Crucial MX300 750 GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive £105.99 @ Amazon

My 2 cents on the matter. Is this a good deal? Yes, probably the best priced SSD you'll see in this entire sale.

Is it better than a Samsung 850 Evo? No BUT... this is better value for money at this price. What most people don't say (? don't realise), in real world applications, there isn't a huge difference between mid tier SSD's and top tier ones. Benchmarks for SSD's show read and write stuff 90% of users don't even understand. They are both very fast and unless you are transferring large files, you will not see a real world difference.

I own an NVME SM961, Samsung 950 pro, samsung 850 pro, samsung 850 evo, OCZ 400, crucial 300 etc. Yes my NVME are fractionally quicker but not enough for me to care about.

SSD vs mechanical drives is a whole new kettle of fish, you WILL notice a significant difference from snappier response times to everything just loading that must faster. Again, for the price, this is one of the best deals this Black Friday so far.

czrsiNk

If it's any help, although I love my Evo, that 500gb is already looking … If it's any help, although I love my Evo, that 500gb is already looking like it wasn't enough. This looks like a steal for 759gb!Read lessRead more

coldjim

em... just got myself a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO for £111 on the amazon … em... just got myself a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO for £111 on the amazon warehouse.Do i send it back and get this?Read lessRead more

UserBenchmark: Crucial MX300 vs Samsung 850 Evo

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB vs Crucial MX300 750GB - SSDs Comparison

Crucial MX300 SSD Review | StorageReview.com - Storage Reviews

Crucial MX300 750GB Benchmarks via Tom's Hardware

Conclusions and Final Words - The Crucial MX300 750GB SSD Review: Micron's 3D NAND Arrives

Crucial MX300 SSD Review (750GB) | The SSD Review

Interesting Review via Amazon US, regarding the enabling of "Momentum Cache" for Maximum Performance

Crucial UK SSD Support - Select the option 'Crucial MX300 SSD (All Form Factors)' to get access to the Crucial Storage Executive utility but also to access a firmware update for the SSD, not sure if it's applicable but bear it in mind


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James202022

Even if you had that going all day no chance do the sums

​You obviously haven't Google the issue...

700GB of garbage writes per day!

Terraheart

My 2 cents on the matter. Is this a good deal? Yes, probably the best … My 2 cents on the matter. Is this a good deal? Yes, probably the best priced SSD you'll see in this entire sale. Is it better than a Samsung 850 Evo? No BUT... this is better value for money at this price. What most people don't say (? don't realise), in real world applications, there isn't a huge difference between mid tier SSD's and top tier ones. Benchmarks for SSD's show read and write stuff 90% of users don't even understand. They are both very fast and unless you are transferring large files, you will not see a real world difference. I own an NVME SM961, Samsung 950 pro, samsung 850 pro, samsung 850 evo, OCZ 400, crucial 300 etc. Yes my NVME are fractionally quicker but not enough for me to care about.SSD vs mechanical drives is a whole new kettle of fish, you WILL notice a significant difference from snappier response times to everything just loading that must faster. Again, for the price, this is one of the best deals this Black Friday so far.Read lessRead more

For typical users performance isn't the issue with SSDs - it's size, easy to fill them up given how small they often are compared to a typical HD. On that basis this size, for this price, seems a good deal.

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Terraheart

My 2 cents on the matter. Is this a good deal? Yes, probably the best … My 2 cents on the matter. Is this a good deal? Yes, probably the best priced SSD you'll see in this entire sale. Is it better than a Samsung 850 Evo? No BUT... this is better value for money at this price. What most people don't say (? don't realise), in real world applications, there isn't a huge difference between mid tier SSD's and top tier ones. Benchmarks for SSD's show read and write stuff 90% of users don't even understand. They are both very fast and unless you are transferring large files, you will not see a real world difference. I own an NVME SM961, Samsung 950 pro, samsung 850 pro, samsung 850 evo, OCZ 400, crucial 300 etc. Yes my NVME are fractionally quicker but not enough for me to care about.SSD vs mechanical drives is a whole new kettle of fish, you WILL notice a significant difference from snappier response times to everything just loading that must faster. Again, for the price, this is one of the best deals this Black Friday so far.Read lessRead more

​listen to this person people. don't get hung up on benchmarking either. I've got evo 850, sandisk ultra 2, mx300 and hyperx. real world feels pretty much the same performance, benchmarking is the only time I can see the difference.

awesome thanks op - snapped up 2 last night

was waiting for a good SSD deal

one of these babies will replace ageing OCZ 60gb from back in the day
that was recently ressurected as OS drive to dual boot W10...

but what to do with it now?

For those that wanna reminise:

Price from June 2011 (ebuyer)

Item: OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SSD - SATA-III - Read 525MB/s Write 475MB/s 50,000 IOPS
Qty: 1
Cost: 79.15 + VAT!!

Bejeezus

I'd save your money and get a life pal.

Bit harsh...

ps4 pro and ssd : youtube.com/wat…Oe4

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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just bought one and wanted to post on HUKD ;] good deal :]

I only need 120GB, wish a decent priced one would hurry up

coldjim

em... just got myself a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO for £111 on the amazon … em... just got myself a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO for £111 on the amazon warehouse.Do i send it back and get this?Read lessRead more

Me thinks yes good sir!!! Up to you at the end of the day mate but the extra space with the Crucial would be handy IMHO.
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Samsung evo 850 is far better

thanks OP, ordered

Just bought to replace my 256gb SSD, thanks

Thanks! Purchased in the hope it'll save my macbook pro from death by spinning beachball.

The samsung 850 is not much different to this get your facts right this is a bargin buy this and if any better do come up buy them and send this back

Gra3m3

Hey folks,Planning on building by first gaming pc was actually looking at … Hey folks,Planning on building by first gaming pc was actually looking at the 275GB version of this SSD and adding on a 1TB HDD. I don't feel I would need much space. Anyone that knows more about this stuff know if I could make do with just this 750GB SSD on it's own? Would there be any significant draw backs? Cheers!Read lessRead more

Hi,
Once you go to SSD you won't go back to HDD unless it's just for storage of files.
Depends on your usage really.

At the moment I have got 3 x 256 SSD and run out of space, most space took games (some high end games take 20GB-60GB), video editing... So bough this one, could not resist at this price point!

Harshall

Just bought to replace my 256gb SSD, thanks

Can I buy your 256GB on the cheap?

just bought it. hot.

if there is a better deal later on I can always send this back.

I have the older MX200 250GB version and never had any issues with it. So when I saw this, it went straight in my basket.

Gra3m3

Hey folks,Planning on building by first gaming pc was actually looking at … Hey folks,Planning on building by first gaming pc was actually looking at the 275GB version of this SSD and adding on a 1TB HDD. I don't feel I would need much space. Anyone that knows more about this stuff know if I could make do with just this 750GB SSD on it's own? Would there be any significant draw backs? Cheers!Read lessRead more

I built mine in August and went for 3tb hard drive and 250gb ssd. The ssd is really convenient for use with saving you time loading games, accessing files and just wish this deal was available when I was building mine. Could you potentially buy this and add a 2tb Hard drive down the line.

My only criticism is be careful on what you install on it as 750gb will run out quickly if you download every game within your steam library.

Thanks OP been waiting for a good SSD deal. 250gb is no longer enough!

Nicest deal I've seen on an ssd for a while. Heat added.

I was just waiting for that deal. I don't mind the benchmark tests as I'm planning to use as a secondary drive. Already have a sammy pro on boot

Great price, though I'm waiting for a good 2TB SSD deal ...might have to wait a year. (bought a 1TB 850 EVO last year for £185)

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hukdplan

For typical users performance isn't the issue with SSDs - it's size, easy … For typical users performance isn't the issue with SSDs - it's size, easy to fill them up given how small they often are compared to a typical HD. On that basis this size, for this price, seems a good deal.Read lessRead more

Funny thing this..

I had feeling Amazon were going to sell the MX300 for this configuration/price and I've been holding off buying the 500 MB version all week on that basis.

BTW If you'd looked at the CCC graph earlier today it would have shown you that this was actually available at around the same price in March 2016 but now that the graph has been updated with todays price thats not now shown for some reason. It seems to have fallen off then end of the graph!?

I do love it when a plan comes together.

Hmmm, now do I want to RAID two of these for a games drive...

Update: It was far too tempting to resist
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James202022

You could never write enough onto it everyday to render it useless before … You could never write enough onto it everyday to render it useless before the warranty is up this is there latest edition research this then commentRead lessRead more

​Spotify... cough...

sgrech

Maybe not quite a good a deal as suggested by the price chart above as … Maybe not quite a good a deal as suggested by the price chart above as these have been selling quite regaularly on ebay for £120. Read lessRead more

eBay is flooded with fakes. Would never buy an SSD or SD card from them

alexjameshaines

​You obviously haven't Google the issue...700GB of garbage writes per d … ​You obviously haven't Google the issue...700GB of garbage writes per day!Read lessRead more

Good spot. Just checked mine and it is running the version that has fixed the bug, but pretty poor of Spotify to ignore it for so long

Seems the initial release's firmware wasn't that great, but the update to version M0CR040 seems to have made a big difference to just about every benchmark.

Computerbase re-tested with that:
computerbase.de/201…/4/
Translated (although the benches speak for themselves):
tra…ate.google.co.uk/tra…ate?hl=en&sl=de&u=computerbase.de/201…rch

PhilK

I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I … I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it,...................oOX)Read lessRead more

I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it, I'm skint, I don't need it...I NEED A BEER!!!! X)
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I got the 960GB Sandisk Ultra II last year for £142.99, so about 0.15p/GB, and it's been 'totes amazeballs' as a games drive. This is 0.14p/GB, which is kinda bargalicious and makes it a prime contender to replace my ageing 128GB Crucial m4 (by the way, £1.02/GB!!) - it's almost five years old, and a bit small by now. Stop making me want to buy stuff...

Scotty Boy

STILL AVAILABLE folks at £105.99p...on back order and due back instock on … STILL AVAILABLE folks at £105.99p...on back order and due back instock on December 2nd:DRead lessRead more

Nope. Don't even see the option.

There must be a shed load of folk on this forum who now have old 120/240GBish drives for sale, come on folks do me a deal!!!

Out of Stock, now £161

hypa3000

awesome thanks op - snapped up 2 last nightwas waiting for a good SSD … awesome thanks op - snapped up 2 last nightwas waiting for a good SSD deal :)one of these babies will replace ageing OCZ 60gb from back in the day that was recently ressurected as OS drive to dual boot W10...but what to do with it now?For those that wanna reminise:Price from June 2011 (ebuyer)Item: OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SSD - SATA-III - Read 525MB/s Write 475MB/s 50,000 IOPSQty: 1Cost: 79.15 + VAT!!Read lessRead more

Ah the good old OCZ Agility 3, I bought the 120gb version in December 2011 for £130...a lot of people had issues with these drives but it has never let me down, I'm just running low on space now as I've moved Battlefield 1 across which is around 50GB!.

Looking forward to receiving the Crucial drive and having space to move other games across from my hybrid drive for that extra performance boost!

PhilK

I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I … I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it, I DON'T need it,...................oOX)Read lessRead more

I'd save your money and get a life pal.