Alright, so you're probably looking at this drive, being skeptical and wondering how many of these reviews are paid reviewers who have never used the drive a day in their life. I can't tell you how many of these are fake reviewers, but what I am going to do is sell you this drive and Micron can recruit me later.
First of all, you cannot beat this price. I don't care what kind of sale is running or what store is closing down, the price to performance ratio is absurd. $300 is the price for a 1TB SSD, and a mid-range 2TB will run you about $550.
Second, I'll tell you now, this thing is no Samsung 960 Pro. Don't put it in a speed race and drop your paycheck on it, because you'll be out a paycheck. That being said, it's a solid, consistent riding horse. It'll get your data from A to B at five or six times the speed of an HDD (or at about 30x, I'll get to that in a second) without missing a beat. See my attached pictures for details.
Third, don't let the brand Micron scare you. It's not some knockoff Chinese brand held together by Elmer's Glue and plastic clips. Micron is the company that owns Crucial, so you can expect the same or even better quality. Metal case, came with no dents or dings. It's not pretty and it doesn't have RGB functionality, but it's not an eyesore either.
Fourth, listen closely, this one is important if you want a jet powered mechanical hoverpony instead of a riding horse. There is a program that you should download as soon as you pop this bad boy in your case called Crucial Storage Executive (and yes, this application will work perfectly with the SSD, see point three). It will show you the health of all your drives, as well as some special options for Crucial/Micron drives you can check out yourself. But the important one is called Momentum Cache in the tabs on the left. If you have less than 16GB of RAM, I would recommend that you stop reading here as this feature is not really for you. If you have 16GB or more, enable Momentum Cache. It uses your RAM to cache data and then writes from the RAM in periods of low disk usage. It will take up 25% of your RAM, but never more than 4GB at a time. It will never cause you to max out your RAM, it will automatically reduce its usage if other application(s) go above 75% to accommodate your needs. Talk about a smart program! The downside to this is, if you don't have an UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for your computer and were to experience a power outage, the data that was stored in RAM at the time will be lost. So use it at your own discretion! Using Momentum Cache will result in read/write speeds about 20x faster than a mid-to-high-range HDD.
So, that's my spill. I am confident you will make the right decision!
| RAM | 1 GB A8 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1 GHz |
| Hard Drive | 2 TB Solid State Drive |
