Crucial M550 1TB SSD

Reduced to clear! (Normally $599) The Crucial M550 solid state drives offers read speeds of up to 550MB/s and write speeds up to 500MB/s. A breakthrough in innovation, it consumes significantly less power, 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.

Specifications:

• Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
• Sustained Sequential Read: 550MB/s
• Sustained Sequential Write: 500MB/s
• Random Read: 95,000 IOPS
• Random Write: 85,000 IOPS
• Form Factor: 2.5in
• NAND: Micron 20nm MLC NAND
• Controller: Marvell 88SS9189
• Life Expectancy: 1.5 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
• Warranty: Limited three year warranty
• Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years

Hot Hardware
"If you’re in the market for a solid state drive, the Crucial M550 series should absolutely be on your short-list of potential candidates." Full review

TweakTown
"The Crucial M550 1TB hits high marks for performance and value." Full review