Amazon has
4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000P3PSSD8) on sale for
$264.99.
Shipping is free.
Adorama has
4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000P3PSSD8) on sale for
$264.99.
Shipping is free.
- Note, for Adorama this item is temporarily on backorder, you can order it now and it will ship as soon as it arrives.
Newegg has
4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000P3PSSD8) on sale for
$264.99.
Shipping is free.
- Note: Currently backordered and will not be shipped until inventory is confirmed. You will not be charged until this order is processed. Newegg cannot guarantee inventory for backordered items.
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Specs:- Up to 5000MB/s sequential reads
- Random read/write 650K/900K IOPS
- MTTF greater than 1.5 million hours
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The P in the drive names, are just the brand's name for that drive.
PCIe transfer speeds increase dramatically with each generation.
The gen4 one in this post advertises sequential read speeds up to 5000 MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 4200 MB/s.
The gen3 drive they're talking about advertises sequential read/write speeds up to 3500/3000 MB/s, or about 30% slower than the other drive.
There are some new gen5 SSD's coming out that have speeds over 10,000 MB/s, but they'll be pretty expensive for now, as is most new technology.
In order to achieve those speeds the m.2 socket on your motherboard must be rated for that generation of PCIe. Most of the last couple of generations of motherboards have at least one gen4 m.2 slot. Most of the latest generation of motherboards (other than the cheapest of them) have at least one gen 5 m.2 slot. However, SSDs are backwards compatible, if you don't mind the slower speed. if you were to put the gen4 SSD we're talking about in an older motherboard with a gen 3 m.2 slot, you'd likely get speeds similar to the gen3 SSD.
Prices have come way down on SSD's in the past year or two. Most people now keep 1-2 TB drives in their system for all applications, and even some games. It's generally a good idea to have your games on an NVME SSD, to save time in loading and to get the best performance in the game. Also, most modern motherboards now come with 2-4 m.2 slots, but only 4 SATA connectors.
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I believe that one is not the plus version
I think u are right, it was this one
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/ct4000p3ssd8
What are the differences? If u don't mind . Thanks
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/ct4000p3ssd8
What are the differences? If u don't mind . Thanks
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I am clearly behind on my hard drive /hardware lingo. Are you saying gen 3 for the PlayStation 3. Versus PlayStation 4? What's the p represent in those names. P41 versus P3? I'm currently in the process of building a new system based around my 4090 and 13900k. As far as the way I used to do things was get a fast m.2 drive for the boot drive somewhere between 500 gigs and terabyte. Not very picky about size because it should only hold windows and the base install of any application such as Adobe creative cloud or steam or something. Everything else gets stored in whatever drives are attached. Whether that's an m.2 or an SSD or an external HDD in a USB enclosure.
PCIe gen 3 vs PCIe gen 4, nothing to do with console or other factors. The PS5 does however have minimum speed requirements for their internal drives which is only achievable by gen 4 drives.
The P in the drive names, are just the brand's name for that drive.
PCIe transfer speeds increase dramatically with each generation.
The gen4 one in this post advertises sequential read speeds up to 5000 MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 4200 MB/s.
The gen3 drive they're talking about advertises sequential read/write speeds up to 3500/3000 MB/s, or about 30% slower than the other drive.
There are some new gen5 SSD's coming out that have speeds over 10,000 MB/s, but they'll be pretty expensive for now, as is most new technology.
In order to achieve those speeds the m.2 socket on your motherboard must be rated for that generation of PCIe. Most of the last couple of generations of motherboards have at least one gen4 m.2 slot. Most of the latest generation of motherboards (other than the cheapest of them) have at least one gen 5 m.2 slot. However, SSDs are backwards compatible, if you don't mind the slower speed. if you were to put the gen4 SSD we're talking about in an older motherboard with a gen 3 m.2 slot, you'd likely get speeds similar to the gen3 SSD.
Prices have come way down on SSD's in the past year or two. Most people now keep 1-2 TB drives in their system for all applications, and even some games. It's generally a good idea to have your games on an NVME SSD, to save time in loading and to get the best performance in the game. Also, most modern motherboards now come with 2-4 m.2 slots, but only 4 SATA connectors.