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Review: Micron
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Few weeks ago I did a full review of the Micron
M600 128GB, this time I am taking a close look at the bigger drive, the 512GB
SSD. As I said in my 128GB review Micron’s newest SSD is a drive that is aimed at
OEMs and not consumers. The smaller drives had some very interesting new
technologies, and I hope that they will find their way to the next generation
of consumer SSDs from Crucial. Moving back to the Micron M600, the drive comes
in four different capacities starting at 128GB and moving up through 256GB,
512GB, and ending with the 1TB SSD. These drives are available in 2.5” 7mm,
mSATA, and also M.2. The M600 comes with 16nm NAND, and also supports DEVSLP that
will extend the life of your battery, Opal 2.0 self-encryption, thermal
throttling, RAIN, Micron’s new feature Dynamic Write Acceleration, a feature
that is not present on the 512GB and 1TB drives, and the write endurance for
the 512GB SSD is 300TB.
If for some reason you aren’t familiar with Micron you can visit
their website to find out more about their history, their products, innovations,
and a lot more, simply by clicking here.
During this review we will be able to see
how this technology works. For now though, let’s take a look at the general specifications
of the Micron M600 SSD.
Now let’s take a look at the actual Drive
Micron M600 512GB SSD
As always I will first be examining the
packaging and its contents, but in the case of the Micron M600 the drive only
comes in an antistatic bag, and that is pretty much what any OEM needs.
The top side of the Micron M600 SSD has
only a simple sticker with all the basic information that is needed.
The underside of the Micron M600.
Now let’s look at what’s inside the SSD.
The top
of the Micron M600 512GB SSD
On
the back of the M600 SSD we find the Marvel controller, the RAM chip, and eight
16nm NAND chips.
A
closer look at the NAND,
and the
Marvel 88SS9189 controller.
Specifications of the M600 512GB
In the picture below we can see a more
detailed view of the performance of the M600, and in this case the numbers that
the 512GB should give.
CrystalDiskInfo
In
the above screenshot we see all the available info for the Micron M600 SSD.
Let’s head to the next page where we
take a look at our testing methods and the review PC.
