1TB Crucial P5 Plus PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive

vapor916

Jan 16, 2023 4:36 AM

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No love for a high end nvme???

https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...4/htmlview

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SeriesBladeQuest

Jan 16, 2023 6:49 AM

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I'm noticing a lot of SSD's I've been looking at don't seem to be available for shipping immediately, and I'm picking up an RTX 4070 ti tomorrow night to complete my computer. The Patriot 2 TB SATA deal shipped earlier than expected, but still waiting on an NVME drive order to show up for my main drive, so I'm stuck in limbo.

Outside of price errors/temporary deals (Samsung 980/SN850x come to mind), I can't find anything that beats this for $81, and anything better than this certainly hits diminishing returns, so this is nearly perfect.

Last edited by SeriesBladeQuest January 15, 2023 at 10:57 PM.

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SealTeamSixed

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Quote from SeriesBladeQuest

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I'm noticing a lot of SSD's I've been looking at don't seem to be available for shipping immediately, and I'm picking up an RTX 4070 ti tomorrow night to complete my computer. The Patriot 2 TB SATA deal shipped earlier than expected, but still waiting on an NVME drive order to show up for my main drive, so I'm stuck in limbo.

Outside of price errors/temporary deals (Samsung 980/SN850x come to mind), I can't find anything that beats this for $81, and anything better than this certainly hits diminishing returns, so this is nearly perfect.

WD has the SN850x on their website for $100 right now, $170 for the 2TB (with double the TBW of both of these 1TB models).

I need a Gen 4, but I feel like prices may keep dropping for a little while.

And I just overspent on good deals for a new mobo/CPU/GPU, so I'll stick with my Gen 3 NVMe for now and see what happens price wise. Then clone it and let it be my storage drive in one of two Gen 3 slots on the Mobo.

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SlickDeer507

Jan 16, 2023 8:22 AM

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Quote from SealTeamSixed

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WD has the SN850x on their website for $100 right now, $170 for the 2TB (with double the TBW of both of these 1TB models).

I need a Gen 4, but I feel like prices may keep dropping for a little while.

And I just overspent on good deals for a new mobo/CPU/GPU, so I'll stick with my Gen 3 NVMe for now and see what happens price wise. Then clone it and let it be my storage drive in one of two Gen 3 slots on the Mobo.

Small world, 1 TB SN850X is exactly what I ordered, but from adorama because I had a $10 off coupon. It's been a week but the tracking number still says USPS doesn't have it. I'll be tempted to grab the 2 TB at Microcenter for $170, but it's way more than I need. Thanks for the suggestions, spot on ideas for sure!

Edit- Whoops, different account on my phone for some reason, but same human, at least I think.

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Teaser38

Jan 16, 2023 9:07 AM

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2TB is $150 from Crucial.
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5-pl...000p5pssd8

The P5 Plus is maybe the worst of the lot of 2nd wave PCIe drives. Not that you'd notice much difference between them.

FantasticLlama7102

Jan 16, 2023 9:11 AM

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Quote from SeriesBladeQuest

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I'm noticing a lot of SSD's I've been looking at don't seem to be available for shipping immediately, and I'm picking up an RTX 4070 ti tomorrow night to complete my computer. The Patriot 2 TB SATA deal shipped earlier than expected, but still waiting on an NVME drive order to show up for my main drive, so I'm stuck in limbo.

Outside of price errors/temporary deals (Samsung 980/SN850x come to mind), I can't find anything that beats this for $81, and anything better than this certainly hits diminishing returns, so this is nearly perfect.

You are gonna love that RTX 4070 ti. I've had mine for about a week. It seems like the sweet spot for 3440 x 1440 resolution.

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sinusone1

Jan 16, 2023 9:40 AM

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What's the real world difference in Gen 3 and gen 4

modoggs

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Quote from FantasticLlama7102

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You are gonna love that RTX 4070 ti. I've had mine for about a week. It seems like the sweet spot for 3440 x 1440 resolution.

I understand a lot of the hate for the 4070ti because of the price (I paid $850 for the Asus TUF OC because microcenter immediately sold out of the $800 non OC version) but honestly it's freakin awesome. I'm playing Control at 4k Max settings with RT on without DLSS and it's 100% smooth with an xbox controller. Same with High on Life but I don't think that has RT. Anyway it seems that all the big titles will run at 4k and probably offer DLSS if needed.

sallenqld

Jan 16, 2023 12:33 PM

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Quote from sinusone1

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What's the real world difference in Gen 3 and gen 4

My ps5 needs gen4

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TheRealWonderBoy

Jan 16, 2023 1:05 PM

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Quote from sinusone1

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What's the real world difference in Gen 3 and gen 4

Bandwidth. PCIe Gen4 can transfer twice as much data as PCIe Gen3.

RamesesThe2nd

Jan 16, 2023 1:09 PM

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Will this drive in a 10 Gbps USB C enclosure work faster than a portable SSD like Crucial X8 or Sandisk Extreme for sustained loads? Those external SSD only stay at fast speeds for a short time.

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TheRealWonderBoy

Jan 16, 2023 1:13 PM

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The P5 Pro uses a Micron DM02A1 controller, which is made in-house. The controller has DRAM and is a PCIe 4.0x4 generation controller rated for 6,600 MB/s sequential read and 5,000 MB/s sequential writes for the 1TB model. It uses Micron 176-layer TLC and is rated for 600TB of write endurance and has a 5 year warranty.

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RumbleTheBison

Jan 16, 2023 1:20 PM

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This went off due to my PS5 notification, but in reading it appears you REALLY want the heat sink version, which is more than $80 right now.

FYI, as Sony themselves have stated you want a heat sink on the drive. Of course, feel free to take your own risks...

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nb1001

Jan 16, 2023 3:14 PM

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Quote from Teaser38

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2TB is $150 from Crucial.
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5-pl...000p5pssd8

The P5 Plus is maybe the worst of the lot of 2nd wave PCIe drives. Not that you'd notice much difference between them.

OOS at their site

KMan

Jan 16, 2023 3:39 PM

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So, if you've already got a super fast PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD as your primay/system drive and want to add a 2nd higher capacity SSD to store frequently accessed apps and data, say games or huge project files or data sets, does it really matter if it's also 4.0 and NVMe, or can it be 3.0 or even SATA without you really noticing a meaningful difference in speed?

And, if you do install apps on a 2nd drive, is there a preferred or standardized location, like say D:\Program Files or D:\Apps?

Same for data, say D:\Documents?

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