Crucial MX300: Good Linux Performance, 525GB SSD For $120

[starshipeleven]

Phew, it's a MX100 512GB, bought new, last year, for my laptop (a kinda netbook-ish one with 11'' screen and crappy entry-level APU).
I updated its firmware (with their bootable utility) because with the default one it couldn't do NCQ TRIM or something (the one with default firmware version was in kernel blacklist for that feature).

[drSeehas]

... Samsung is the only one doing some MLC 3D NAND units.

There are some DC SSDs with MLC 3D NAND from intel too.

Toshiba is doing mainly TLC 3D NAND so far, but, I think their pro models will be using MLC 3D NAND. ...

There are no SSDs with MLC 3D NAND from Toshiba.