--- product_id: 56332652 title: "Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1" brand: "crucial" price: "€ 598.84" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Crucial" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/56332652-crucial-mx500-2tb-3d-nand-sata-2-5-inch-internal store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # 560MB/s read speed AES 256-bit encryption Power Loss Immunity Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 **Brand:** crucial **Price:** € 598.84 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Upgrade your rig, outrun the lag, and join the SSD elite! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 by crucial - **How much does it cost?** € 598.84 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/56332652-crucial-mx500-2tb-3d-nand-sata-2-5-inch-internal) ## 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 - β€’ **5-Year Peace of Mind:** Industry-leading warranty backs your upgrade with trusted reliability - β€’ **Next-Gen 3D NAND Tech:** Micron’s advanced 3D NAND ensures durability and lightning-fast file transfers - β€’ **Uninterrupted Workflow:** Integrated Power Loss Immunity safeguards your work during unexpected outages - β€’ **Blazing Fast Performance:** Up to 560MB/s sequential read speeds for instant boot and load times - β€’ **Rock-Solid Data Security:** AES 256-bit hardware encryption keeps your sensitive data hacker-proof ## Overview The Crucial MX500 2TB SATA SSD delivers up to 560MB/s read and 510MB/s write speeds powered by Micron’s 3D NAND technology. Featuring AES 256-bit encryption and power loss immunity, it ensures your data stays secure and intact. Its 2.5-inch form factor fits desktops, laptops, and game consoles, backed by a 5-year warranty for dependable, high-capacity storage that revitalizes aging devices with turbocharged performance. ## Description Buy Review: Ideal replacement for an older iMac - if you're up to installation - My iMac was getting slower and occasionally, failing to boot - classic signs of spinning disk failure, but of course no errors showing up so I pressed on until it just gave up and booted into recovery mode! Part of the putting it off was the fear of opening the machine - in fact, if you're reasonably skilled at DIY and can follow instructions, it's not hard at all and the machine is well laid out. I opted to install an Apple SSD in the empty fusion drive slot as well as the Crucial SSD, but they're almost a match in performance (and both significantly faster than my old spinning disk). To adapt the Mac's 3.5" drive to the 2.5" format of this SSD I got an Orico 2.5-3.5" drive adaptor , a low-cost and solid plastic carrier that fits the iMac particularly nicely. Once setup and reinstalled the iMac's performance is exceptional - it feels like a machine half its age (it's only an i5, too), loading Cubase and sample libraries in a faction of the time it did even when the spinning disk was allegedly healthy (shame the CPU load hasn't dropped!). One significant difference is that background tasks no longer cause audio dropouts/crackles, always a problem before - the machine can be running multiple tracks in Cubase, receive emails, start disk indexing or even go and browse something in Safari and the audio just keeps on, which transforms the experience of using modern plugins and DAW software on an eight year old computer. I'll leave the fussy stats to other people; all you need to know here is: It's much faster. It works in an iMac without needing fan adaptors (a feature Apple introduced in later firmware for this model). It's good value and the MX is, I believe, better tech than the BX drive. If you are opening your iMac,, you need one of the kits (desertcart has plenty) and should read the guide on iFixit. Took me about 1 hour, 40 minutes including removing the logic board to fit the blade SSD, but excluding final setup and stickdown (you should masking-tape the screen on to make sure everything works before fitting new sticky strips). I've trusted Crucial for a long time for memory, and the price/performance/usefulness of the upgrade here has me delighted. Review: Dependable performance from a brand you can trust. - Crucial have become my top choice for memory and storage solutions, and for good reason. First off, the performance of this SSD is nothing short of exceptional. With read speeds of up to 560MB/s, this SSD has breathed new life into both my PC and laptop. But what's truly remarkable is how it transformed my older, slower laptop into a lightning-fast machine. Replacing the hard drive with the MX500 was like giving it a turbo boost – it now boots up in seconds and runs applications with lightning speed. As a loyal fan of Crucial, I've come to trust their products for their quality and reliability. Both of my PCs and my laptop are now running on Crucial SSDs, and I've been consistently impressed with their performance and durability. The MX500 continues this trend, offering the perfect blend of speed, capacity, and reliability. But perhaps the most compelling aspect of the MX500 is its value proposition. For anyone with an older, slower laptop, upgrading to an SSD can make a world of difference. Not only does it significantly improve performance, but it also extends the lifespan of your device, saving you the hassle and expense of buying a new one. Overall, I couldn't be happier with the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD. It's a game-changer for anyone looking to breathe new life into their PC or laptop. Whether you're a gamer, a student, or a professional, upgrading to the MX500 is one of the best investments you can make for your device. Highly recommended! ## Features - Sequential reads/writes up to 560/510 MB/s and random reads/writes up to 95k/90k on all file types - Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology - Integrated Power Loss Immunity preserves all your saved work if the power unexpectedly gets cut - AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption keeps data safe and secure from hackers and thieves - Dynamic write acceleration delivers faster saves and file transfers - Crucial 5-year limited warranty ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B003J5JB12 | | Best Sellers Rank | 10,172 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 70 in Internal Solid State Drives | | Box Contents | Crucial MX500, Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software and installation instructions | | Brand Name | Crucial | | Color | silver | | Compatible Devices | Desktop, Laptop, Game Console | | Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (117,400) | | Data Transfer Rate | 6 Gigabits Per Second | | Digital Storage Capacity | 2 TB | | Enclosure Material | Information Not Available | | Form Factor | 2.5-inch | | Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive | | Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches | | Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA | | Hard-Drive Size | 2000 GB | | Hardware Connectivity | SATA 6.0 Gb/s | | Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive | | Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 10.3L x 7W x 0.7Th centimetres | | Item Type Name | Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - CT2000MX500SSD1 | | Item Weight | 40 Grams | | Manufacturer | Micron | | Media Speed | 510 Megabytes Per Second | | Model Name | Crucial MX500 | | Model Number | CT2000MX500SSD1 | | Network Connectivity Technology | SATA | | Number of Items | 1 | | Product Features | Dynamic write acceleration, RAIN, multi-level data integrity algorithm, adaptive temperature protection, built-in power failure integrity, data path protection, active garbage collection (active elimination of unnecessary memory blocks) TRIM support, self-monitoring and reporting technology (self-monitoring and reporting, SMART), error correction code (error correction code, ECC), power saving mod… | | Product Warranty | maker | | Read Speed | 560 Megabytes Per Second | | Specific Uses For Product | Business, Gaming, Personal | | UPC | 649528785077 | | Unit Count | 1.0 count | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Crucial - **Colour:** silver - **Compatible devices:** Desktop, Laptop, Game Console - **Connectivity technology:** SATA - **Digital storage capacity:** 2 TB - **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive - **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches - **Hard disk interface:** Serial ATA - **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive ## Images ![Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/711F6tDXRXL.jpg) ![Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ZmElMeWdL.jpg) ![Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71BEAs+0NkL.jpg) ![Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41CfyMh8P+L.jpg) ![Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81h9lrg7VlL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: does this come ready to install into a computer eg the SATA cable and pins for bracket?** A: This comes as you see it in the photo, if you are swapping it with a laptop you don't need anything else. If you are going to install it in a desktop, you will need a mounting kit which comes with everything you need. **Q: does this come with the adapter plate?** A: I bought a bare drive, there was a plastic spacer item that did not need used in my Lenovo laptop PC. There was a small fol out leafet with a link to download cloning software. No adapter plate. **Q: Crucial website says this comes with a 9.5mm adapter but other people on here say it doesnt. Does anybody know for certain ? thanks** A: Most of the answers are wrong because they're confusing 9.5mm adapter with 3.5" adapter. And it doesn't help that the question incorrectly uses "adapter" when they mean "spacer". Because that's what they mean. Anyways: 1) Yes, the ones I bought all came with a small plastic spacer frame that you can fit against the underside to make this 7mm thick ssd fit more snug into 9.5mm thick bays. 2) No, they don't come with a 2.5 to 3.5" adapter as those are significant brackets that you buy separately. Now, some brackets come as kits that include an ssd. This isn't one of those, this is just an ssd. The vast majority of ssd are sold this way - i.e. just as ssd and not as part of a kit. **Q: The technical info states that lithium ion batteries are required. I thought it used a spare power cable from the desktop power supply. What is the ac** A: I replaced an existing SSD in my PC and it just uses a standard PC power supply cable. Easy to install and has worked well since I installed it. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ideal replacement for an older iMac - if you're up to installation *by T***S on 6 September 2021* My iMac was getting slower and occasionally, failing to boot - classic signs of spinning disk failure, but of course no errors showing up so I pressed on until it just gave up and booted into recovery mode! Part of the putting it off was the fear of opening the machine - in fact, if you're reasonably skilled at DIY and can follow instructions, it's not hard at all and the machine is well laid out. I opted to install an Apple SSD in the empty fusion drive slot as well as the Crucial SSD, but they're almost a match in performance (and both significantly faster than my old spinning disk). To adapt the Mac's 3.5" drive to the 2.5" format of this SSD I got an Orico 2.5-3.5" drive adaptor , a low-cost and solid plastic carrier that fits the iMac particularly nicely. Once setup and reinstalled the iMac's performance is exceptional - it feels like a machine half its age (it's only an i5, too), loading Cubase and sample libraries in a faction of the time it did even when the spinning disk was allegedly healthy (shame the CPU load hasn't dropped!). One significant difference is that background tasks no longer cause audio dropouts/crackles, always a problem before - the machine can be running multiple tracks in Cubase, receive emails, start disk indexing or even go and browse something in Safari and the audio just keeps on, which transforms the experience of using modern plugins and DAW software on an eight year old computer. I'll leave the fussy stats to other people; all you need to know here is: It's much faster. It works in an iMac without needing fan adaptors (a feature Apple introduced in later firmware for this model). It's good value and the MX is, I believe, better tech than the BX drive. If you are opening your iMac,, you need one of the kits (Amazon has plenty) and should read the guide on iFixit. Took me about 1 hour, 40 minutes including removing the logic board to fit the blade SSD, but excluding final setup and stickdown (you should masking-tape the screen on to make sure everything works before fitting new sticky strips). I've trusted Crucial for a long time for memory, and the price/performance/usefulness of the upgrade here has me delighted. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dependable performance from a brand you can trust. *by F***A on 12 May 2024* Crucial have become my top choice for memory and storage solutions, and for good reason. First off, the performance of this SSD is nothing short of exceptional. With read speeds of up to 560MB/s, this SSD has breathed new life into both my PC and laptop. But what's truly remarkable is how it transformed my older, slower laptop into a lightning-fast machine. Replacing the hard drive with the MX500 was like giving it a turbo boost – it now boots up in seconds and runs applications with lightning speed. As a loyal fan of Crucial, I've come to trust their products for their quality and reliability. Both of my PCs and my laptop are now running on Crucial SSDs, and I've been consistently impressed with their performance and durability. The MX500 continues this trend, offering the perfect blend of speed, capacity, and reliability. But perhaps the most compelling aspect of the MX500 is its value proposition. For anyone with an older, slower laptop, upgrading to an SSD can make a world of difference. Not only does it significantly improve performance, but it also extends the lifespan of your device, saving you the hassle and expense of buying a new one. Overall, I couldn't be happier with the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD. It's a game-changer for anyone looking to breathe new life into their PC or laptop. Whether you're a gamer, a student, or a professional, upgrading to the MX500 is one of the best investments you can make for your device. Highly recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Saved my laptop from the recycling bin *by A***D on 15 September 2019* Needed desperately to update or renew an ageing Toshiba C850 laptop that was to put it politely, slow to do anything, lagging, slow to react, webpages freezing, and boot time was turn on, make a cuppa, return to laptop..... I have a main desktop PC, but the laptop is handy to have around for browsing etc whilst watching the goggle box... the C850 was still with its factory hardware and a few months back did a fresh install of Win 8.1 which was a rollback from win10 (yes I did get the free win10 update but it was almost unusable). ... bearing in mind, this lappy is equipped with a 1.8mhz Celeron processor, 4Gb DDR3 Ram, and a Sata 2 5400 spin 500 GB HDD so it's never going to break any speed records. I decided to do a firmware upgrade, knowing the speeds gained from fitting SSDs as have done my own and a couple of other PCs to great advantage, usually buying Samsung drives but not wanting to go overboard on the price for this machine I went with the Crucial MX, and an 8GB stick of Crucial RAM just to finish things off. first things first,before purchasing I searched online for a video for my model lappy on how to get things apart (I have built several PCs, but apart from keyboard changes never played with laptops)... looked easy enough to install (it really was too) ....... So, I installed the Acronis clone software from Crucial, and connected the new drive via USB3 using the Ugreen USB - SATA cable (available on Amazon, can also do 3.5 drives too as has a power cable if required, but not needed for SSD)... note: the Crucial version of the software will not work unless you have a Crucial drive connected... it found the new drive, took a few minutes to set it up and successfully cloned my existing drive in about 30 minutes... Then following the afore mentioned instructions, I installed both the new RAM and drive to the machine, literally under 10 minutes later, battery back in and rebooting the machine.... boot time was greatly improved, as said before, not blisteringly fast due to other restrictions, but several minutes quicker than before, under 30 seconds for fully loaded.... no need for a new laptop, this old gal is perfectly usable for what I require now and programmes etc install a lot faster and have had none of my previous, freezing / lagging issues...... the only issue I had was that for some reason the sound device driver needed reinstalling, was on the drive but for some reason didn't work...a 1 min job I picked Crucial, because I have used their RAM in many applications before, with no issues, their Micron branded chips are used by other manufacturers (inc the WD blue 3D nand SSD) and they are priced quite reasonably.... possibly being one of the "best of the rest" after Samsung in the SSD market, obviously using the SATA 3 format, speed is restricted by the actual format itself, but some improvements can be made further by installing Crucials own SSD software, this has a function whereas the cache is used to speed things up even further, and allows you to monitor the health etc of the drive... One question remains though, and this one is for Toshiba, with the laptop having a SATA2 drive factory fitted, I was expecting speeds around the 250-280MB/s mark, as S2 tops out at 300 MB/s, so imagine my joy when testing immediately after install a test mark of 551MB/s read and 518 write... the motherboard is actually a SATA 3... so happy days.. here are the Seq Q32T1 speeds taken from crystaldiskmark, for the old HDD, the SSD and then the SSD using crucials Momentum Cache software HDD read 105.4 MB/s - write 99.12 MB/s SSD read 551.2 - write 518.4 MC read 1504.1 - write 1609.7 as you can see, speeds are greatly improved and the momentum cache software is pure witchcraft.... bottom line, with a little bit of knowledge, research and confidence you can breath new life into an ageing machine (Laptop or desktop) with great success for a lot less than a new machine, better still you can then just use your existing HDD as an external backup for photos / documents etc using the same cable you used to clone the original (wipe it first) The cable I used is Amazon item number 20627, this is ideal for using 3.5 HDDs as well as 2.5 and SSDs due to the power cable, they also sell a non powered version for around a tenner less which would be fine if only ever going to be used with SSDs ## Frequently Bought Together - Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1 - BENFEI SATA Cable III, 3 Pack SATA Cable III 6Gbps Straight HDD SDD Data Cable with Locking Latch 18 Inch Compatible for SATA HDD, SSD, CD Driver, CD Writer - Black - Corsair Dual SSD Mounting Bracket (3.5” Internal Drive Bay to 2.5", Easy Installation) Black --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/56332652-crucial-mx500-2tb-3d-nand-sata-2-5-inch-internal](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/56332652-crucial-mx500-2tb-3d-nand-sata-2-5-inch-internal) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*