Crucial BX300 SSD review: One of the fastest MLC SATA SSDs we've tested
from PC world 18 September indexed on 18 September 2017 16:01You may color us surprised any time we receive an SSD such as Crucial's new BX300 that's not based on 3D TLC NAND. Actually, you may color us delighted. MLC NAND, even 3D (aka stacked, layered, tiered, etc) like that used in the BX300, can consistently perform near the limit of SATA 6Gbps, where TLC generally can't. Once you exceed the cache in a TLC drive, performance dips, sometimes drastically. With MLC, you get consistent straight-line performance, generally 450MBps or better. Design and features The BX300 is available in 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB flavors that we found on Amazon for $60 (50 cents per GB), $90 (37 cents per GB), and $150 (31 cents per GB) respectively. Competitive, though we've seen cheaper TLC drives. The 120GB and 240GB models have 256MB of DRAM cache, while the 480GB (the one we tested) has 512MB. There's also 4GB of SLC NAND cache per 120GB of MLC. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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