By now I?ve got to know the Crucial MX300 series pretty well. I initially reviewed the limited edition 750GB model upon release and recently we had a look at the largest model which comes with 2TB capacity. Today it is time to check out the physically smaller and compact M.2 2280 format and I got the Crucial MX300 M.2 SSD with 525GB capacity in for the testing.

Crucial has previously had two lines of consumer solid state drives and they still do, the BX and the MX series. However, the MX300 combines the best of the MX200 and BX200 drives into one resilient little drive that won't break the bank. You get an instant performance increase, especially compared to mechanical drives, a long lasting drive with a high endurance, a lot of capacity, and all that at a fair price. Besides this 525GB model, the M.2 version of the MX300 is also available as a 275GB model and a 1TB model.