Kingston A400 960GB
Score: 62/100
Crucial BX500 2TB
Score: 73/100Rankings
The Crucial BX500 2TB is an affordable entry-level SATA SSD that delivers decent sequential speeds and low power draw, suitable for budget upgrades but lacking advanced features like DRAM cache and hardware encryption.
The Kingston A400 960 GB SSD provides entry-level SATA performance with 500 MB/s reads and 450 MB/s writes, making it a solid, budget-friendly upgrade for users moving from HDDs.
| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
960 GB | 2,000 GBbest | |
500 MB/s | 540 MB/sbest | |
450 MB/s | 500 MB/sbest | |
300 TBW | 720 TBWbest | |
3 yearsbest | 3 yearsbest | |
| ↓ lower better | 0.279 W | 0.1 Wbest |
| ↓ lower better | 0.195 Wbest | — |
1,000,000 hours | 1,500,000 hoursbest |
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| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
Performance(2) | ||
Sequential Read Speed (MB/s) | 500 MB/s | 540 MB/s |
Sequential Write Speed (MB/s) | 450 MB/s | 500 MB/s |
Storage(5) | ||
Capacity (GB) | 960 GB | 2000 GB |
Form Factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch 7mm |
NAND Type | 3D TLC | TLC |
Endurance (TBW) (TBW) | 300 TBW | 720 TBW |
MTBF (hours) | 1000000 hours | 1500000 hours |
Power & Energy(1) | ||
Active Power Consumption (W) | 0.279 W | 0.1 W |
Design & Build(2) | ||
Weight (g) | 40.82 g | 1.7 g |
Thickness (mm) | 7.11 mm | 7 mm |
Products in the top-left offer the best value (high score, low price).
Professional reviewers view the Kingston A400 as a solid, budget-friendly upgrade that revives older systems with noticeable speed gains. They commend its reliability, shock resistance, and value, while noting the trade-off of a missing DRAM cache and its positioning away from high-performance or enterprise use cases.
Everyday users overwhelmingly praise the SSD for its fast boot and load times, excellent price-to-performance ratio, and the confidence that comes with the Kingston brand. The most common complaints revolve around occasional customer service delays and the need to buy extra accessories such as SATA cables.
Reviewers view the BX500 as a solid budget SSD with respectable speeds, but recommend the MX500 for users willing to pay a modest premium for better endurance and security.
Customers praise the dramatic boot speed improvements and low cost, while noting occasional heat and concerns about write endurance for heavy workloads.
“Fast boot, fast games”
“Great value for the price”
“Customer Support Delays: 3-week RMA wait time with minimal communication”
