Crucial, a subsidiary of Micron is a brand known for memory and storage for over a decade, has recently released its MX 500 SSDs which compete at the higher end of consumer SSDs with brands like Samsung. Its previous MX 300 drives were also quite successful and on the budget end their BX 300 drives also did well in the budget segment. Those asking where the MX 400 is, may not know in some languages the word for the number 400 to be derogatory term.

After looking at the budget focused MyDigitalSSD SuperBoot 2 512GB and Patriot Burst 480GB today we’re looking at one of the highest end drives in the SATA form factor. The drive features Microns own 64-layer 3D TLC V-NAND which is in lower 256GB dies lower than the older models 384GB dies, which means they no longer have the odd capacities of the older drives and have shrunk the physical size of the NAND down 30% and allows them to do away with the capacitors used on the PCB for power loss protection while still providing the feature. Which leads to a lower total cost.