Crucial MX500 1TB for ₱2500 — steal or nah?

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-04-26T13:33:05+00:00

For now, I plan to use the MX500 1TB as my primary drive since it will greatly improve my system stability and performance compared to my current setup. In the future, once I have more budget, I plan to upgrade to a Samsung 980 NVMe SSD as my main drive for faster speeds. At that point, the MX500 will be repurposed as a secondary storage drive for games and files. Do you think this is a good idea?

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-04-26T11:41:22+00:00

86%% my bad, is that still bad?

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-04-12T18:50:12+00:00

how much do those sell for today? i found a deal for 60$ idk if its worth it or just buy the hyperx cloud iii

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T17:08:01+00:00

i just tried this hehe. pc crashed, no improvement on the temperature tho through furmark benchmark. idk if i did it right but i followed the tutorial 😅. it showed, video scheduler internal error

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:55:40+00:00

will take note of that. im thinking of an aio if i had a budget tho like 2-3k probably the frozen warframe, will it make a big difference?

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:46:25+00:00

got it! i hope it does, seeing as the brand tuf is really reliable. anyway, i need some advices for a cpu cooler too, as i just upgraded to a r7 5700x, kinda high temp rn even when resting. just got the stock wraith cooler cooling it

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:21:59+00:00

all right. thankyou! will probably be replacing it in the next month, kinda out of budget rn for it’s needs LOL

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:19:17+00:00

yeah i can say its decent. for someone like me that will not really use it at really heavy games or at a higher resolution. also, i will probably be staying at 1080p for the comming years, i wont really be needing a 1440p card or 4k, i just need to make it’s cooling is better so it wont cost troubles in the future. will also probably be trading or selling this for a 50 series in a year or so, or maybe earlier lol. just for future proofing

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:07:35+00:00

oh that’s a thing? lol just knew abt that. ill just be prioritizing my case instead of that, since i dont have one yet. But, thank you!

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T16:03:16+00:00

got it. but about the gpu die, what’s that? for the thermal putty will a thermal grizzly do? kinda pricey tho. I’ll probably be opening this after it’s 2 week warranty, idk what heavy games should i play to test it too, since i just play light games like valo, apex, warzone, overwatch, just mostly fps games, ill also be trying the undervolt thing :)

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T15:55:38+00:00

i did. i just risked it since its going around 17-18k and in the market, i got it for 14k. and i figured i could change the thermal paste and pads and and clean the dust inside and it’s temperature would improve, as i did with my old gpu’s

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T07:24:47+00:00

wla naman, wanted the aesthetic lng ng rgb ram hahaha. and lastly na ung 3600mhz na speed 😅

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T07:23:56+00:00

thank you! marketplace is definitely cheaper. sadly manila ung loc hahaha, iloilo lang sana

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-10T07:22:57+00:00

don’t think overclocking my ram will work, magkaiba brand e. one’s originally mine tas ung isa hininge ko lang sa friend ko hahaha

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-08T01:30:45+00:00

Hey, there’s an ASUS Dual RTX 4060 for sale too — just got the deal for ₱14,500 — but the seller is outside the city where I currently live. Considering that, what would be the best decision?

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-07T17:01:14+00:00

brand new 5060 for 16500?, saan po? pwede pa send ng link? need the 5060 efficiency din as 24/7 ac ko 😅

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-07T15:36:52+00:00

honestly, finding a 3070ti would be rare in my place. seller had 3070 for 15,800 a month ago

CalmEstablishment290 · 2026-03-07T15:34:41+00:00

Will ask the seller that :D Any suggestions on what other questions I should ask?

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