Introduction  
 


In this review we will speak about Crucial MX300 SSD in its biggest version: 2 TB, that will surely provide much space for everything you need- from games to applications. In general the MX300 Series is available in capacities of 275 GB, 525 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB. 

 

 

Main Specifications
 

Brand - Crucial

Model - CT2050MX300SSD1

Controller - Marvell 88SS1074 BSW2

Flash Type - Micron, 16 nm TLC

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Endurance - 400 TB total bytes written

Form Factor - SATA 2.5"

Thickness - 7 mm (Ultrabook compatible)

Capacity - 2050 GB (1905 GB usable)

254 GB additional overprovisioning

Interface - SATA 6 Gbps (compatible w/ 1.5 & 3 Gbps)

Firmware - M0C

TRIM supported - Yes

NCQ supported - Yes

Warranty - 3 years


Packaging


Crucial MX300 comes in a compact package with a distinctive design. General characteristics data are given.

 

A thickening frame …

Devotees of a futuristic design and uncommon framework cannot but revel in the launch of new chassis Strike-X Air from Aerocool developers. The long-awaited product is already in the market, as well as new Vx Advance series. Chassis Strike-X Air is distinguished by the ultra-original design and open-end framework type. According to the words of Aerocool representatives, the major emphasis has been made on the handiness of usage so that each person could have a direct access to any component of the chassis.



The chassis of Strike-X Air is made of steel and supports motherboards of Micro ATX, E-ATX and ATX dimension type, and graphics cards of 330 mm. length. Expansion cards and interface panels are installed due to the ten slots in the rear part of the device. The chassis is equipped with three external modules of 5.25 and 3.5 inches type. The clipboard is intended for a single USB 3.0 socket, three USB 2.0 sockets, and a couple of 3.5 mm. sockets for headsets with a microphone. … …

Today we’ll have a glance at one of the ASUS Prime series motherboards. The model having A- index has all the necessary basic features, when nothing has yet been simplified, the power subsystem seems to be good enough and there are no additional controllers of any sort.


Technical characteristics

We can see that the PCI, and SATA-E interfaces are already renounced, and the M.2 is increasing its presence. All the other main characteristics are listed below:


• Chipset – Intel Z270 • Processor socket – Socket 1151 • Processors – Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium, Celeron (Skylake-S, Kaby Lake-S) • Memory – 4 DIMM DDR4 SDRAM 2133/2400*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3200*/3300*/3333*/ 3400*/3466*/3600*/3733*/3866* (OC), a maximum of 64 GB • PCI-E Slots – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (x16 + x0, x8 + x8) 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (x4)4 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 • M.2 – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x4 (Key M, 2242/2260/2280/22110) 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x4 (Key M, 2242/2260/2280) • …