Crucial Intros 960GB Variant of BX500 SSD

btarunr · Feb 22, 2019

Crucial late Thursday rolled out a 960 GB variant of its entry-level BX500 SATA SSD series (model: CT960BX500SSD1). The BX500 earlier came in capacities only up to 480 GB. The drive implements Micron's latest 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory mated to an SMI SM2258XT DRAM-less controller. Its rated performance is same as the 480 GB model, with up to 540 MB/s reads and up to 500 MB/s writes. Built in the 7 mm-thick 2.5-inch form-factor, the drive takes advantage of the SATA 6 Gbps interface. The drive is now selling for USD $129.99 ($0.13 per GB).

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Assimilator · Feb 22, 2019

They're gonna have to drop the price if they hope to compete with the Kingston A400 960GB, which is $17 less on Amazon right now and selling like hotcakes.

Sp33d Junki3 · Feb 22, 2019

Not sure where you got pricing from.
A400 $113 BX500 $120 $7 difference is not much at all.

Assimilator · Feb 22, 2019

Sp33d Junki3 said:
Not sure where you got pricing from.
A400 $113 BX500 $120 $7 difference is not much at all.

Was going on the $130 MSRP mentioned in bta's post, but yeah I see it's already down to $120 on Amazon, so yes, much less of a compelling deal. On the upshot though, it will hopefully push the A400 even lower.

cucker tarlson · Feb 22, 2019

Assimilator said:
They're gonna have to drop the price if they hope to compete with the Kingston A400 960GB, which is $17 less on Amazon right now and selling like hotcakes.

a400 is a slower drive

yeah,I know,you personally can't tell it's slower,but that changes nothing.it still is.

Assimilator · Feb 22, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
a400 is a slower drive

Never said it isn't, but the point is that at this level of the market, price is king, not performance.

cucker tarlson · Feb 22, 2019

Assimilator said:
Never said it isn't, but the point is that at this level of the market, price is king, not performance.

well,if it's down to a couple of bucks a reasonable person would choose a better price/performance option,not the absolutely cheapest one.

btw bx500 480 is cheaper here than a400,so I expect bx500 960gb to follow.

Assimilator · Feb 22, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
well,if it's down to a couple of bucks a reasonable person would choose a better price/performance option,not the absolutely cheapest one.

btw bx500 480 is cheaper here than a400,so I expect bx500 960gb to follow.

The A400 960GB is 33% cheaper than BX500 960GB where I am, so pretty much a no-brainer.

newtekie1 · Feb 22, 2019

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The A400 960GB is 50% cheaper than BX500 960GB where I am, so pretty much a no-brainer.

How did a $17 difference now turn into a 50% cheaper?

Either way, if I'm putting out this kind of money for a drive, I'm putting out the little bit extra for one that isn't DRAMless. I mean, a WD Blue with it's DRAM cache is a better drive and only about $13 more than an A400.

These DRAMless drives are just not cheap enough to entice me to buy them except in the most budget oriented areas.

dj-electric · Feb 22, 2019

So far, the BX500 have failed to impress me with pricing, they are just too close to MX500.

Crucial, please, start lowering those BX500 prices. You also have a tough competition from others in pricing, A400 960GB was just 99$ in sales now.

Assimilator · Feb 23, 2019

newtekie1 said:
How did a $17 difference now turn into a 50% cheaper?

I said "where I am", i.e. South Africa, i was just using Amazon prices because the majority of the users of this site are familiar with US prices. And I messed up the math, it was "only" 33% cheaper but that's still a lot.

bonehead123 · Feb 23, 2019

Yes, the price is one thing to complain about here, but why all the hype over a drive that is as dogg-ass slow as any other sata SSD, but also has ZERO dram....

major yAwN :shadedshu:

cucker tarlson · Feb 23, 2019

bonehead123 said:
all the hype over a drive that is as dogg-ass slow as any other sata SSD,

slow compared to what that is currently available ?

king of swag187 · Feb 24, 2019

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They're gonna have to drop the price if they hope to compete with the Kingston A400 960GB, which is $17 less on Amazon right now and selling like hotcakes.

Fun fact, the A400 has one of the largest failure rates of a SSD, all because of the controller...
Its up to you if your data is worth $17

Assimilator · Feb 25, 2019

king of swag187 said:
Fun fact, the A400 has one of the largest failure rates of a SSD, all because of the controller

Source?

king of swag187 · Feb 25, 2019

Quite literally all over the internet.
Personally, I've had a friend go through 3 SSD's with the same controller, another 4, another just on his second. A dropped hard drive is more reliable than a A400, and its controller

Assimilator · Feb 28, 2019

king of swag187 said:
Quite literally all over the internet.
Personally, I've had a friend go through 3 SSD's with the same controller, another 4, another just on his second. A dropped hard drive is more reliable than a A400, and its controller

So personal anecdotes are "all over the internet", good to know. Look up "burden of proof" when you get a chance.

king of swag187 · Feb 28, 2019

https://www.google.com/search?q=A40...me..69i57j0.3733j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/90glkw https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-120...p_d_hist_1?pageNumber=1&filterByStar=one_star

A little google search goes a long way. Scroll down, and there you go!
Next time, literally upon up a browser tab instead of trying to attack me.

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