Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch M600 Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

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Pros:

Build Quality, Great Overall Performance, Features (Momentum Cache/eDrive Support/Dynamic Write Acceleration), Storage Executive Software, Partial Power Loss Protection, Available In 1TB
Offered in a variety of capacities and form factors, Low power consumption, Strong gaming performance (256GB capacity)

Cons:

Price EU (For Some)
Inconsistent performance results, poor mixedworkloads, Underwhelming performance compared to currentgeneration competition

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Last revision on November 21, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Build Quality, Great Overall Performance, Features (Momentum Cache/eDrive Support/Dynamic Write Acceleration), Storage Executive Software, Partial Power Loss Protection, Available In 1TB
Offered in a variety of capacities and form factors, Low power consumption, Strong gaming performance (256GB capacity)

Reviewers Didn't Like

Price EU (For Some)
Inconsistent performance results, poor mixedworkloads, Underwhelming performance compared to currentgeneration competition

Expert reviews and ratings

With its many features, robust endurance, and reliable client performance, the M600 family are a great choice of SSD for OEMs, businesses, and system builders. Offering an mSATA option on top of their 2.5" and M.2 models is just icing on the...

By thessdreview.com on November 05, 2014

The Micron M600 256GB drive performs very well in all situations and will fit into a variety of builds, including a workstation environment which requires balanced throughput across both compressible and incompressible data streams.The Micron M600 in...

By Kitguru.net on January 15, 2015

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points below:-There aren't any negatives to say about the M600 512GB SSD, it's a drive capable of providing the user with an excellent daily experience.+Starting with the positives, I will have to...

By MyCE on December 04, 2014

By thessdreview.com on November 05, 2014

When the M600 arrived here the only thing I could think was the just how good (or bad) it would end up being against the more expensive M510DC. Of course back then I still hadn't opened the enclosure so I thought that the difference in price had...

By NikkTech on February 03, 2016

Good, fast, cheap; pick a maximum of two. While typically considered in the context of services for hire, this Unholy Trinity of aspects that allows consumers to, on a rigid and mutually-exclusive basis, have or eat their cake also makes up the...

By HardOCP on July 07, 2015

When the Micron M600 was first announced a couple months ago, I initially hoped it was finally going to be some sort of first ever Crucial performance/enthusiast oriented drive. Since Crucial changed the naming of their mainstream SSD lineup from Mxxx to...

By custompcreview.com on December 04, 2014

With the release in September of its M600 SSD series of solid-state drives, Micron Technology claims new firmware inside the drive is able to switch between SLC or MLC write modes at will, thereby gaining the speed and durability of SLC flash while...

By CRN on November 11, 2014

Although the 128GB version of the drive we tested here cannot represent the overall performance profile of Micron's M600 complete series, it was interesting to see how the Dynamic Write Acceleration performs in practice.In a cost driven client segment...

By CDRinfo on October 24, 2014

The Micron M600 offers new features and a history of excellent support and build quality from Micron. The drive itself though doesn't stand out from the crowd though and probably needs a significant price advantage to win in the mainstream SSD...

By StorageReview on September 29, 2014

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