Tom Browder wrote: > I plan to install a 4-bay, hot swappable SSD dock to replace the existing > DVD in my only 5.5" externally accesible bay. To fill it, I will get up to > four 2.5 inch SSDs of 1 Tb: MX500 by Crucial. My plan is to use the SSDs > for backup, but not in a RAID configuration. > > I would appreciate opinions on my choice of SSD, as well as which brand of > dock is recommended: ICY DOCK versus StarTech. On Amazon, the ICY DOCK > mentions a lithium battery but the StarTech doesn't, and I'm not sure why > it's needed.
I have lots of MX500 1TB SSDs in service, and they are perfectly fine, largely unremarkable devices. I have some ICY DOCK and Startech disk-related things; not very many, and not the specific things you are looking for here. In my experience, they are both perfectly fine. -dsr-
