Crucial is phasing out its wildly popular MX500 SSD, which has been one of the most popular and best SSDs you can buy ... It’s an inexpensive 2.5-inch SATA SSD, and it’s available all the ...

For a long time, PC gamers fitting an SSD to their rig would have used a 2.5-inch drive with a SATA interface. The best one to get was a Crucial MX500 and it was so good that it topped the charts ...

Unlike RAM, data stored on an SSD remains even after power is cut. From 2.5-inch SATA drives to more advanced M.2 NVMe drives, these are the best solid-state drives you can buy right now.

Of course, these massive drives aren’t intended to rival the best gaming SSD options ... an NVMe drive in a 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch case (like an old SATA SSD) to be hooked up to a motherboard ...