The 480GB M500 2.5" Internal SSD from Crucial features 480GB of storage for saving everything from HD movies, to videos, photos, music and more. With solid state drive technology you benefit from enhanced read speeds of up to 500MB/s as well as write speeds in excess of 400MB/s. This 2.5" drive fits a variety of needs such as adding additional storage for notebook computers. Once installed the 1.2 million hours MTBF ensures piece of mind that the drive will work when you need it most.
Micron Quality
This solid state drive undergoes hundreds of SSD qualification tests and over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing.
Adaptive Thermal Protection
Greater thermal management enables the Crucial M500 to work with the host computer to dynamically adjust power consumption based on usage demands, which helps address the cooling challenges of ultra-small, thermally constrained systems.
Hardware Data Encryption
The Crucial M500 SSD offers enhanced hardware based encryption, enabling improved data security. With an AES 256-bit hardware encryption engine and TCG Opal 2.0 compliant firmware the drive can operate at full speed without the performance loss that's typically found in drives that use software-based encryption technology.