<\/a><\/div>Smooth operator<\/a><\/h3>Quiet, effective, and inexpensive, this SSD is the people's favorite, and with good reason.<\/div><\/div>Top Pick<\/div><\/div>Find on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/a>\nYou don’t need to look too hard to discover the community’s favorite: the Crucial MX500. Mentioned on forums, in gear mags, and on ‘Best Of’ lists worldwide, this beauty utilizes Micron 3D NAND technology to eke out a cool, quiet performance with a sequential read speed of 560MB\/s and a write speed of 510MB\/s. Whether you’re using it mostly as a backup storage drive or as your daily driver, it makes for a great option at an excellent price. It also utilizes AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption to protect your data from potential bad actors, and that extra bit of security is certainly appreciated. Finally, its proprietary Integrated Power Loss Immunity technology will save your work if you unexpectedly lose power. By keeping continuous backups of your RAM cache, this data is protected, so you can feel secure in that, too.<\/p>\n
Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Easy to install<\/li>\n
- Available up to 4TB<\/li>\n
- Will rejuvenate older computers<\/li>\n
- Ideal if you don’t have NVME support<\/li>\n
- Software and games should load out much faster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Has some issues with cloning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div>Superior performance<\/a><\/h3>An alternative to traditional SSDs, this surprisingly beats out the competition in performance testing.<\/div><\/div>Runner Up<\/div><\/div>
Find on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/a>\n You don’t need to look too hard to discover the community’s favorite: the Crucial MX500. Mentioned on forums, in gear mags, and on ‘Best Of’ lists worldwide, this beauty utilizes Micron 3D NAND technology to eke out a cool, quiet performance with a sequential read speed of 560MB\/s and a write speed of 510MB\/s. Whether you’re using it mostly as a backup storage drive or as your daily driver, it makes for a great option at an excellent price. It also utilizes AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption to protect your data from potential bad actors, and that extra bit of security is certainly appreciated. Finally, its proprietary Integrated Power Loss Immunity technology will save your work if you unexpectedly lose power. By keeping continuous backups of your RAM cache, this data is protected, so you can feel secure in that, too.<\/p>\n Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div>Superior performance<\/a><\/h3>
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