It's not that long ago that I first tested the all new Crucial MX300 750GB SSD, and back then this was the first drive to feature the new 3D TLC NAND that micron had to offer. Now Micron has a new SSD and it's not called MX400 as the previous naming scheme would have suggested, but it's the MX500, and as we can expect it's an update to the MX300 featuring the 2nd generation of #D TLC NAND, from Micron.

Thanks to Crucial for providing me with the MX500 1TB SSD for this review, and to find out more about Crucial and their products simply click here.

So let's start this review by looking at the packaging and its contents.