BEST INTERNAL SSD (BUDGET)

It’s a testament to how good Crucial’s MX300 SSD range is (and how little the SSD market has changed) that this same 275GB model is what won this category award last year. This is a fast little SATA 6Gbps drive that maxes out that socket’s available bandwidth (meaning read and write speeds of around 550MB/s) and it’s a drive you can find in either 2.5-inch or M.2 form factors, covering both main SSD use cases. If you can stretch another $80 or so, the 525GB MX300 is even better value in terms of bang for buck.