Crucial T500 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2, Up to 7400MB/s, TLC NAND, Laptop and Desktop Compatible, Microsoft DirectStorage, Solid State Drive - CT2000T500SSD8

Extremely fast drive, bought this along with the SABRENT M.2 NVMe Enclosure to clone my old 512gb external ssd I used for gaming on to this 2tb unit which the Acronis software was free to download from Crucial's site. I tripled my drive speed from the old 512gb ssd when using just the external enclosures, but that was expected. The biggest performance hit for me was when I put the drive directly into my Dell G15 5521 Special Edition with the 3060 Ndivia card and i7. The system ran so much better and not just on drive performance, but in general for gaming, I was able to bump up the graphics settings without any issues at all. (PerformanceTest 11.1 software DISK Mark was: 50624 with this drive, The original internal 1tb drive in this system scored 20698) Very happy with this drive, looking forward to it going into my new Gaming tower when I get it this year.

Bought, used disk genius to duplicate old hard drive, then swapped. It is usually easier to swap a drive than you might think. Remember to use the correct size screwdriver on the screw holding the original drive, and to press reasonably firmly to avoid rounding the screw. If you have managed to rounded the screw like I did the first time I ever did this, use a little TPE tape between the screw and the screwdriver, use the correct size bit, and press firmly and turn. This drive is fully compatible with my Huawei MateBook 14s EVO. The 2TB size is also useful. With casual browsing the drive is sitting at 31 degrees Celsius. The key thing for the best performance is to install Crucial Storage Executive then update the firmware and enable Momentum Cache. At these kind of operating speeds, it's almost like upgrading the RAM itself - which on many laptops, including mine, is not possible as the RAM is soldered to the motherboard. I also tested speed in a USB enclosure, but did not include a picture of this - just worthwhile knowing that the speed is poor in a USB enclosure, clearly the bottleneck is the USB/enclosure itself. If looking for a drive to use exclusively in a USB enclosure, I would recommend going for the cheapest possible with the capacity you need - unless you definitely intend to use it connected to a motherboard or inside a laptop in future. You just will not benefit from the speed of this drive with a USB enclosure. First picture is T500 after updating firmware and enabling momentum cache. Note the massive increase in performance of both read speed and write speed compared with the second picture. Second picture is T500 before. Third picture is the original SSD in my Huawei MateBook 14s EVO (what I upgraded from).

Choosing the ideal NVMe drive can be a daunting task. There are so many different manufacturers and specifications out there but I had read numerous reviews before going for this drive and it gets consistently good reviews. I got the T500 2TB as part of a project to refresh an old desktop PC which had been using an SATA SSD as the main boot drive. This is so much quicker than the old SATA SSD and makes the PC feel like new. The drive was installed into my PC without problem and was immediately detected and ready for use. It does need a heatsink fitted or it can get quite warm while running. It shouldn't get too hot without one, but any heatsink helping to keep the drive cool will keep the drive running for longer.

Have never had issues with crucial. I tested the read/write speed performance and it is there or thereabouts as advertised. SLC cache on this T500 is around 370 GB so if you are working with video and have a lot of large 4K footage for example, this drive should be able to sustain good speeds as long as you keep that rough limit in mind when moving things around. Have a couple of these installed in my rig and they have not let me down when transfering large files or many small files.

Excellent additional storage, easy to fit into docking station

In terms of capacity, more than enough to store all the games I use and with over a terabyte to spare so should last maybe longer than my laptop. In terms of installation, this varies by device and whether you are using a universal heatsink that works on any motherboard/device or if you are using a device-specific heatsink. This however is a separate issue. One complaint however, even though most SSDs advertise a higher read speed than write, but when I was testing its sequential read and write performance, I got ~4.5gb/s for read and ~6.5 for write. I'm not sure if it's because other apps are using it but this was rather baffling. Probably a one-off and would ignore. Overall, decently-priced SSD and would buy again if I needed another one for a new computer.

super fast drive. Runs at 12500 mts using the crucial software. Quality item. Will buy more when needed

Great product really fast speeds and came in great condition

top quality. Not a single issue with the SSD . I'm very happy with this. It's the final part to my PC and it is fast as hell. Inused to have to wait 10 mins for my PC to load everything up. Now it's all up and ready to go in record time

Got it for 14k great SSD!

Muito boa e com autenticidade comprovada no site da Crucial. Oa vendedores procuram atender em qualquer caso de dúvida. Poderiam ter um maior conhecimento técnico sobre o produto, mas no demais foi uma excelente compra.

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