Crucial CT1024M550SSD1 M550 1 TB SATA 2.5 Inch 7 mm (with 9.5 mm Adapter) Internal Solid State Drive
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| Digital storage capacity | 1 TB |
| Compatible devices | Laptop |
| Hard disk interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Brand | Crucial |
| Model name | M550 |
| Connectivity technology | SATA |
| Hard disk form factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard disk size | 1 TB |
| Form factor | 2.5 inches |
| Read speed | 550 Megabytes Per Second |
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| Data Transfer Rate | 6 | 560 MB per second | 6 Gb per second | 6 Gb per second | 540 MB per second | 6 Gb per second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 MB |
| Flash Memory Installed | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 | 500 GB |
| Hard Disk Size | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB | 1 TB | — | 500 GB |
| Item Dimensions | 13 x 1.9 x 13 cm | 10.3 x 0.71 x 7 cm | 10.3 x 0.71 x 7 cm | 10.3 x 0.71 x 7 cm | 10.03 x 0.69 x 6.98 cm | 10.16 x 0.76 x 7.11 cm |
| Item Weight | 90.72 grams | 10 grams | 9.07 grams | 9.07 grams | 55 grams | 37 grams |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 1000 GB | 1 GB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB |
| Model Year | 2014 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Read Speed | 550 MB per second | 560 MB per second | 560 MB per second | 560 MB per second | 540 MB per second | 560 MB per second |
| Size | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 500 GB |
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Visible screen diagonal
3" / 7 cm
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 13 x 1.91 x 13 cm; 90.72 Grams
- Date First Available : 10 Mar. 2014
- Manufacturer : Micron
- ASIN : B00IRRDHW6
- Item model number : CT1024M550SSD1
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- 1,735 in Internal Solid State Drives
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Product description
Product Description
Do More. Faster. Longer
The Crucial M550 SSD is more than 20 times faster than a typical hard drive* and consumes significantly less power. It enables your computer to boot up almost immediately, load files and programs almost instantly, accelerate demanding applications, and manage power so that your battery lasts up to 50 minutes longer. Backed by advanced feature sets -- Native Write Acceleration, RAIN technology, Adaptive Thermal Protection, hardware-based encryption, and Crucial's data integrity algorithm -- the Crucial M550 delivers a complete performance gain that's measured by far more than just specs.
Micron Quality -- a High Level of Reliability
As a brand of Micron, one of the largest flash storage manufacturers in the world, the Crucial M550 is backed by the same quality and innovation that has produced some of the world's most advanced memory and storage technologies. With more than 1,000 hours of pre-release validation testing and hundreds of SSD qualification tests, the Crucial M550 has been thoroughly tried, tested, and proven for the most demanding applications.
*Performance level based on averaged PCMark Vantage HDD test scores of five leading hard drives compared to the Crucial M550 SSD. Actual performance level may vary based on benchmark used and individual system configuration. Test setup: 256GB Crucial M550 SSD (firmware MU03), 2TB Western Digital WD20EURS 7200RPM hard drive, 2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 7200 RPM hard drive, 1TB Western Digital WD10EZEX 7200RPM hard drive, 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS 7200RPM hard drive, and 500GB Western Digital WD5000AVDS 7200RPM hard drive, all tested on an Intel DZ87KLT-75K motherboard, Intel i7-4770K 3.50GHz processor, BIOS Rev. 0446, and Windows 8 Pro 64-bit operating system using PCMark Vantage HDD test suite. Benchmark testing conducted December 2013.
**Hard drive active average power use based on published specs of 500GB Seagate Momentus 7200RPM internal hard drive for laptops. According to NPD data published in September 2013, this was one of the most popular hard drives available and an accurate reflection of a common internal hard drive for laptops.
Note: All trademarks are property of their respective owners. 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.
Consistently Fast Speeds. No Exceptions
Every manufacturer has ideas about how to deliver better performance. Some use file compression schemes, but those don't help video, audio, or graphic files that are already compressed. The Crucial M550 treats all files the same, regardless of whether they're compressed or uncompressed, so the specs listed are the same ones you'll see in real world use: true 550 MB/s sequential reads across all file types.
Achieve Fast Speeds without Sacrificing Reliability
Normally, as an SSD's level of performance increases, its level of reliability decreases. Not so with the Crucial M550. With more than 35 years of defining and refining some of the world's most advanced memory and storage technologies, we leveraged our expertise to create RAIN (Redundant Array of Independent NAND). This technology protects your data at the component level, similar to the way RAID is used with multiple drives.
Save on Power Costs and Enjoy Longer Battery Life
Run your system for longer -- and use less power. Based on published specs, a common laptop hard drive uses 2.5 watts of power on an average workload, compared to 0.15 watts on the Crucial M550 (which is up to 94% more energy efficient).** In everyday terms, this means significantly more battery life and substantial savings on power costs.
Secure and Protect Your Data -- with No Loss in Performance
You probably save lots of sensitive and personal information on your computer -- encrypt it and keep it safe. As a self-encrypting drive, the Crucial M550 incorporates a high level of hardware encryption into the controller, allowing the drive to operate at full speed without the performance loss associated with software-based encryption. The Crucial M550 is one of the only drives on the market to meet the rigorous requirements of TCG Opal 2.0, IEEE-1667, and Microsoft eDrive.
Keep Your System Cool -- Even When You Overwork it
Push your drive to the limit and avoid overheating, even in ultra-small, thermally constrained systems. The Crucial M550 includes Adaptive Thermal Protection technology, which enables the drive to dynamically adjust NAND activity based on usage demands. With this technology, the drive is able to maintain optimal operating temperatures, even when you overwork it.
Store up to 1TB
Available in capacities up to 1TB, the Crucial M550 provides plenty of space to store large programs and your ever-growing collection of photos, videos, music, and work files. Available in form factors 2.5-inch, mSATA and M.2, the Crucial M550 is designed to go the distance.
Box Contains
1x CrucialM550-1024GB SSD
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I decided that the only appreciable improvement available to me on this equipment would be to replace the main internal drive with an SSD equivalent. Research suggested that in addition to the small (128GB) capacity Crucial SSD which has housed my programs for the past 18 months I could gain a further benefit by hosting all of the data handling facilities and major data storage on a second SSD... I have been happy with the original Crucial device and so was encouraged to consider the Crucial M550 as one of the main options. Other contenders for my business included components from Samsung, LaCie etc. The largest possible SSD available when I made my selection was 1TB which did restrict selection somewhat. Reviews from previous users suggested both Crucial and Samsung products were likely to give good results - at very competitive prices for their hardware.
Having been highly satisfied with my first (128GB) Crucial SSD it was an easy choice to go for their 1TB M550 device.
Purchased via Amazon I had the new drive fitted by my local hardware specialist who also cleaned-up my data hosting and removed some of the load on the original SSD which now houses only data management routines, program files, program files (x86) and program data files. This occupies approximately 70GB of the available 110GB on the formatted 128GB drive.
The new (in January 2015) 1TB SSD is currently occupied to a 55% level by all data intensive and speed sensitive data files including my casting simulation work, my photographic archives (all photos taken since 1997 when I moved to digital media) and all major documentation for my company operation.
In the ten week period since the system became operational no difficulties have been detected and the additional speed of operation has greatly enhanced the productivity of my day to day simulation work, as well as speeding up other data intensive activities such as photograph manipulation using Adobe Photoshop Elements 13.
The price of hardware in this class is obviously higher than the equivalent conventional drives but at the £334 which the 1TB version of the Crucial M550 cost me in January 2015, I considered to be very good value for money. My hardware engineer echoes this opinion.
Subsequent day to day operation of the now Twin-SSD equipped Chillblast desktop has confirmed that the machine is substantially quicker in all operations and has enabled me to improve the data security because read/write operations are now rather quicker than previously. All data on my large SSD is now copied onto a 2TB conventional Internal Drive and onto a free standing 2TB external drive.
In conclusion a very satisfactory purchase.
Boot time into windows 7 using a disk based hard drive 5 minutes plus, and could not view the internet until at least that time has passed.
Boot time with this under 30 seconds, and I can open a web browser and start surfing in under 20 seconds.
The PC is more responsive - programs open when I click on them rather than seconds later.
PC is not old, 6 cores at 3.8Ghz each, 16Gb ram, and 2Gb graphics card.
(it is also really very small, I was expecting it to be hard drive sized, rather than matchbox sized, I know it is 2.5" but it is very very thin. A 512gb 3.5" drive is huge in comparison.)
It ships with no software. Not a big issue, as there are plenty of free (or free trial) programs that are more than up to the job of migrating your operating system and data from your old drive to this.













