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Various Retailers have 2TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD (CT2000P3PSSD8) on sale for $124.99. Shipping is free.

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  • 2TB Ample Storage
  • NVME Interface
  • Up to 5000MB/s sequential read speeds
  • Up to 4200MB/s sequential write speeds
  • Rated MTTF (1.5 million hours for extended longevity/reliability)
  • Backward compatible w/ Gen3 systems
  • Drive is compatible w/ desktops & laptops that accepts PCIE NVMe Gen 4 drives
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  • NVMe (PCIe Gen4 x4) technology with up to 5000MB/s sequential reads, random read/write 680K/850K IOPS
  • Performs up to 43% faster than the fastest Gen3 NVMe SSDs
  • Rated at MTTF greater than 1.5 million hours for extended longevity and reliability
  • Backward compatibility with Gen3

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Model: Crucial P3 Plus 2TB 3D NAND PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD, 5000MB/s Read

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FYI: This drive does not have DRAM, but instead uses HMB (some of your system RAM instead). Fine for a game drive, not ideal for a boot drive. The P5 Plus for $25 more has DRAM.
How isn't this instant front page? Where's the love?
What in the actual F retail world? Is it just me or has this season been the most inconsistent roller coaster of pricing? I've never had so many days of snagged-a-deal-joy to buyers remorse from one day to the next.

Now if you'll excuse me I will get yesterday's purchases ready for return to make way for today's deals....again. 😂

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elefante72
12-19-2022 at 11:48 AM.
12-19-2022 at 11:48 AM.
Quote from booboloo :
Never use this kind of garbage as a boot drive.

App access is not sequential, and well below gen3 limits.

This is low durability QLC, the 980 pro is TLC as it should be.
When TLC came out everyone said that MLC was the only way to go. I will concede 440 TBW (for this drive) is piss poor..
The durability of QLC is markedly questionable, but for a vast amount of folks these drives are just fine. I purchased 2 for cache (which will get hit pretty well) for my NAS, and they are mirrored so in that case the SPOF is not really there. Also I can get 2 of these drives almost for the cost of one high end MLC. So it is fit for purpose.

Not sure why you wouldn't use this as a boot drive (2TB for boot?), there are not a lot of IOPS/data written in a boot drive. You could partition it up and make the rest usable.

Also when the TBW limit is hit, the warranty goes up in smoke but it's not like some kill switch and the drive fails, that is what is warrantied.

The disturbing trend is pulling out cache from SATA SSD because there is no HMB as a crutch, these drives use quasi SLC cache.
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12-19-2022 at 01:24 PM.
12-19-2022 at 01:24 PM.
We are going to start using a new prebuilt desktop with a 1tb hdd and 255 ssd capacity this week.

My kid's old computer has between 1-2tb which was cloned/imaged onto an external drive. Most of this is games, steam mods and saved games.

Do I need to purchase a 2tb sdd m.2 and swap it with the hdd? What should the difference be between boot and game drive?

My computer building experience is from 20 years ago.
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12-19-2022 at 01:32 PM.
12-19-2022 at 01:32 PM.
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This will work in a ps5?
Yes with no issues.
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12-20-2022 at 11:03 AM.
12-20-2022 at 11:03 AM.
With the P5 Plus at $150... This is a pass. I wouldn't pick this over the Solidigm P41 Plus either which has a higher TBW and faster direct write speed.
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12-20-2022 at 11:13 AM.
12-20-2022 at 11:13 AM.
I picked this up and installed in my PS5, it worked fine however the read speed that it reported was 4231 MB/s... much lower than the 5000 it claims to go up to, I know it's usually lower but that is much lower... hopefully it works ok long term, time will tell
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12-20-2022 at 11:28 AM.
12-20-2022 at 11:28 AM.
Paid $101 with Citi point card
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12-20-2022 at 12:30 PM.
12-20-2022 at 12:30 PM.
Quote from elefante72 :
When TLC came out everyone said that MLC was the only way to go. I will concede 440 TBW (for this drive) is piss poor..
The durability of QLC is markedly questionable, but for a vast amount of folks these drives are just fine. I purchased 2 for cache (which will get hit pretty well) for my NAS, and they are mirrored so in that case the SPOF is not really there. Also I can get 2 of these drives almost for the cost of one high end MLC. So it is fit for purpose.

Not sure why you wouldn't use this as a boot drive (2TB for boot?), there are not a lot of IOPS/data written in a boot drive. You could partition it up and make the rest usable.

Also when the TBW limit is hit, the warranty goes up in smoke but it's not like some kill switch and the drive fails, that is what is warrantied.

The disturbing trend is pulling out cache from SATA SSD because there is no HMB as a crutch, these drives use quasi SLC cache.

When folks say QLC is "garbage", what does that really mean? That the drives die an early death? That they have random failures throughout their life? I really haven't read or heard clearly why they're garbage other than people ranting about it with little to no supporting data.
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12-20-2022 at 02:57 PM.
12-20-2022 at 02:57 PM.
Quote from Frugal-Deals :
When folks say QLC is "garbage", what does that really mean? That the drives die an early death? That they have random failures throughout their life? I really haven't read or heard clearly why they're garbage other than people ranting about it with little to no supporting data.

It's fine for storing mostly static files, such as PS5 games or photos. Even at 250G written per day you'll still get 4.8 years of use before data loss is a concern. I'd pay a little more if my workload requires writing that much data per day. After 4-5 years, it's time for an upgrade anyway. This is fine for most people.
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12-20-2022 at 07:47 PM.
12-20-2022 at 07:47 PM.
Would a 1 year old hp 17-cn1053cl laptop even benefit from the extra speed or longevity of a 1TB Samsung 980 pro or would I see no difference getting this 2TB Crucial P3 Plus?

I need to replace the OS drive, the silly thing came with a 2.5" 5400rpm spinning hard disk in 2021, why I don't know (cost I guess) because it has an m.2 slot just sitting there empty.
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12-20-2022 at 07:49 PM.
12-20-2022 at 07:49 PM.
Quote from Teaser38 :
With the P5 Plus at $150... This is a pass. I wouldn't pick this over the Solidigm P41 Plus either which has a higher TBW and faster direct write speed.
Best comment so far.
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12-20-2022 at 08:34 PM.
12-20-2022 at 08:34 PM.
Quote from MyBallsItch :
Would a 1 year old hp 17-cn1053cl laptop even benefit from the extra speed or longevity of a 1TB Samsung 980 pro or would I see no difference getting this 2TB Crucial P3 Plus?

I need to replace the OS drive, the silly thing came with a 2.5" 5400rpm spinning hard disk in 2021, why I don't know (cost I guess) because it has an m.2 slot just sitting there empty.
Either one will provide an instant performance boost as NVMe drives have significantly faster read/write speeds than mechanical drives. Both are fine as OS drive. Choose according to your budget.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Not...-p/8440590
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Quote from tanginator :
Either one will provide an instant performance boost as NVMe drives have significantly faster read/write speeds than mechanical drives. Both are fine as OS drive. Choose according to your budget.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Not...-p/8440590
Thanks.

I know either would be a big performance boost, but would I see any difference between the two m.2 in such a basic i5 powered low to mid range laptop?


It doesn't have wired ethernet or any really high speed input, I'm thinking it can't really exploit the speed of either one without at least an upgraded wifi card. It only connects for download currently via wifi 802.11AC. My internet connection is via fiber optic but I have the lowest 50Mbps plan.
I don't do video editing or anything, the only speed need I really have would be downloads.
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12-20-2022 at 09:36 PM.
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Quote from MyBallsItch :
Thanks.

I know either would be a big performance boost, but would I see any difference between the two m.2 in such a basic i5 powered low to mid range laptop?

I'm not sure this even qualifies as mid range laptop, the rest of the hardware may be too slow to see any advantage between the two?

Can it even take advantage of the extra speed of the more expensive option? It doesn't have wired ethernet or any really high speed input, I'm thinking it can't really exploit the speed of either one without at least an upgraded wifi card. It only connects for download currenly via wifi 802.11AC. My internet connection is via fiber optic but I have the lowest 50Mbps plan.
I don't do video editing or anything, the only speed need I have would be downloads.
System startup and app launches will be a lot faster with an NVMe drive (vs mechanical). Won't affect your wifi/ethernet speed. You'd want to max out the system's performance by upgrading the HDD, RAM, and GPU at the least cost. If you write a lot data, I'd consider paying a little more but not necessarily the Samsung 980 Pro. Maybe something in between. But if the system is only for web browsing and normal home use, this is just fine. From a usability standpoint, going from mechanical drive to solid-state drive, it's night and day difference. Apps are so much snappier and you spend much less time waiting for a program/game to load.
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12-20-2022 at 10:34 PM.
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Quote from tanginator :
System startup and app launches will be a lot faster with an NVMe drive (vs mechanical). Won't affect your wifi/ethernet speed. You'd want to max out the system's performance by upgrading the HDD, RAM, and GPU at the least cost. If you write a lot data, I'd consider paying a little more but not necessarily the Samsung 980 Pro. Maybe something in between. But if the system is only for web browsing and normal home use, this is just fine. From a usability standpoint, going from mechanical drive to solid-state drive, it's night and day difference. Apps are so much snappier and you spend much less time waiting for a program/game to load.
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It's a laptop so there will be no upgrading cpu or gpu going on.

Ram on this is a weird 8gb stick and 4gb stick, both can be upgraded they're not soldered, that's the way they come from the factory mixed up like that, not sure if that works in dual channel mode that way or not.
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12-21-2022 at 04:01 AM.
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Works perfect in the PS5.
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