It's rare to find honest advice. You pierce through all the hype and marketing and present the product to the average consumer in laymen's terms with practical use cases. Great job!
i Own both these drives for Several years ( Both are 2tb / Game Libraries ) Purchased a week apart @ Micro center, the Samsung was $55.- more Premium butt i wanted to see if it was Worth it 🤔 both Came with Cloning software, Similar but Samsung seems a bit better. if anyone is Searching for a decent 2.5" Solid state drive i highly recommend the Crucial Mx500 2tb ssd for $185.- Compared to Samsung 860 Evo 2tb $250.- as of posting this Comment ( 10/10/20 ) when i Checked Prices. Side Note : need a Great M.2 with Samsung Performance for less : Xpg Sx8200 pro Adata 2tb Mvne M.2 ssd 🏆
I am repeatedly blown away by the quality and objectivity of your reviews! The amount of useful information and the complete coverage of all aspects of the products you are reviewing and comparing is simply amazing. Keep up the good work!
@@topbanana8438 Oh look another internet tough guy. Turned on by discrediting someone for accrediting someone else. I bet you're a real asset to society.
Very informative. Other videos talk around the "large data transfers slow the drive" while you explained it clearly being the ~20GB controller cache. Makes sense now. It's not a drive malfunction, it's just the way SSDs deal with the pros/cons of SLC vs. TLC.
If you have to ask if this is a compliment, I am one who think there are not near enough shop teachers in the world, and I happened to have liked mine a hell of allot.
My eight year old Toshiba laptop has an M430 i5 which is a pretty good i5 but it was still slow booting up and opening applications. Yesterday I put a 500GB 860 Evo in and the improvement in boot speed and opening applications is remarkable. I was going to buy a new laptop but this has extended the life of my old one by quite a few years.
I have to say that I even though I already knew all the information you presented here I REALLY appreciate how you are presenting it. You laid everything out, all the little details that matter to the vast majority of consumers without getting into the weeds. You are from this point forward my go-to youtuber to send videos to my family and friends who don't quite understand everything and need some advice. Excellent work!
You sir are the definition of what content creators should stride for, fantastic videos no silly theatrics, educational, objective and to the point. Thank you!
I went with the MX500 and the (I think) BX500, to both 2Tb, one for my primary Ryzen desktop, the other for my Phenom II X4 B95 HTPC system respectively. Each performs really well, and I really appreciate where technology is these days. Remember PATA HDD's?
WHOA! I remember watching you some 5 years ago when I was looking for a GPU and I used to watch every video of yours. Guess what? Found you again, randomly. Does it mean that we're meant to be together? Well, maybe, I don't know, what I do know is that you're a solid reviewer and I hope to find you again many times in the future. Hugs from Brazil!
I just stumbled across this video while looking for info between the MX500 and 860 EVO, and I have to say this has got to be one of the best, informative, to the point, no BS reviews ever. I don't even want to call it a review, it was more like a short class/workshop and a really good one at that! I'm subscribing now.
I think that everybody knows Tech Deals his recommendation, he has been quite clear about this in the recent past. "Buy the MX500 as long as it costs less. If you want faster, go big (960 Evo) or go home."
@@buritomaster no all normal SSDs are TLC even enterprise ones are normally (even the new samsung 980 pro is TLC now) older SSds from more than 5 years ago used to use MLC
@@a.l.5912 My 1st SSD, only mine is the 128GB version. Read speeds are great at over 400MB/sec, write not so well, modern SSD's on a SATA-2 port are faster.
Great explanation about how the data is actually stored on the SSD. I'd go for Samsung as i'm happy with my 850 Evo. Thanks for another nice and informative video.
You are the first person in the world to actually say that cloning an OS drive to an SSD drive probably won't work!!! I subscribed immediately. I recently had this exact experience with the MX500. Tried 3 different cloning programs, different ways, and even bought an off-line hardware cloner: all failed. The information that Samsung's cloning software is the most reliable, is good to know AND WILL HELP ME DECIDE WHICH SSD TO BUY because of it. If I ever need to clone a drive with my OS and programs on it, it WILL be a Samsung.
Thank you so much for this review, you saved me a ton of money!! I have ordered a Samsung Evo 860, saw your review, cancelled it & got myself the Crucial MX-500.
Great information. Learned a couple of things here. One note -- regarding real world usage, I've seen a number of videos which have shown that there's very little difference even between SATA SSDs and NVMe drives, in terms of what you actually notice. Big difference between spinning hard drives and SSDs, but little difference between SSD variations.
This video is about a year old now, but at the moment I’m trying to pick between these exact two SSDs. This video just made everything 100x easier. I really feel like I can make an educated decision. Thanks for making things so simple and easy to understand!
Man, I am not a person who usually leaves comments on RU-vid videos. But I wanted to write one for you. I am amazed with your review about the subject. You've been a great help. I've been doing my research to buy me an ssd. And your video has helped me more than all the info combined that I've read in the last 3 days. Thank you very much!
I installed my MX500 a few days ago in place of an old HDD, and while I have no other SSD to compare it to, I’m very impressed with how much quicker it has made my MacBook, it’s running as good as new. Crucial are a lot cheaper than Samsung too so for me I would definitely recommend picking one up if budget is your main concern, like it was for me 💰
ah okay that makes sense, yeah an ssd with older hardware does make a pretty huge difference, well it makes a huge difference with everything a pc without ssd just isnt a pc anymore today xD
I bought a MX500 2 TB model, shortly after I scored a new PC last October. It's worked really well for me. No issues. I triple boot 3 OS's on it: Win10Pro, Ubuntu Studio (Linux), and Android X86. I still have the original HD with the OEM Win10 install for backup, in case the SSD crashes itself, though I'm confident the MX500 will hold up in the long haul.
One of the best explanations of ANYTHING I've ever watched on RU-vid! Very clear and well spoken and covered all the important aspects of the items being presented as well as extra information that provides a more in depth understanding of the topics covered. You might consider making additional instructional videos to teach others how to produce RU-vid videos that are this good! Thank you!
I didn't know about the 860. I've been buying the 850 EVO, not knowing about the new one. Despite the fact that there is not much difference between the two, being a Samsung SSD fanboy, I will now be checking out the new one. I love the Magician software, the best software for SSD I've ever seen.
I took your advice and bought the 860 Evo 500MB. Waiting for delivery atm. Glad you give very good advice for products that make more dollar sense than others that bounce around and don't really know what they talk about. Btw, my final cost was 86.95 with discount. Thanks.
(June 29 2018) Amazon now Crucial MX500 (500 GB) for $110 right now (compared to $113 for 860 EVO 500 GB). The best deal now is the Crucial MX500 1 Terabyte for $199. Great deal.
Great video. I'm sure Crucial makes great drives, but from my own personal experience with electronics, in general, I went with the 960 and 850 from Samsung, and I really don't even worry about them. Everything I've ever had that had, "Samsung" across it has lasted longer than it probably should have.
Im new new to computers. I just didnt really need one for a long time. Ive had them in my past. But recently bought an older laptop that i planned on doing a few upgrades. I can really appreciate how well you described the differences of older SSDs to newer . Even now it doesn't seem things have changed vastly. Really appreciate your honest approach.
I cloned an Intel M.2 sata 256GB to a Crucial MX500 M.2 sata 500GB with Acronis and was pleasantly surprised with the automatic resizing and it only taking 1hr20mins. The Crucial drive worked perfectly. Runs 550 Mbps as per spec.
Just got a 860 EVO 250GB. I wish I would’ve seen this video first as the MX 500 was 20 dollars more for double the storage. 🤯 Will be checking your vids more often! Thank you for the great info! 👍
Amazing explanation. Probably the best video i've seen about ssd's. Now these drives cost nearly half and i believe anyone who uses a pc or laptop must have one of these. This thing makes a big difference.
I had an MX100 as my boot drive for 4 years and I eventually got regular BSOD because the drive had bad sectors on it, works perfectly fine for storage though
Prices seriously dropped since this video was shown. OCTOBER 2018 I bought a 1TB 860 evo for $147.compared to the 500GB for $150. Thanks for the information.Your videos are great. As a new builder I have appreciated your information layout.
I recently was making comparisons between SSDs. After a couple days of research, I narrowed it down to a $399.99 WD blue 2TB, a $419.99 MX 500 2TB, and a $450 Samsung 860 EVO 2TB. After comparing cost, benchmarks, and brand history, I settled on the MX500. Between the WD and MX500 there is enough of a performance difference and more brand history for Crucial that the MX500 made sense even if it was $20 more. Between the MX500 and 860 EVO it's constant stream of traded blows, so the $30 premium for the Samsung drive just doesn't make sense. I am a hardcore Samsung SSD fan, but I already have an 850 PRO for my OS drive, and the technology for SSDs has come such a long way in the past five years that deciding on Crucial was a no brainer. I will always recommend Samsung if cost is no object, but if you want the best value you can get for what is still insanely close to top tier SATA III performance, the MX500 is the one to get. Now, if all you want is the SSD experience and you don't want to buy a sketchy second rate SSD, the WD blue line is the best bang for your buck.
@@arthurwintersight7868 50 USD for 1tb Samsung Evo 870, today. This is cheap. I wish they could come up with faster small file or 4k RANDOM read /write speeds. People repeat the mantra about SATA SSD's having reached their potential due to SATA interface limitations, ...but there is still room for improvement in random read speeds vs sequential. I would love to buy in 2024 a SATA SSD with a 100 mb/s 4K random read speed vs only 40-ish mb/s for the Evo 870. It would make for a much snappier experience.
There's an exception to the rule of buying the cheapest. If it's for a laptop, idle power consumption will probably make a noticeable difference in battery time. For that you only need to check the charts on a site that benchmarks for that. The MX300 does pretty well there. A couple SSDs do better. Some will probably leave the owner furious wondering why their battery drains so fast. Those tuned for performance ignore tuning for idle power consumption because of the delay {unnoticeable for most uses} to wake up from the deeper sleep states. Just something to keep in mind for people looking to upgrade their portable device.
I watched this video years ago. and here I am again after buying my first Crucial SSD. I kept coming back to this video before I made the purchase a few days back. Thank you for the learnings.
All the comments saying how great a review he did and dang they're right. Loved how detailed you go into deciding between the two and presented us with which is the best to choose depending on the different needs. If all reviews on the channel like this imma just sub.
I've worked with both (as brands). The 860 EVO M.2 SSD is awesome, I installed it in an ASUS ROG GL552V, the costumer is a system engineer adn has a lot of services loading at start, from 3 mins with a mech HDD to load to 13 secs. Was amazing! Recently I bought a Crucial BX500 (240 GB) for another costumer, in an ASUS X550ZE (AMD A10 APU), from 1 minute to less than 5 secs to start. My next personal choice will be a M.2 Crucial MX500 SSD. Thanks for the video!
I always buy Crucial SSDs when I do new builds or upgrades for friends, family and customers. I have never had issues with any Crucial drive that I have purchased. The Crucial SSD may not be fancy looking but it does perform.
In the real world what also really matters is that the disk is reliable and it last, from what I have watched and read both these are reliable; however, the Samsung Evo apparently has a longer life span than the Crucial MX500.
Omg I replaced my old HDD with a Samsung 860 EVO SSD !!! Whaouh best money spent on my PC! Boots up way faster, runs much smoother and overall I’ve seen a significant boost up !! Totally worth it! Can’t wait to upgrade my whole pc soon !
Brunette or an SSD? Nice thumbnail and an evenly attractive no-nonsense presentation in the comparison. You treat your viewers so honestly and spare no information like we know you personally, which is, needless to say, a nice feeling.
Thanks. But, as with many products, the question is how will these drives behave after a year of active use? Will they all still have the same performance or will some of them slow down? Remember the old Evo 840 slowdown bug... And now we have also Western Digital Blue 500GB.
I know this is a 2 year old video, though funnily enough I am still rocking my M.2 850 512gb evo and mx300 750gb from 2016. Things still feel real snappy on them, especially with the former as my boot drive!
Wow, you're quite the educated reviewer! Me, just a regular guy. But even though so much of what you were sharing was over my head, you succinctly gave me the "pearls" I was looking for--in a friendly manner no less. I also very much appreciate the respect you have for your viewers by NOT WASTING OUR TIME with the some of the outlandish kind of narcissism that's so prevalent on RU-vid. Most videos I watch could generally be done in about a 1/3 of the time or less. Every minute of your review was "packed" and useful. - Great details, great perspectives, great review!
I know this is a year old but thanks for this video! A year or 2 ago I watched one of your videos when I was building my very first gaming PC and we had the same build minus the case and cooler iirc. Awesome content! Subscribed!
Here in December 2018 I purchased a brand new Crucial MX500 for $64 from NewEgg.. An awesome price for a drive that was easy to install and it revived my old T430 and gave it new life.
I had the same dilemma back in Dec '18 when I was on a short business trip to Vietnam. Went into a computer store and saw both of these drives. The Evo was on sale at about US$65 and the MX500 was at normal price of US$60. I didn't have access to internet to do any research then and decided to buy the Evo. I later told a Vietnamese friend of my purchase and he warned me that there are many fake Evos in their market and mine could be a fake with that price. I thought I wasted US$65! When I got home, I used Samsung cloning program to check the drive (the cloning program has a genuine checker and would not run if the SSD isn't genuine). I was relieved that it's a genuine Evo and the Samsung cloning tool was fantastic. It's so easy to use ,compared to many other cloning programs (both paid, freemium or open sourced). The Evo is still running today as main boot/OS drive, mounted in a CD/DVD caddy in a notebook. I mounted it in the CD/DVD drive as my notebook is a nightmare to open. I always break something (e.g. screw mount, clip locks, etc.) or dislodge connections (e.g. keyboard, power supply) whenever I opened the case due to its horrible design. No regrets in picking up the Evo.
You, sir, are by FAR the most thorough, detail-oriented reviewer I have ever witnessed! Thank you for providing such in-depth comparison and analysis of these drives, and for providing so much background technical information regarding this technology. I can't wait to see more of you reviews!
Thanks for this informative video. These drives are same price now, both on sale for Black Friday ($115AUD). The review helped a lot - but since they're basically equal in performance, my decision came down to past experience. As a system builder, I had countless problems with Crucial Ballistix DDR2 many years ago. Crucial was great about quickly replacing the faulty modules, but each replacement also only lasted a few months - some wouldn't boot from the start. Eventually we absorbed the loss and replaced them with another brand. I've never used Samsung RAM but I've had many Samsung HDDs that worked throughout their warranty period - after which a few died but the vast majority are still working a decade later. So I went with the Samsung Evo 860 500GB - and fingers crossed. :)
These two SSD models are the ones I am having trouble choosing between! After watching this video I am thinking the Crucial is the one to go for as it is £30 cheaper than the Samsung. Thank you!
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I would like to point out that Serial ATA is NOT controller Serial ATA can be Host Bus Adapter, but NOT controller controller is on HDD or on SSD and NOT on Main Logic Board nor within chipset last time you could have had controller was at the time of ST-xxx ATA have removed controller from computer and moved it directly to the drive making whole design simpler and cleaner please do not use controller to describe HBAs as this is very very different thing HBA is just an interface and in fact if it comes to ATA there is almost NO LOGIC between ISA/PCI and ATA - it connects directly or almost directly (with buffers) Serial ATA is close to same thing - connects almost directly from PCIe to SATA, you get same architecture - same decoupling capacitors (on SATA HDD/SSD both TX and RX lines have decoupling capacitors; on PCIe card only one side is PCIe card, other side is on Main Logic Board) Basically you can run both SATA (or SAS) and PCIe for as far as you wish - all you need it a transformer for each data line pair and decoupling capacitors, you may even boost voltage, if you wish, as long as you will bring it back to required level on both ends.
If you want 'performance' And can afford it.... Samsung. Otherwise, for the 'average' user who's looking for performance while watching one's budget... Crucial. The price difference is relatively small but Samsung obviously costs more considering the brand name. The Crucial 1TB SSD was currently listed ~$200 while the Samsung version was slightly higher in many places. Managed to get the Crucial MX500 1Tb SSD for ~$180 excl tax which was relatively affordable considering that SSD prices are Still relatively Expensive! Note that Crucial LIES on its boxes that the software Is included when it's Not! The buyer must go to Crucial's website to be redirected to download the Acronis software. Also, you'll need to buy an adapter Separately for the data transfer! Acronis cloning for Crucial stunk as I had issues with the software. EaseUs or Macrium has decent Free versions of their drive cloning software. Samsung software, based on many reviews, is ONLY good for Samsung SSDs. A 1Tb SSD 'should' last more than 3-5 years which is more than enough time for the average computer user as that's about the time to upgrade to a newer PC/laptop. For laptop users, if you're laptop has a 2d drive slot, use the HDD as a file drive so the SDD life would be extended as the SDD is used only to store the OS and other various software. Same basis goes for PC users.
