Crucial P3 Plus 500GB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD
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About Crucial P3 Plus 500GB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD
Overall Feedback:
77% positive
71% liked the generous storage capacity, but 29% found it too small
The drive capacity is good.
At high capacities, the M.2 NVMe SSD is plenty fast for the price, even though it's not the fastest available today.
If I just need bulk storage capacity, then this is fine for 50% off.
74% found it compatible with various systems, but 26% encountered compatibility issues
Installing the Crucial SSD in the second M.2 NVME drive slot on the Beelink SER8 Mini PC motherboard was easy.
My internal solid-state drive passed all my stress tests and downloads games like Cod, warcraft, ark, and more in under an hour.
I easily installed the Crucial SSD into the second M.2 NVME drive slot on my Beelink SER8 Mini PC motherboard and Microsoft Windows 11 Professional recognized it on boot-up.
The NVMe was not detected by my Intel NUC7, despite the compatibility tool indicating compatibility. The BIOS interface did not show up during Power On Self Test.
73% praised for its rugged durability, while 27% experienced hardware failure
I have been using some older 2.5 inch Crucial SSDs for over 12 years and they are still running like new.
High performance SSDs without cache are reserved for the enterprise sector where uptime and data integrity matters.
QLC drives have 4 cell layers to write through, resulting in shorter life.
Updating the firmware of my 980 Pro does not prevent its premature sudden drive failure.
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74% praised for its lightning-fast read and write speeds, but 26% experienced slower performance
My new drive has a higher read/write speed and is not running too hot.
I have noticed that this SSD is not the fastest M.2 NVMe SSD available today, but it is still plenty fast at high capacities for the price. Additionally, I get faster-than & close-enough to the 4,800MB/s read/write speeds advertised on the box.
I am responsible for the drive not reaching the advertised speeds. My computer only has PCI 3.0.
I have experienced read speeds dipping down to 200 MB/s and write speeds of about 600 MB/s when the internal solid-state drive is 30% full.
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68% appreciated its low power consumption, though 32% noticed higher energy usage
Photoshop loads in seconds and files open in a heartbeat, indicating that our internal-solid-state-drive is power efficient.
I have seen read speeds dip down to 200 MB/s (never above 1 GB/s) depending on what I am reading on the drive, which is near hard drive levels.
I did not mention the power consumption of the internal solid-state drive.
I noticed that the tablet overheats quickly and the data transfer rate drops to 20mb/s.
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The tablet overheats quickly and the data transfer rate drops to 20mb/s.
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67% appreciated the silent operation, though 33% noticed some noise
I bought a housing, installed the drive in it, connected with a Thunderbolt cable and it worked perfectly.
I found a serious quality control issue with the product.
