[VIC,QLD,SA,WA] Crucial P3 1TB Gen3 NVMe M.2 SSD $98.10 Delivered ($0 C&C) + Surcharge @ MSY

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Clear on 27/11/2022 - 20:02 msy.com.au (746 clicks)
Last edited 28/11/2022 - 04:04 by 1 other user

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Another budget M.2 NVMe SSD on sale at MSY with the coupon code and while this one is PCIe 3.0 it still has faster read/write speeds than the Kingston NV2 posted yesterday. A downside is that the endurance is lower, however it has a 5 year warranty instead of 3 and it's still good for use as game drive or in an enclosure.

• M.2 2280
• NVMe PCIe 3.0
• Seq. Read up to 3,500MB/s
• Seq. Write up to 3,000MB/s
• 220TBW Endurance
• 5 Year Warranty

The link in OP goes to Victoria so make sure you set your state in the dropdown menu before reporting this deal as OOS.

Surcharges: 1% card/PayPal, 1.5% ZIP Pay.

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  Nivlac on 27/11/2022 - 20:05

  Cheers Op

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    tekisei on 28/11/2022 - 01:13

    +2

    Poor specs (QLC, 220TBW) relative to WD SN570 (TLC, 600TBW) currently at the same price.

    WD SN570 1TB SSD effective price $99.20 or $96.22 delivered

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  OneEyed on 27/11/2022 - 20:09

  +1

  $102.19 on Amazon

  Can be cheaper if you can use gift cards.

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    James-A on 27/11/2022 - 23:07

    International listing, would be delivered around December 15th…

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    Godgodgod on 27/11/2022 - 23:11

    Thanks bought 2 with extra 10% so paid around $183 for 2

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  iLikePizza on 27/11/2022 - 20:10

  Is this drive good for a boot drive?

  or just stick to an MX500?

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    Clear on 27/11/2022 - 20:11

    +2

    Crucial MX500 is perfectly fine as a boot drive. Your OS isn't going to get much benefit from NVMe speeds on boot.

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  cmaff15 on 27/11/2022 - 20:19

  will this work on a PS5?

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    Clear on 27/11/2022 - 20:20

    +5

    No. You need a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD with a read speed of 5,500MB/s or higher.

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    bindok on 27/11/2022 - 20:25

    +1

    Slower speed ones do work but has to be PCIe 4.0. 5500mbps is ‘recommended’

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    netsurfer on 27/11/2022 - 21:30

    +1

    No, and it is kind of dumb from Crucial. The controller is Phison E21, which technically is PCIe gen 4 capable. Crucial disabled that mode on purpose. Its QLC with pSLC is bad for PCIe gen 4 because that SSD can get exposed and run into QLC mode far too quick under PCIe gen 4 (if you do a SSD to SSD cloning) and it can get very ugly.

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  Darkshrimp on 27/11/2022 - 20:58

  +1

  good choice for enclosure and time machine for mac?

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    netsurfer on 27/11/2022 - 21:21

    +7

    Only if you write 260GB to it in the first go then wait for a long time before writing more (assuming you use a Thunderbolt enclosure). Wait as in the drive still needs to be connected to the laptop or Mac (powered up basically) It's QLC with pSLC setup. So, what it does is it writes everything in SLC mode until it is pretty much close to full. Then, it has to do recovery (basically, it needs to re-write them in QLC format to free up cells). While the SSD runs in recovery mode, its write speed is painfully slow (down to 100 MBps and I am basing that on the 2TB Tomshardware result, the 1TB version can be slower), but if you are okay with that (basically hard drive speed), then I guess it is okay. The pSLC gets smaller as the drive is filled so each time you need to write less and less.

    So, it is bad as a time machine SSD (especially if you use it with Thunderbolt). However, if you use it with an USB 3.2 gen 2 enclosure, then there is currently no information on how fast the recovery goes (i.e. whether it is fast enough to let you not feel that awful QLC native speed given USB 3.2 gen 2 can only do around 1000MB/s).

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      sandman28 on 27/11/2022 - 21:43

      +1

      Thanks for much for your informative posts like this, and for taking the time to break down the tech jargon into real world examples. Really helpful!

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      Darkshrimp on 28/11/2022 - 11:55

      Thanks for the reponse, are you able to recommend a good one for time machine use? idealy 2TB

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  Random guys on 27/11/2022 - 21:53

  For gaming - this or the Kingston NV2 pcie 4?

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    netsurfer on 27/11/2022 - 22:38

    +1

    In general, NV2 is faster, but that's not absolute. P3 employs pSLC, so when the drive is empty, it lets you writes up to 260GB at SLC high speed (I am approximating it from Tomshardware's 2TB result, by halving that and reducing it a bit) whereas NV2 1TB gets you 88GB worth of of dynamic SLC cache initially. So, let's think about this situation:

    You happened to have about 200GB of steam library you want to copy across, and from then on, you will be downloading new games from the Internet (which won't be at >100MB/s). Then, you don't benefit from NV2's better TLC NAND once SLC runs out.

    However, if you have say 500GB+ of games to copy across the first time, then NV2 will complete the copying / cloning faster. If you managed to fill the SSD to 80% or more, then P3 will be close to HDD speed in terms of write (though it's not an issue if we are talking about downloading new games to store on the SSD).

    Actually playing games, there isn't going to be a big difference between the two.

    Another interesting aspect is Crucial offering 5 year warranty on this, despite a low TBW rating. It probably comes down to price and whether you are comfortable with just 3 years warranty for NV2. I am assuming you plan to use it on a PCIe gen 3 m.2 slot.

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  Look Up on 27/11/2022 - 23:13

  +3

  Wait till Cyber Monday on any SSD buys - NAND prices have dropped significantly and the manufacturers are slow walking on the price drops

  Crucial and equivalent models should be at this pricing by now

  P2 - $60 per TB (Team, Silicon Power)
  P3 - $80 per TB (NV2, SN570, Exceria G2)
  P5 - $100 per TB (KC2500, 970 Evo Plus)
  P5 Plus - $120 per TB (SN850X, 980 Pro, KC3000)

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    xdigger on 29/11/2022 - 13:34

    Have you seen any current Cyber Monday SSD deals? Looking for a 2TB P5 Plus/SN850X/990 Pro/KC3000 equivalent without heatsink for a Asus X16 gaming laptop but nothing below $250. Best I seen is A$287 for 2TB SN850X on Amazon US, wondering if I should pull the trigger or keep waiting.