Question My SSD is 500GB but windows reports 465GB, is this normal ?

[knowledge2121]

just wondering, This is a crucial P1 500GB ....

 

[R_1]

yes.
windows uses one scale ala meters
the drive makers measure in yards
the slight differences are showing up as the missing space.
megabyte
mebibytes
the format chosen takes space as well

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes after formatting 465GB is correct for windows to display this. Normal.
http://www.endmemo.com/data/diskcapacity.php
Hard Disk \ SSD Real Capacity Calculator

 

[clutchc]

..plus some room is set aside for drive housekeeping, buffers, and (if installed) Win itself.

 

[USAFRet]

465GB on an advertised 500GB drive is absolutely normal and to be expected.
Not even a case of anything installed, or being 'formatted'.

They are all like this. 1TB = 931GB
2TB = 1.81TB
500GB = 465GB
250GB = 232GB
120GB = 111GB

Computer vs Human
Base 2 vs Base 10

There was even a lawsuit about this years ago. Hence the tiny print on the side of the box the drive came in, telling you this.

Western Digital settles drive size lawsuit

Western Digital has settled a class action lawsuit brought against it for …

arstechnica.com

 

[clutchc]

Well... what I meant was that once the drive is formatted, there is space set aside for the FAT.