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expiredBBQchicken | Staff posted Nov 26, 2024 04:43 PM
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4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD

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Amazon has 4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (CT4000P3PSSD8) on sale for $194.49. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • 4TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe NVMe Gen 4 x4 Interface
  • Up to 4800 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 4100 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • Micron 3D NAND
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • SMART and TRIM Support.

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Amazon has 4TB Crucial P3 Plus PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (CT4000P3PSSD8) on sale for $194.49. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter BBQchicken for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 4TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe NVMe Gen 4 x4 Interface
  • Up to 4800 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 4100 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • Micron 3D NAND
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • SMART and TRIM Support.

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freakingwilly
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FYI, no DRAM.
turbodog
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It's a mid-end storage drive from a reputable vendor. Too much navel gazing.
Hat-Trick
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Absolutely NO on getting Gen3. That would be a mistake.

Here's my take...it's more about price than performance, correct? I don't think there are many 4TB SSD's less than $190, so although this one is more performance than your enclosure can handle, enclosures are cheap and it's cheaper to get a faster one down the road (or even now, as 20Gbps enclosures are $23) than to be disappointed later when you wish you got a faster one.

So, get this now, get whatever enclosure you want and be happy.

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Nov 26, 2024 05:05 PM
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smacky00Nov 26, 2024 05:05 PM
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Good choice to put in this enclosure?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G14NBCS
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Nov 26, 2024 05:36 PM
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BoastfulWren316Nov 26, 2024 05:36 PM
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From the following discussion, I think I'll pass:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad...nglesided/

"It is single-sided... It uses QLC flash memory, which makes it slower than many other PCIe 4.0 SSDs that use TLC. Crucial lists the performance as Read: 4800 MB/s, Write:4100 MB/s, and an endurance of 800 TBW, all of which is at the lower end for this class of drive. It does have a 5 year limited warranty, though."
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Nov 26, 2024 05:44 PM
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DooheehowserNov 26, 2024 05:44 PM
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Quote from smacky00 :
Good choice to put in this enclosure?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G14NBCS
A gen4 drive like the P3 Plus (capable of 5GB/s) seems like complete overkill for this enclosure which the description states caps out at ~900MB/s.

Unless you're using a more expensive thunderbolt-compatible enclosure (and even then....), I'd save your money and look at something cheaper.
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turbodogNov 26, 2024 05:58 PM
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Quote from BoastfulWren316 :
From the following discussion, I think I'll pass:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad...nglesided/

"It is single-sided... It uses QLC flash memory, which makes it slower than many other PCIe 4.0 SSDs that use TLC. Crucial lists the performance as Read: 4800 MB/s, Write:4100 MB/s, and an endurance of 800 TBW, all of which is at the lower end for this class of drive. It does have a 5 year limited warranty, though."
It's a mid-end storage drive from a reputable vendor. Too much navel gazing.
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Nov 26, 2024 07:13 PM
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smacky00Nov 26, 2024 07:13 PM
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Quote from Dooheehowser :
A gen4 drive like the P3 Plus (capable of 5GB/s) seems like complete overkill for this enclosure which the description states caps out at ~900MB/s.

Unless you're using a more expensive thunderbolt-compatible enclosure (and even then....), I'd save your money and look at something cheaper.
So best to look at a gen 3 NVME then?
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Enoch42Nov 26, 2024 11:24 PM
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Quote from smacky00 :
Good choice to put in this enclosure?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G14NBCS
Gen 3 drives would be a better option. But there isn't a big difference in price at the moment with black Friday/cyber Monday deals.
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Nov 26, 2024 11:28 PM
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superpuppycatNov 26, 2024 11:28 PM
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Quote from smacky00 :
So best to look at a gen 3 NVME then?
You could get a 4TB drive as low as 160 last year, but SSDs have gone this year. 4TBs are not often under 190 anymore, and when they are, they are usually Chinese brands like KingSpec. This is a good price for a decent 4TB drive that while overkill for your enclosure, will still work fine. You can wait to see what else BF delivers, but if nothing else is cheaper then I'd just get this and call it a day.
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Nov 26, 2024 11:47 PM
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Hat-TrickNov 26, 2024 11:47 PM
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Quote from smacky00 :
So best to look at a gen 3 NVME then?
Absolutely NO on getting Gen3. That would be a mistake.

Here's my take...it's more about price than performance, correct? I don't think there are many 4TB SSD's less than $190, so although this one is more performance than your enclosure can handle, enclosures are cheap and it's cheaper to get a faster one down the road (or even now, as 20Gbps enclosures are $23) than to be disappointed later when you wish you got a faster one.

So, get this now, get whatever enclosure you want and be happy. Smilie
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Nov 26, 2024 11:55 PM
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PTSLICKNov 26, 2024 11:55 PM
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Will this be good on a gaming laptop? The storage space is nice but is the speed a bit on the slower side?
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Nov 27, 2024 12:10 AM
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Quote from smacky00 :
Good choice to put in this enclosure?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G14NBCS
I just did Smilie

Blackmagic Speed test on my MacBook Air M2, I got 850 write and 550 read using that same enclosure and this 4TB SSD.

I don't know why the read is so slow.
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Nov 27, 2024 12:14 AM
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MikeE21286Nov 27, 2024 12:14 AM
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Good for ps5
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Nov 27, 2024 12:15 AM
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CrimsonRose733Nov 27, 2024 12:15 AM
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Same price Apple charges for 256GB
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Nov 27, 2024 12:56 AM
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back2basicsNov 27, 2024 12:56 AM
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Quote from 1gokart :
I just did SmilieBlackmagic Speed test on my MacBook Air M2, I got 850 write and 550 read using that same enclosure and this 4TB SSD.I don't know why the read is so slow.
Which filesystem did you format it as? EXFAT is good for cross-compatibility but speeds will be slower on a MAC. If you use the Apple APFS format, you'll get close to 900MBps on both read/write, assuming you do not thermal throttle.

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bieberwhole69Nov 27, 2024 01:02 AM
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i love how comments are neg... but it has a +18... something sus going on

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