Crucial FCCT256M550SSD1

A slightly better product than the newer MX200. Definitely refurbished at the factory, not merely an open-box return. S.M.A.R.T. reports it has zero hours in use and was turned on 2 times before I got it.

Warranty uncertain.

-fast -reliable -low heat -low power consumption -low price

-none I can think of

Drive shipped with the latest firmware and tested with 100% life. After overprovisioning, I was left with 238gb of usable space. Fresh installed Windows 10 with no issues. Computer boots in about 2-3 seconds after I enter my password. What more is...

None so far

In terms of sequential reads, this SSD can hang with the best of them. Pull writes into the equation, it still holds its own pretty well. CDM shows 550mb/s|478mbps as the OS drive in Windows 7. Random read/write performance seems to be pretty good...

I haven't really run into any huge problems with this SSD; but one issue I had was the inability to install Windows 7. Every disk I tried; the install would fail at about 20%. I'm not sure if that was the SSD's fault; or if my older motherboard was...