Hi, is Crucial MX500 2.5" drive still the best bang for buck ssd ? a friend is searching for a new 2.5" drive, been checking the ssd spreadsheet, but too many variants and quite confusing

This post has been edited by MagnificM: Nov 12 2021, 10:40 AM

I see, will ask him just to get this particular model then, thank you boss

Hi, my wife's laptop which is a Dell Vostro 5481 with an i5 8th gen is using a WD SN520 nvme for her OS drive. Just check the health of the drive using HD Sentinel (not sure whether it is a legit way to check or not) and saw that the health has dropped to 80% ish. Is it okay to continue using it, or should I replace it to a new one ? if I were to replace it, should I get like Transcend MTE220S or any better model that is recommended ? She's only using the laptop for office work, so 256gb is considered enough right ?

This post has been edited by MagnificM: Aug 5 2023, 07:57 AM

Not sure when she first bought the laptop, the ssd was add-on or came with it. She's a postgraduate student, only use the laptop to write paper, journal and some university work using Microsoft Office. Was looking at minimum 256gb since the laptop has another 1tb hdd inside