In May 2013, gas pump price hit the highest in five years at $1.32 CAD/L here in Calgary. The all-time high, of course, was prior to the infamous crash of 2008, which we have seen the posted price of $1.38 CAD/L. While I was forced to pay almost $70 to feed my Honda Civic at the time, I was actually able to completely avoid the $1.32 CAD/L and fill up at a "bargain basement" price of $1.27 CAD/L -- twice -- five years later. This was made possible by refueling a couple of hours before the posted price changed, and buying a new car right before I ran out of gas in my Civic. Since all new cars come with a full tank of gas, and I sold my old car with the fuel gauge creeping close to "E", by the time my new car called for more dino juice, gas stations already receded its numbers back to $1.27 CAD/L. Clearly, this story teaches us in order to avoid gas price spikes, you buy a new car. Of course, for the 99% of us who live in the real world will probably argue while this technically works, it is a serious overkill to a relative non-issue. This may be an extreme example, but in reality, what is defined as an "overkill" can change with time. Back in 2012, I built a desktop computer with no HDDs. A lot of my friends thought it was a serious overkill when I put in an $800 OCZ Octane 512GB as my storage drive, plus a few other higher performance SSDs for OS and programs, and relocating my video archive to my NAS. I think I was just a little bit ahead of my time, because nowadays, although a pure SSD setup is still somewhat of a luxury, it is no longer an exclusive right of the unlimited budget enthusiast. Last month, we have reviewed the Crucial BX100, a 500GB SSD that now retails for only $165 after mail in rebate at press time. Today, we will take a look at its higher end cousin based on a Marvell controller, the MX200 500GB, which supports stuff like Microsoft eDrive and device sleep out of the box. For a little more money than its ultra-budget stablemate at press time, how will Crucial's mainstream drive fare as a hard drive replacement? Read on to find out!