--- product_id: 48143231 title: "MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1" brand: "crucial" price: "€ 302.57" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Crucial" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48143231-mx300-525gb-sata-2-5-inch-internal-solid-state-drive store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # 530 MB/s read speed 525 GB storage capacity 90x more energy efficient MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1 **Brand:** crucial **Price:** € 302.57 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🚀 Upgrade your rig with speed and stamina — don’t get left behind! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1 by crucial - **How much does it cost?** € 302.57 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48143231-mx300-525gb-sata-2-5-inch-internal-solid-state-drive) ## Best For - crucial enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted crucial brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Advanced Micron 3D NAND:** Cutting-edge flash technology ensures durability and consistent high-speed transfers. - • **Blazing Fast Load Times:** Experience up to 530 MB/s sequential reads for near-instant game and app launches. - • **Generous 525GB Capacity:** Store your entire gaming library and professional projects without compromise. - • **Energy-Smart Performance:** Over 90x more energy efficient than traditional HDDs, extending laptop battery life. - • **Momentum Cache & DevSleep Ready:** Boosts small file handling and power savings for seamless multitasking and longer device uptime. ## Overview The Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 2.5-inch SSD delivers solid mainstream performance with up to 530 MB/s read and 510 MB/s write speeds, powered by Micron’s 3D NAND technology. Its energy-efficient design and features like Momentum Cache and DevSleep optimize power use and responsiveness, making it ideal for gamers and professionals seeking reliable, fast storage at a competitive price. ## Description Buy Review: Great as a Games drive - Bought the 750GB drive during the desertcart Superdeals for £109 to replace a pair of 500gb RAID1 drives in my main PC rig. The drive was to be used to store all my Steam Games - essentially a games drive. Whilst no slouch, my 500GB RAID1 drives were giving me around 250MB/s and load times for my games was ok. However, with some of the newer games coming in at around 40-50GB in size my requirements changed. What i needed was: - More space - Faster loading times - Reasonable price At £109 (desertcart Superdeal), 750GB, and stated specs of 530MB/s Read and 510MB/s Write this SSD drive certainly ticked all the boxes for me. So lets get the important stuff out of the way first: What is it? It's an SSD drive that comes in a 2.5" form factor, Rated specs of 530MB/s Read and 510MB/s Write and power consumption of around 4mW. This uses the new Micron 384Gbit 3D NAND flash memory similar to what Samsung introduced a while ago with the 850 pro Formatted with NTFS leaves you with around 698GB of useable space. Interface? It uses the standard SATA interface and should work with 3Gbps/6Gbps controllers on most motherboards. How did it perform? Good. Although not top tier and does not quite compete with the best (and more expensive) drives. But then again, this drive is aimed more at mainstream user rather than the extreme or enthusiast users. In terms of my own benchmarks ATTO gave readings at around 500MB's READ and 490MB's Write which is a little below stated Crucial specs. YMMV however. As of writing the current firmware is M0CR011 and there are no updates from Crucial. Load times for games has improved, and with some the loading screen is hardly noticeable - result! Also i've noticed that the temps in my Case has dropped a few degrees - no doubt due to me removing two large 3.5" mechanical drives. Conclusion: Good capacity drive at a reasonable price. Performance is good without being outstanding and I'm hoping this will improve with firmware updates. Reliability remains to be seen but so far (6 weeks) no issues. Overall i'm happy with this drive and can recommend - You even get a code for Acronis to download and use if you need to clone or image a drive! Review: Works really well on laptops with Crucial momentum cache enabled - I’ve been a big fan of Samsung drives, but the price difference on the 1TB was enough to make me jump ship to Crucial. I use it in a gaming laptop as my data drive (I have a 250GB system drive and then the Crucial 1TB for data, games and applications). The laptop is a recent (2017) MSI Apache 17”. It has space for one PCIe SSD and one standard SATA 3. I chose to go with a standard SATA because I’m lazy and didn’t want to mess about with moving the system disk. Anyway, all good, and decent for a SSD (but not outstanding figures) in CrystalDiskMark. That is until I downloaded Crucial Storage Executive and enabled momentum cache. The figures speak for themselves (see my screenshot of CrystalDiskMark). I've also added a second image from Task Manager showing how momentum cache works. The G drive is a traditional HDD transferring 25GB of data to F, a 1TB SSD with momentum enabled (I'm actually installing the game Fallout 4 from G to F). You can see that the SSD only occasionally writes data (about once every 10s). So, a very good thing about Momentum cache is the way it handles small files; it caches them to memory and only writes them to the physical SSD occasionally. This not only saves wear on your SSD, but it also makes certain tasks fly. I am a web application developer, and my build process (which involves working with literally thousands of javascript files) is now super fast (it would be even faster if node/npm was multi-threaded, but that's another story!). What are the downsides of doing this? Momentum cache uses your PC memory as a read/write cache, so you need to have a decent amount of memory. My laptop has 16GB, so all good there. I suspect it will work less well for 4GB systems, or if you are using a power-hungry application (such as Adobe Premiere, which I use). It also increases the CPU overhead. EDIT: I're realised Windows 10 Task Manager > Memory shows you the RAM cache (its marked as 'memory that has to be saved to disk before it can be used for something else' or words to that effect). I copied over the full install folder of Fallout 4 plus DLCs (29.6GB) onto a Momemtum enabled drive and the cache varied between 1 and 1.5GB. So the 4GB is never reached; more like >2GB. Crucial strongly recommend a battery backup if you use momentum cache (i.e. you can lose the cached data on a power fail), so other things equal you should only really enable it on a laptop. The cache is written to the real SSD on power off, so system shutdown takes longer (by 5-10s, so significant). But yeah, just look at those figures; well recommended for laptops with memory to spare; your system flies! Edit: Another good thing about the Crucial I'm finding is that it uses devSleep much more often than other SSDs. Since writing this review (5 months), the up-time for my SSD (according to CrystalDiskInfo) is only 9 hours when the physical up-time has been office hours (8.5 hours a day, 5 days a week). The low up-time saves both power and wear and tear, with no noticeable affect on access time. DevSleep only seems to kick in on laptops (it does not seem to affect my desktop), but is certainly something that will extend your laptop battery life (especially if you have two drives) and the life of the SSDs themselves. Oh, I also suspect the up-time is coming out so low because of Momentum Cache (RAM caching means less access requests to the SSD and more devSleep down-time), so devSleep and Momentum cache probably work together). ## Features - Sequential reads/writes up to 530 / 510 MB/s on all file types - Random reads/writes up to 92k / 83k on all file types - Over 90x more energy efficient than a typical hard drive - Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology - Dynamic Write Acceleration delivers faster saves and file transfers ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B01IAGSD68 | | Best Sellers Rank | 158,923 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 861 in Internal Solid State Drives | | Box Contents | Tray | | Brand | Crucial | | Brand Name | Crucial | | Cache Memory Installed Size | 525 | | Color | Silver | | Compatible Devices | PC/notebook | | Connectivity technology | SATA | | Country of Origin | Singapore | | Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 13,432 Reviews | | Data Transfer Rate | 6 Gigabits Per Second | | Digital Storage Capacity | 525 GB | | Digital storage capacity | 525 GB | | Enclosure Material | Nand Flash | | Form Factor | 2.5-inch | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00649528777201, 04058154115589, 06953040952966 | | Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive | | Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches | | Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA | | Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 530 RPM | | Hard disk form factor | 2.5 Inches | | Hard disk interface | Serial ATA | | Hard-Drive Size | 525 GB | | Hardware Connectivity | SATA 6.0 Gb/s | | Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive | | Item Weight | 0.01 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | CRUBC | | Media Speed | 510 MB/s | | Model Name | MICRON CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC | | Model Number | CT525MX300SSD1 | | Network Connectivity Technology | SATA | | Number of Items | 1 | | Product Features | ECC^Internal^Operating temperature range:0 - 70 °C^RoHS compliance^S.M.A.R.T support^Security algorithms:256-bit AES^TRIM support | | Product Warranty | 3 year limited warranty | | Read Speed | 530 Megabytes Per Second | | Special feature | ECC^Internal^Operating temperature range:0 - 70 °C^RoHS compliance^S.M.A.R.T support^Security algorithms:256-bit AES^TRIM support Special feature ECC^Internal^Operating temperature range:0 - 70 °C^RoHS compliance^S.M.A.R.T support^Security algorithms:256-bit AES^TRIM support See more | | Specific Uses For Product | Gaming | | UPC | 649528777201 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Crucial - **Colour:** Silver - **Compatible devices:** PC/notebook - **Connectivity technology:** SATA - **Digital storage capacity:** 525 GB - **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive - **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches - **Hard disk interface:** Serial ATA - **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive ## Images ![MX300 525GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT525MX300SSD1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61givkW8ZSL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Size, Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Would this work on a 2009 macbook pro ddr3** A: Yes. DDR3 is your type of RAM and has no effect on the compatibility of the hard drive. I've got Crucial ssd's in a 2007 MBpro & 2011 Mac mini. **Q: Hi, Is anybody using this with an X-box one please?** A: Xbox one is USB 3.0 and its super fast loading, as long as you have usb 3.0 caddy **Q: Is this a laptop drive or 1 for a desktop computer ?** A: 2.5mm model, u can use for replace laptop hdd bay or desktop as well **Q: Does it fit game max silent sound proofed gaming case** A: Fitted mac book pro no issues.. may need a drive cady or cage as drive is about 2.5 inch wide, check connection type and size mount of existing drive before ordering, thats what I did ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great as a Games drive *by D***J on 10 August 2016* Bought the 750GB drive during the Amazon Superdeals for £109 to replace a pair of 500gb RAID1 drives in my main PC rig. The drive was to be used to store all my Steam Games - essentially a games drive. Whilst no slouch, my 500GB RAID1 drives were giving me around 250MB/s and load times for my games was ok. However, with some of the newer games coming in at around 40-50GB in size my requirements changed. What i needed was: - More space - Faster loading times - Reasonable price At £109 (Amazon Superdeal), 750GB, and stated specs of 530MB/s Read and 510MB/s Write this SSD drive certainly ticked all the boxes for me. So lets get the important stuff out of the way first: What is it? It's an SSD drive that comes in a 2.5" form factor, Rated specs of 530MB/s Read and 510MB/s Write and power consumption of around 4mW. This uses the new Micron 384Gbit 3D NAND flash memory similar to what Samsung introduced a while ago with the 850 pro Formatted with NTFS leaves you with around 698GB of useable space. Interface? It uses the standard SATA interface and should work with 3Gbps/6Gbps controllers on most motherboards. How did it perform? Good. Although not top tier and does not quite compete with the best (and more expensive) drives. But then again, this drive is aimed more at mainstream user rather than the extreme or enthusiast users. In terms of my own benchmarks ATTO gave readings at around 500MB's READ and 490MB's Write which is a little below stated Crucial specs. YMMV however. As of writing the current firmware is M0CR011 and there are no updates from Crucial. Load times for games has improved, and with some the loading screen is hardly noticeable - result! Also i've noticed that the temps in my Case has dropped a few degrees - no doubt due to me removing two large 3.5" mechanical drives. Conclusion: Good capacity drive at a reasonable price. Performance is good without being outstanding and I'm hoping this will improve with firmware updates. Reliability remains to be seen but so far (6 weeks) no issues. Overall i'm happy with this drive and can recommend - You even get a code for Acronis to download and use if you need to clone or image a drive! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works really well on laptops with Crucial momentum cache enabled *by S***B on 9 September 2017* I’ve been a big fan of Samsung drives, but the price difference on the 1TB was enough to make me jump ship to Crucial. I use it in a gaming laptop as my data drive (I have a 250GB system drive and then the Crucial 1TB for data, games and applications). The laptop is a recent (2017) MSI Apache 17”. It has space for one PCIe SSD and one standard SATA 3. I chose to go with a standard SATA because I’m lazy and didn’t want to mess about with moving the system disk. Anyway, all good, and decent for a SSD (but not outstanding figures) in CrystalDiskMark. That is until I downloaded Crucial Storage Executive and enabled momentum cache. The figures speak for themselves (see my screenshot of CrystalDiskMark). I've also added a second image from Task Manager showing how momentum cache works. The G drive is a traditional HDD transferring 25GB of data to F, a 1TB SSD with momentum enabled (I'm actually installing the game Fallout 4 from G to F). You can see that the SSD only occasionally writes data (about once every 10s). So, a very good thing about Momentum cache is the way it handles small files; it caches them to memory and only writes them to the physical SSD occasionally. This not only saves wear on your SSD, but it also makes certain tasks fly. I am a web application developer, and my build process (which involves working with literally thousands of javascript files) is now super fast (it would be even faster if node/npm was multi-threaded, but that's another story!). What are the downsides of doing this? Momentum cache uses your PC memory as a read/write cache, so you need to have a decent amount of memory. My laptop has 16GB, so all good there. I suspect it will work less well for 4GB systems, or if you are using a power-hungry application (such as Adobe Premiere, which I use). It also increases the CPU overhead. EDIT: I're realised Windows 10 Task Manager > Memory shows you the RAM cache (its marked as 'memory that has to be saved to disk before it can be used for something else' or words to that effect). I copied over the full install folder of Fallout 4 plus DLCs (29.6GB) onto a Momemtum enabled drive and the cache varied between 1 and 1.5GB. So the 4GB is never reached; more like >2GB. Crucial strongly recommend a battery backup if you use momentum cache (i.e. you can lose the cached data on a power fail), so other things equal you should only really enable it on a laptop. The cache is written to the real SSD on power off, so system shutdown takes longer (by 5-10s, so significant). But yeah, just look at those figures; well recommended for laptops with memory to spare; your system flies! Edit: Another good thing about the Crucial I'm finding is that it uses devSleep much more often than other SSDs. Since writing this review (5 months), the up-time for my SSD (according to CrystalDiskInfo) is only 9 hours when the physical up-time has been office hours (8.5 hours a day, 5 days a week). The low up-time saves both power and wear and tear, with no noticeable affect on access time. DevSleep only seems to kick in on laptops (it does not seem to affect my desktop), but is certainly something that will extend your laptop battery life (especially if you have two drives) and the life of the SSDs themselves. Oh, I also suspect the up-time is coming out so low because of Momentum Cache (RAM caching means less access requests to the SSD and more devSleep down-time), so devSleep and Momentum cache probably work together). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good performance, easy to set up and good price *by D***D on 10 November 2016* It's my first SSD, so I am naturally impressed with the considerable improvement in boot up time and the neat, compact nature of the drive. It was easy to install in my tower (with a separately purchased 3.5" drive bay bracket and cables; the '9.5mm Adapter' that comes with this SSD is merely a hollow rectangular frame that sits underneath the SSD, I think it is only useful for laptops and I didn't use it), and the Acronis software key provided allowed me to download and use Acronis to simply transfer the contents of my hard disk drive. This transfer process took, if I remember rightly, between 30 and 40 minutes (you click through a few screens, making sure correct disks are being copied from and to, then leave it to do its thing for the vast majority of this time). I advise looking at a few videos on Youtube for instruction on physically fitting the SSD and preparing it with the software (Crucial have some of their own videos on Youtube, and videos by other SSD manufacturers and members of the public could be helpful too). Note that this SSD (and all the other ones I browsed) doesn't come with a 3.5" bracket to fit in a standard desktop drive bay, nor does it come with any cables to connect it to the power supply and motherboard. You will have to buy these items separately unless you have them already (if you keep boxes after buying a new PC, with manuals and original discs etc, check them; there are often spare cables), but they are cheap and available from lots of online retailers. As I mentioned at the start, my PC boots up faster now. It reaches the desktop screen quicker, and once there, there is no extra loading- on my HDD I would often be waiting about twenty seconds for anything to become responsive as it was still loading startup programs. I've noticed a few games load up faster too, which is nice. This performs well, no problems encountered, and at a good price. I needed a little more than 240/250 GB capacity which are the norm at this end of the scale, but didn't want to go up to 480/500GB prices. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48143231-mx300-525gb-sata-2-5-inch-internal-solid-state-drive](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48143231-mx300-525gb-sata-2-5-inch-internal-solid-state-drive) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-04-28*