2TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive Expired

This whole misconception with DRAM on NVME drives is getting old. Aside from long sustained writes, which is uncommon for most users, DRAM is completely unnecessary on NVME drives. The misconception comes from the days of SATA SSD's, where DRAM was important for a boot drive. DRAM on an NVME drive is completely unnecessary on a boot drive or game drive, unless you're copying huge files regularly or have the aforementioned need for professional work. Again, most people have no need for DRAM on an NVME SSD, and the memory controller that's used is much more important. This drive isn't the fastest gen 4 drive by any means, but the vast majority of users won't notice the difference between this drive and the fastest drive on the market during daily use.

not sure why people complain about the same old things that will realistically not occur to them.

440tbw - if you want to keep the drive for 10 years, you'll have to write (not read, write) 44tb per year (that's writing/deleting the whole drive 22 times a year) for 10 years straight. vast majority of you aren't gonna do that. if you are, you're obviously doing some professional workload where you shouldn't be cheaping out on the drive itself.

DRAM-less - most modern DRAM-less nvme drives leverage HMB (host memory buffer) which borrows system memory in lieu of having DRAM on the drive itself. so you will not lose the functionality of DRAM, and it does not use a significant amount of resources.

DRAM-less drives aren't necessarily just going to croak much faster. most drives have wear-leveling technology to improve longevity.

QLC - it has a better capacity/cost ratio compared to TLC at the expense of performance & longevity. so if you're ok with the performance numbers and TBW, then this is sorta moot.

then there's those talking about the precipitous performance drop after sustained writes - you have to sequentially write half a terabyte at once for the performance to drop. how often are you sequentially writing more than half a TB at once? not only that, the drive will recover most of its cache after a very short period of time (we're talking seconds to minutes). yes the cache will decrease as the drive fills up, but it's still not going to affect the vast majority. if it fills up a reasonable amount, get a second drive.

if your workload requires you to have a better drive where you realistically need something better (professional workloads), then you shouldn't be shopping at the bargain bin. QLC is designed for consumer use, and for consumer use it's perfectly adequate.

stop spreading FUD about specs on a piece of paper that won't apply to the vast majority. if you can find a pcie gen 4.0 2tb TLC drive with DRAM from a reputable brand with high TBW at this price, please feel free to share.

You want a 2tb ssd for $20???