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Recommend this one highly, after researching the others this one seemed to be the most reliable so that's why i got it. After downloading the Acronis software (you get a product key with it) and, going into "DISK MANAGEMENT" in the working drive to make the computer "see" this one-(if forget the comand you use but its "mount" or something") - cloning the old drive went easily. The speed is very very noticeable. Boot time is half what it was and most programs come up very fast. I'm not sure i'll be able to ever use old platter style mechanical hard drives again now after being spoiled by this one..
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MLC - not TLC. For cutting cost, TLC SSDs are the main stream and I still holding my MLC ones. Crucial has been the brand I would rely on and all the Crucial SSDs I have used, are free of issues. I am glad I am still be able to find MX200!
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Had to replace an older SSD/SATA hybrid setup. This one is much faster and, considering the size, I no longer need to use a slower SATA drive for data.
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Here are my thoughts about Crucial SSD, model CT1000MX200SSD1. PROs: 1. SATA3 (6Gb/s) interface, compatible to SATA2 (3Gb/s). 2. It uses MLC memory chips (2bit/cell), not TLC ones (3bit/cell). They have inherently better reliability and offer higher sustained write speed (because there is no need for a SLC cache hence the absence of the write hole). 3. This is a SED (self-encrypted drive). It uses AES 256-bit encryption, is TCG Opal 2.0 and IEEE-1667 compliant, and compatible with Microsoft® eDrive. 4. Has Power Loss Protection for data at rest. A small area of its PCB hosts a bank of multi-level ceramic capacitors which hold enough energy to power the electronics to an orderly shut-down in case of an unexpected power loss. 5. Read/Write speed are consistent and independent of data content (compressible vs. incompressible). 6. This is a proper SSD, with a decent controller and own RAM (for the FTL mapping). So it doesn't use the host's RAM for the said operation and has fewer write amplification issues. 7. After 5 firmware updates, one hopes all the kinks have been ironed out (fingers crossed). CONs: 8. Crucial/Micron has been caught with their pants down concerning their implementation of security protocols. Are they up to snuff now? 8.5 This is a consumer drive, so it's not FIPS 140-x certified. A purse snatcher / windows smasher would not be able to crack its encryption (once activated). I'm not so sure about alphabet soup agencies (four letters here in Canada, three letters south of the border). 9. Again, being a consumer drive it has no total power failure protection (no big ass electrolytic capacitors on board). 10. They've been out of production for quite a while, so if your drive goes belly up you are out of luck. 11. TLC drives tend to be cheaper per GB, but have fewer P/E cycles, and with the exception of Crucial/Micron and Samsung no other players have SED drives. Tallying up the PROs and CONs, I'd say this and its smaller brother (CT500MX200SSD1) are the best SSDs regular folks can buy. For those with unlimited budgets, that title goes to Samsung 860PRO series. Addendum: If you are willing to trade the SED option and lower power consumption for obscene write resilience, look no further than Intel's DC S3610/S3710 series. 3/10 drive writes per day (that's almost "Optane" territory and you get to keep both kidneys). Just my two Canadian pesos... Read full review
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I initially purchased this for my laptop. the laptop needed a new drive and I wanted to know what kind of performance increase would happen with an SSD. I was impressed. shortly after replacement that laptop suffered unrelated issues and was replaced. after its replacement was up and doing well I removed this drive from the dead laptop and to install in my Windows desktop. for that computer this was an even bigger change in performance. I would highly recommend SSD even though they tend to be very expensive. dramatically reduced boot times in both laptop and desktop, faster file transfers, faster program installs. programs load faster.
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