Curcia BX500 1TB , Worth at low price?

Xuper · Dec 1, 2022

Hi
someone is selling Curcia BX500 1TB with price ( Converted from Rial to US ) $46

He also shared image:

This is cheapest SSD that I can afford. Your opinion ?

Reason to buy this SSD : 2x android emulator for 24/7- 365 days ( Noxplayer and blueStacks ) , Movie , 3x game ( Diablo immortal / Destiny 2 / WoW ) , 1x Virtualbox Win7

Edit : Spec sheet : https://content.crucial.com/content...x500/flyer/crucial-bx500-ssd-productflyer.pdf

TBW = 360TB

GabrielLP14 · Dec 1, 2022

Hey, how are you, in my opinion through experience and i got in contact with my Micron/Crucial Supplieer, both BX500 500GB and BX5000 1TB and 2TB have a higher probability of coming with QLC Dies, for example my BX500 500GB which they send to review came with 2 packages, and each package had 2 Micron N48R 176-Layers 1Tb dies. Which are quite slow compared to QLC Dies, so my suggestions, try picking up the 960GB or 480GB

DarkDreams · Dec 1, 2022

The BX500 series lacks a DRam cache and as a result is very slow compared to SSDs with dram like the MX500. Just as a second game drive that would be okay, but virtualization will be severely hampered:

GabrielLP14 · Dec 1, 2022

That drive though seems to be using Micron's N28A 96-L QLC drives, but unfortunately we can't know for sure 100% since each firmware can be compatible with multiple die types, so just getting a Flash ID report to know. But for those scenarios, i'd recommend another drives

Frick · Dec 1, 2022

If you lack storage, sure. There are better drives but as long as its cheap yeah go for it.

And since it's Virtualbox Win7 I assume you're not doing anything really intense with it.

Count von Schwalbe · Dec 1, 2022

Xuper said:
This is cheapest SSD that I can afford

This being the case, absolutely go for it. I run one at work as a sole local drive and the improvement over HDD is impressive.

Don't keep anything too important on it though, unless you do regular backups.

Xuper · Dec 1, 2022

Frick said:
If you lack storage, sure. There are better drives but as long as its cheap yeah go for it.

And since it's Virtualbox Win7 I assume you're not doing anything really intense with it.

Yep I only use for VPN +Trading

GabrielLP14 said:
Hey, how are you, in my opinion through experience and i got in contact with my Micron/Crucial Supplieer, both BX500 500GB and BX5000 1TB and 2TB have a higher probability of coming with QLC Dies, for example my BX500 500GB which they send to review came with 2 packages, and each package had 2 Micron N48R 176-Layers 1Tb dies. Which are quite slow compared to QLC Dies, so my suggestions, try picking up the 960GB or 480GB

Crucial BX500 1TB - SSD Review

The Crucial BX500 1TB is a good and affordable SSD that is an alternative to other storage devices found in this price range.

tech-legend.com

perhaps this ?

GabrielLP14 · Dec 1, 2022

Xuper said:
Yep I only use for VPN +Trading

Crucial BX500 1TB - SSD Review

The Crucial BX500 1TB is a good and affordable SSD that is an alternative to other storage devices found in this price range.

tech-legend.com

perhaps this ?

OOOHH thanks i'll add this variant for the Database, NX894 is Micron's N28A QLC 96-Layers

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Crucial BX500 1 TB Specs

1 TB, QLC, SATA 6 Gbps, 2.5"

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System Name	Home PC
Processor	Ryzen 5900X
Motherboard	Asus Prime X370 Pro
Cooling	Thermaltake Contac Silent 12
Memory	2x8gb F4-3200C16-8GVKB - 2x16gb F4-3200C16-16GVK
Video Card(s)	XFX RX480 GTR
Storage	Samsung SSD Evo 120GB -WD SN580 1TB - Toshiba 2TB HDWT720 - 1TB GIGABYTE GP-GSTFS31100TNTD
Display(s)	Cooler Master GA271 and AoC 931wx (19in, 1680x1050)
Case	Green Magnum Evo
Power Supply	Green 650UK Plus
Mouse	Green GM602-RGB ( copy of Aula F810 )
Keyboard	Old 12 years FOCUS FK-8100

System Name	Gabriel-PC
Processor	Core i7-13700K (All Core 5.7GHz)
Motherboard	MSI Z790-P PRO WIFI DDR4
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	Netac DDR4-3200 MT/s CL-16
Video Card(s)	RTX 4060 Galax 1-Click
Storage	Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB (OS), SK Hynix P41 1TB (Games) + 4x 4TB WD Black HD (Synology NAS DS1817)
Display(s)	AOC G2460PF 144Hz 1ms (Kinda trash)
Case	NZXT Phantom 820 Black
Audio Device(s)	Motherboard onboard audio (good enough for me)
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000X
Mouse	Have no idea (Generic)
Keyboard	Have no idea (Generic)
Software	Windows 11 Pro 23H2 + Windows Server 2022 + Synology in NAS

Processor	Intel i5 9400f
Motherboard	MSI Z390 Gaming Plus
Cooling	SilentiumPC Fera 3
Memory	2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 16-18-18-36
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1660 Super Ventus XS OC
Storage	500 GB Kingston A2000; 1 TB Kingston A2000; 1 TB HGST Travelstar
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Case	SilentiumPC Signum SG1
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Power Supply	beQuiet Systempower 9 500W
Mouse	Logitech G403 Hero
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Origins (Red)
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Gabriel-PC
Processor	Core i7-13700K (All Core 5.7GHz)
Motherboard	MSI Z790-P PRO WIFI DDR4
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	Netac DDR4-3200 MT/s CL-16
Video Card(s)	RTX 4060 Galax 1-Click
Storage	Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB (OS), SK Hynix P41 1TB (Games) + 4x 4TB WD Black HD (Synology NAS DS1817)
Display(s)	AOC G2460PF 144Hz 1ms (Kinda trash)
Case	NZXT Phantom 820 Black
Audio Device(s)	Motherboard onboard audio (good enough for me)
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000X
Mouse	Have no idea (Generic)
Keyboard	Have no idea (Generic)
Software	Windows 11 Pro 23H2 + Windows Server 2022 + Synology in NAS

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
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Crucial BX500 1 TB Specs

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD