Comments on: Crucial M500 SSD Review (960GB) – Speed, Value, Size and Data Security Redefined

By: alan1476

alan1476 — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:49:00 +0000

In reply to alan1476. 20nm nand and 25 nm nand is very hard to find which I find puzzling because Crucial makes their own nand. Hence this 960gb Crucial is not available at its 599.00 price anymore. Its out of stock at most vendors and as soon as its in stock its sold out in 5 minutes.

By: Scour

Scour — Sun, 26 May 2013 21:47:00 +0000

Is it possible to show Host Read/Write-values with CDI?

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:02:00 +0000

In reply to Mark Elliott. Thanks Mark!!! Always looking for new site contributors and your background is solid!

By: Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:57:00 +0000

The drive has support for both TCG Opal 2.0 and IEEE 1667 specifications. Having the
Opal 2.0 support means that you can utilize third-party encryption to
make the system more secure. It also provides full
compatibility with BitLocker encryption built into Windows 8. This is the
first SSD with explicit support for this feature. It also support’s Device Sleep (DEVSLP), a new standard which consumes less power between state changes, enabling fast exit latency and a more efficient energy profile. I have been reading the SSD review for many months now and really enjoy the articles and respect the attention to detail and repetition utilized during the testing procedures. Excellent work gentlemen.

By: MikeGR7

MikeGR7 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:31:00 +0000

In reply to Les@TheSSDReview. Right as always Les. Well i consider the low 4k read the most important factor for ssd perf because it's the only value that you can't improve by RAID. Actually you might decrease it a bit. Drives with strong perf should be >35mb/s in 4k like m5pro or 840pro. I may be wrong though and feel free to correct me.