Crucial® BX500 SATA 480 GB SSD
Essential PC upgrades start with the Crucial BX500 SATA SSD
Crucial BX500 SATA SSD
Add storage to your laptop or desktop computer with the Crucial® BX500 SSD, the easiest way to get all the speed of a new computer without the price. Accelerate everything and store up to 4TB2 of your irreplaceable files with a Crucial® BX500 SATA SSD, a drive built on speed and security that’s backed by Crucial’s reputation for quality. Even if you’ve never opened your computer case, don’t fear — our step-by-step guide walks you through the process to make installation easy.
Speed:
Sequential read/write speeds of 540/500MB/s1
Performance:
Over 45x more energy efficient than a typical hard drive3
Protection:
Power loss immunity, data defense and RAIN features
Durability:
More durable than a hard drive — no small moving parts that are prone to failure3
Capacities:
4TB, 2TB, 1TB, 480GB, 240GB
Warranty:
1-year limited warranty
Integrated power loss immunity
Avoid data loss during power outages. This built-in feature of our NAND protects your data swiftly and efficiently, protecting your work if your system unexpectedly shuts down.
Nervous about installing an SSD? Don’t worry! You don’t need much more than a screwdriver and our easy-to-follow instructions. Watch this video for a quick look:
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1Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using IOMeter® with a queue depth of 32 and write cache enabled. Fresh out-of-the-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.
2Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch.
3Active average power use comparison based on published specs of the 480GB Crucial BX500 SSD and the 1TB Western Digital® Caviar Blue™ WD10EZEX internal hard drive. All other capacities of the Crucial BX500 SSD have comparable active average power consumption specs.
4“/JP” is attached at the end of the parts number of official Japanese distributed products shipped after April 2017.
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Specifications
| General tech specs | |
|---|---|
| Interface | SATA (6Gb/s) |
| Form factor | 2.5-inch (7mm) |
| SSD series | BX500 |
| Capacity | 480 GB |
| Speed & timing | |
|---|---|
| Sequential Read | 540 MB/s |
| Sequential Write | 500 MB/s |
| Warranty & returns | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | Limited 1-year |
