Crucial MX500 Sata 3 advice please

BrokenEggs76 · 28 Oct 2025 at 16:15

Hi everyone. My first post on here so go easy!

I've bought my son a Crucial MX500 1TB SSD for his PC. It will be connected to his Prime A520M-K Motherboard via on of the SATA 3 6gb/s connectors. Can someone please confirm exactly what connectors I need? I believe its the SATA 3 connector plus a power cable, but I don't want to buy the wrong things!

Cheers for any help.

BE

hornetstinger · 28 Oct 2025 at 16:16

SATA data cable.
SATA power cable comes off the PSU so no need to buy those.

BrokenEggs76 · 28 Oct 2025 at 16:20

So just the connector? I'm sure I have one laying about, but is it worth getting something super duper fast? If such a thing exists?

Rob_B · 28 Oct 2025 at 16:26

I'm not aware of different cable types for consumer stuff. Use any old SATA cable, it'll be faster than a HDD but slower than NVME due to limitations of the drive and technology itself.

BrokenEggs76 · 28 Oct 2025 at 16:29

Thanks. It should be fine for him. He has an M2 500gb drive (and that's it!) at the moment and has no space for his games. I wanted to get him more storage and thought this would be better for his games than a 5400 rpm HD. Hope I'm right.

Tetras · 28 Oct 2025 at 17:12

BrokenEggs76 said:
plus a power cable, but I don't want to buy the wrong things!

What PSU do you have? You should already have one, though if the PSU is modular and you discarded the box, there could be a problem.

hornetstinger · 28 Oct 2025 at 17:17

BrokenEggs76 said:
Thanks. It should be fine for him. He has an M2 500gb drive (and that's it!) at the moment and has no space for his games. I wanted to get him more storage and thought this would be better for his games than a 5400 rpm HD. Hope I'm right.

500GB SSD is still good for OS and couple of games. Just add another HDD, either SSD/NVME or platter HDD (for higher capacity , better £ per GB)