I was interested......very much so, until I discovered, just like a 240GB Crucial BX500 I purchased ($34.99 with promo code), is DRAM-less.
Am not deep into the specs, as this was a first for me.......SSD w/out DRAM? At any rate, this is what one's getting here. Good thing though, being out of $34.99 is a lot better than $118.98 (I upgraded the shipping to two day, only $3 more). Then after my BX500 experience, read reviews, didn't take long, first hit revealed the secret.
It's a surprise to me they guarantee these by 5 years, on the other hand, they can take a loss here & there.
Lesson learned, when shopping for SSD's, it's best to enter the make & model in the Google search box & check reviews. I presume that due to many now moving onto NVMe platforms, the 2.5" SSD is largely yesterday's news. Should I need to purchase another, will go with the latest Samsung 8** Pro, fortunately have a couple still sealed, the 850 with 10 year warranty. a 256 & 512GB version, plus a few used 120-128GB Samsung 840 EVO & Pro, as well as a 120GB 850 EVO. Not that these unused drives were intended as such, purchased MB's with NVMe support & my journey began with the 512GB Samsung 950 Pro almost as soon as released at $309.99. Fortunately, the same size 970 Pro is often $120-130 less & faster than ever.
Please be careful when purchasing 2.5" SSD's, if DRAM-less, don't walk, run. Unless a cheap investment to sell a computer, stay away. I've never has a SSD to fail, since my first 128GB Crucial m4 in 2012, yet won't be the least surprised if the first to do so will be the BX500 purchased on 12/27/2018, why after I read reviews & checked the receipt, purchased a 4 year SquareTrade warranty for just over $7. If the BX500 fails, they'll refund the purchase price & that'll be the end of it. To this day & as a major manufacturer of RAM, I was shocked to discover Crucial pulling off this screwjob.
I got caught with my pants down because I trusted the Crucial name, won't happen again over any SSD.
Cat
