THE MX500 500GB

Again we see nothing new in terms of enclosure design since we saw the exact same sticker and enclosure on the MX300 a while back.

A small sticker at the base of the drive contains various details including the installed firmware version, product part and serial numbers, interface and country of assembly.

The typical SATA III data and power connectors are placed at the rear.

The enclosure is held in place with tiny screws easily removable with a small Philips screwdriver.

It's clear that this empty side of the PCB is populated in the 1TB/2TB models.

On the opposite side we find 8 TLC NAND flash modules (64GB in capacity each), 256MB DDR3L SDRAM module and the Silicon Motion SM2258 quad-channel controller.