Packaging and Contents

The Drive

The drive conforms to the dimensions set forth by the 2.5" form factor. It is made out of metal to improve its durability and is only 7 mm thick, which makes it compatible with Intel's Ultrabook specification.


Like most recent SSDs, the Crucial BX300 uses the SATA 6 Gbps interface. It is compatible with any older SATA standard, but will, in such a case, work at reduced performance.


You will find the SSD controller and eight flash chips on the PCB. A DRAM chip is also present; it provides the SSD controller with RAM.


The Silicon Motion SM2258 is a four-channel SSD controller with support for Opal/TCG, which Crucial chose not to enable on the BX300, though. The SM2258H variant seems to be a new revision I haven't seen on any other drives yet.


The eight MLC flash chips are produced by Micron and are built on a 16 nanometer 3D NAND process.