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Crucial MX500 2TB
Crucial MX500 2TB is a 2 TB drive on SATA 6 Gb/s rated for up to 560 MB/s sequential reads and 510 MB/s writes, with 700 TBW of endurance and a DRAM cache.
Best for
- Large game libraries that should not need managing
- Secondary bulk storage in a build that has run out of M.2 slots
Main trade-offs
- 4.5 W under load adds to the power estimate
- Roughly a tenth of the sequential speed of an NVMe drive
Lowest sample total
$134
Across 2 demo retailer offers including shipping. 4.3% below the sample-window median.
- Offers
- 2
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2026
2 in stock
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Retailer offers
Retailer offers
Ranked by delivered total, stock and data freshness. Commission never affects this order.
| Retailer | Price | Shipping | Total | Availability | Open retailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas ComponentsBest totalNo affiliate linkSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $133.99 | Free | $133.99 | In stock | Go to store |
| BitForge SupplyAffiliate partnerSample feed14-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $146.99 | $4.99 | $151.98 | In stock | Go to store |
Sample data — illustrative fixture prices from a demo feed, not live retailer quotes. We are not the seller and take no payment. How offers are verified.
Price history
Lowest observed sample total per observation date, 9 points.
- Lowest
- $134
- Highest
- $146
- Median
- $140
- Current best
- $134
Dashed line marks the median of the sample window. All values are illustrative fixture data.
Normalized specifications
Canonical values after unit normalization. Fields used by the compatibility engine are marked.
- Interfacecompat
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- Form factorcompat
- 2.5-inch
- Capacity
- 2000 GB
- Sequential read
- 560 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 510 MB/s
- DRAM cache
- Yes
- Endurance
- 700 TBW
- Typical power draw
- 4.5 W
Compatibility
Every pairing below was evaluated by the same rule engine the builder uses.
Motherboard
20 of 20 compatibleWorks with ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi, ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi, ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi and 17 more.
Provenance
Every canonical value carries the source it came from, when it was retrieved and how confident we are.
| Field | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
capacityGb | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
dramCache | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
enduranceTbw | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
formFactor | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
powerW | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
seqReadMBps | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
seqWriteMBps | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
storageInterface | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
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Crucial MX500 2TB is a real product identity with curated compatibility specifications. Sample prices, availability, performance values and acoustic indexes are included to exercise the decision system and are not live or measured evidence.