Are Crucial bx500 SSDs good for installing and playing games on?
No, get a gen 4 pcie ssd instead.
>>106972373I'm running one right now, its just fine.
>>106972382Old machine no nvme
>>106972373If you're stuck with SATA, that's probably the best CxB you'll get.As always, 3-2-1, regardless of brand and model. I have a few on clients PCs and only had one of them fail. Compared to Kingston A400, where 4 of them failed after <2 years on a 14 SSD batch, they're leagues better.Again, don't trust it to last forever, but the performance is fine for what it is. They're made to be cheap, but good enough. TBW iirc of a 240GB model is around 30, but most games are usually read-heavy, and not write-heavy, but it mostly depends on the game, so YMMV.
>>106972898Wow that seems pretty low. I’ve only owned my computer for 5 years and I’ve written 44TB to the ssd through mostly just casual gaming use. Would that lower capacity drive have just failed on me by now?
>>106973092Probably? I had a CX300, 120GB, that lasted 3 years. Ended up replacing an HDD at work on an older laptop, with only 4% of its life remaining. Not sure how long it lasted, since I just gave it away for lab uses.I'm checking the exact TBW of this SSD, and the 960GB version has 240TBW. I'm looking at this review from tomshardware:https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-bx500-ssd,5377.htmlI can't find the datasheet right now, I'm bumping heads with Zabbix at work :PIf I can find anything I'll post it here.
>>106972373No this SSD doesn't support games. Get a gaming SSD.
>>106972373no you just use a HDD instead for faster and better speeds
>>106972373Just turned on momentum boost and if you have a sata3 bx500 you should too
