Crucial has shown their BX300 SSDs series, which are based on 3D MLC NAND Flash memory. The BX300 line offers units based on Silicon Motion’s SM2258 controller, which is an updated version of the SM2256, whereas the older version could be found in the Crucial BX200 drives. All the BX300 SSDs come with a 2.5 inch package.


Read and write speeds of the Crucial BX300 series are 555MB/s and 510MB/s, respectively, while the manufacturer is saying that this performance can be achieved with all different file types. In terms of endurance the 120GB model features 55 TBW, the 240GB drive offers 80 TBW, the BX300 480GB comes with an endurance rating of 160 TBW. Regarding random read/write performance these Marvell 88SS1074 based drives can hit up to 95k/90k IOPS.

All those drives support 256bit AES encryption, power loss protection, they ship with a copy of Acronis True Image and Crucial offers a three year warranty plan. In addition, like all modern SSDs, the Crucial ones support S.M.A.R.T., TRIM and NCQ. As we already mentioned pricing is really attractive with these drives. According to Geizhals these are the current prices in Europe: 120GB €60.93 Euro, 240GB €90.75 Euro and 480GB €150.39 Euro.




Source: Crucial