My laptop has 16GB, so all good there. I suspect it will work less well for 4GB systems, or if you are using a power-hungry application (such as Adobe Premiere, which I use). It also increases the CPU overhead.
EDIT: I're realised Windows 10 Task Manager > Memory shows you the RAM cache (its marked as 'memory that has to be saved to disk before it can be used for something else' or words to that effect). I copied over the full install folder of Fallout 4 plus DLCs
(29.6GB) onto a Momemtum enabled drive and the cache varied between 1 and 1.5GB. So the 4GB is never reached; more like >2GB.

Crucial strongly recommend a battery backup if you use momentum cache (i.e. you can lose the cached data on a power fail), so other things equal you should only really enable it on a laptop.

The cache is written to the real SSD on power off, so system shutdown takes longer (by 5-10s, so significant).

But yeah, just look at those figures; well recommended for laptops with memory to spare; your system flies!

Edit: Another good thing about the Crucial I'm finding is that it uses devSleep much more often than other SSDs. Since writing this review (5 months), the up-time for my SSD (according to CrystalDiskInfo) is only 9 hours when the physical up-time has been office hours (8.5 hours a day, 5 days a week). The low up-time saves both power and wear and tear, with no noticeable affect on access time. DevSleep only seems to kick in on laptops (it does not seem to affect my desktop), but is certainly something that will extend your laptop battery life (especially if you have two drives) and the life of the SSDs themselves. Oh, I also suspect the up-time is coming out so low because of Momentum Cache (RAM caching means less access requests to the SSD and more devSleep down-time), so devSleep and Momentum cache probably work together).
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Ignazio
5.0 out of 5 stars OTTIMO SSD , VALIDA ALTERNATIVA ALL' 850 PRO
Reviewed in Italy on December 20, 2016
Capacity: 275GBStyle: MX300Verified Purchase
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Varaguna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for the price can't find anything better.
Reviewed in India on February 21, 2017
Capacity: 525GBStyle: MX300Verified Purchase
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