Various retailers have 1TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (CT1000P3PSSD8) for $66.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
Thanks to Community Member IndigoThread6938 for finding this deal.
I'd recommend the P3 over the P3 Plus. Same controller. Same QLC flash. Only difference is you are limited to PCIe 3.0 speeds which isn't a huge deal practically. (It's only a hair slower on Tom's benchmarks.) It runs cooler and more efficiently, too. It's a very good option for use in a laptop.
If you don't mind going with one of the Taiwanese based brands, the UD90 ($69, same controller with Micron TLC) and MP34 ($57, hodgepodge of controllers and TLC types, but all pretty good with DRAM at PCIe 4.0) are better TLC based options.
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Last edited by Teaser38 January 25, 2023 at 05:01 PM.
It'll work, but maybe consider the Crucial P5 Plus 1TB drive instead? The P5 Plus is TLC vice QLC in the P3 Plus. It's a little better performance, the drive handles better when it gets full than the P3 plus, and the difference in cost is $14.
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Last edited by mischlep January 25, 2023 at 04:31 PM.
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No cache, so large writes (like an OS/application install) will potentially be impacted.
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$60 from Crucial direct.
If you don't mind going with one of the Taiwanese based brands, the UD90 ($69, same controller with Micron TLC) and MP34 ($57, hodgepodge of controllers and TLC types, but all pretty good with DRAM at PCIe 4.0) are better TLC based options.
As for a heatsink, I got this one and it's worked well. I've seen others here recommend it as well.
https://a.co/d/d6VljnV