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Crucial discontinues the popular MX500 SSD to make way for next-gen drives — SATA III SSD retires after seven years

Many favored the Crucial MX500 as it provided the best performance for its price.

We are making room in the line for new products and are looking forward to sharing what's next with you soon," a Crucial representative told German news outlet Computerbase. It is hardly surprising that since motherboard manufacturers now provide multiple M.2 slots and with larger capacity M.2 drives available, many consumers are opting for NVMe SSDs. The MX500 had a good seven-year run with no complaints or flaws, except for a Buffer Overflow Attack issue reported on its M3CR046 firmware a few months ago.

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