09Jun Crucial MX100 512GB SSD $219
For those of you who haven’t made the jump yet, an SSD is well worth considering and the new Crucial drive has a very attractive price. While the new Crucial MX100 512GB SSD drives aren’t at the top of the pack in terms of speed, the current $219 price tag still makes them a very attractive upgrade option. If you’ve been working on a spinning hard drive, almost any SSD drive will make a huge difference in how your desktop and NLE performs. Even a somewhat sluggish system starts to feel snappy with an SSD boot drive and $219 for the Crucial MX100 512GB SSD is a sweet spot in terms of price/performance.
Personally I’m still using all Samsung 840 EVO drives, but if I were building a new system or upgrading and I was trying to save a little money, the Crucial MX100 would probably be a good place to start. SSD drives are finally starting to be affordable.
UPDATE: Looks like you can find it for just $199 on B&H with free shipping right now!
June 9th, 2014 at 11:17 pm
the speed actually pretty good consider it is 550/500
June 10th, 2014 at 6:23 am
I agree, it’s definitely not slow.
June 12th, 2014 at 7:39 am
Can anyone recommend a good outer casing for the current SSD in my retina macbook pro? And also the tiny screw drivers needed to open the bottom shell of the laptop?
June 12th, 2014 at 9:27 am
I used this set, but ifixit has some good mac toolsets as well. Not sure on the casing, i’m a PC guy, so I’ve never had to upgrade a macbook.
June 17th, 2014 at 4:26 pm
I know the Seagate thunderbolt dock is an option – if you don’t mind carrying around the bare drive and putting a small spacer between it and the dock… but are there any other portable thunderbolt CASES are out there?
Anything 500GB and over is a desktop solution, and anything portable is ludicrous price and too small.
Seems like the only offering at 500GB is LaCie at $500