Crucial BX500

Brand: Crucial
Model: BX500

$165–$183estimated range · from catalog price Jun 22, 2026

Crucial BX500 1TB is a budget 2.5-inch SATA SSD (540/500 MB/s, 360 TBW) released Oct 2019—best for boot drives and game libraries; still listed by Crucial.

Storage performance rankTop 34% of storage drives

TierBudget?

ReleasedOct 2019

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Capacity1 TB

TypeSSD

InterfaceSATA

Read speed540 MB/s

Form factor2.5

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Product overview

Crucial’s BX500 1TB (CT1000BX500SSD1) joined the BX500 SATA 2.5-inch family on October 30, 2019. It’s the entry-level BX line aimed at inexpensive SATA upgrades.

As a budget SSD, it uses a SATA 6Gb/s interface with 540/500 MB/s ratings and 360 TBW endurance in a 7mm 2.5-inch form factor. It exists to replace hard drives or refresh older SATA-only PCs at low cost. Best used as a boot drive, a game library, and general-purpose storage; avoid heavy sustained-write scratch workloads. Notable: a DRAM-less controller design that lowers cost at the expense of sustained writes. As of 2026 it is not discontinued and remains listed on Crucial’s site.

Best for

budget upgrade
boot drive
game library
mass storage

Official product specifications

Specifications

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Capacity1 TB