Crucial P3 PCIe 3.0 4TB NVMe SSD CT4000P3SSD8 $364.68 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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Crucial P3 4TB PCIe 3.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 3500MB/s - CT4000P3SSD8
Looks like it's on sale again and possibly at the lowest price to date.
No DRAM, not suitable for PS5, but still a good deal.

NVMe (PCIe Gen3 x4) technology with up to 3500MB/s sequential reads, random read/write 650K/700K IOPS
Spacious storage up to 4TB
Performs up to 33% better than the previous generation
Solid Gen3 performance
Rated at MTTF greater than 1.5 million hours for extended longevity and reliability.

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  snoopydoop on 28/02/2023 - 19:11

  +3

  How am I mainly going to notice the difference if I put this in my laptop as its boot drive vs one with DRAM? Is it really that significant in ordinary usecases?

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    mitt on 28/02/2023 - 20:30

    +5

    Main difference is moving big files. There is a dramatic slowdown once you hit the SLC cache limit. If you aren't planning on moving large files onto the drive often then the difference would be largely unnoticed.

    The other difference is the SLC cache shrinks as the drive fills, if you intend on having this drive sit mostly full that cache limit will be hit by any file transfer, not just huge files this would be noticeable for everyday use.

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      snoopydoop on 28/02/2023 - 20:59

      Thank you! You've just made this seem really, really tempting.

      I'm in a bit of a hole trying to research it all, think I'm torn between a 1TB Solidigm P44 Pro and this deal, I recently grabbed this laptop and it needs a new SSD.

      But I'm also feeling like putting in an SSD that costs the same amount as the laptop itself is a little overkill lol, maybe I should go more budget.

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        JerraJones on 01/03/2023 - 03:24

        Oh yeah more than overkill for whatever you'll end up using that laptop for, 1tb is enough. These larger 4tb drives are much more suitable for something like professional work or someone who wants to keep 100 games installed all the time.

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          snoopydoop on 01/03/2023 - 09:00

          @JerraJones: Yeah definitely overkill! Main thing that made me think about jumping on this is the thought of having space for a shitload of movies/TV on my laptop when travelling.

          Even run a mini plex server while on a plane 😂

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            JerraJones on 02/03/2023 - 00:28

            @snoopydoop: I'd just buy a portable hard drive at that point, they come in at 4-5tb for ~$150 pretty often. More than enough for movies/shows.

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    bcYield on 28/02/2023 - 22:27

    +1

    A video (quite old) made by Linus Tech showing if a faster SSD matters for gamers should answer your question

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      snoopydoop on 28/02/2023 - 22:32

      +3

      I do remember watching this. I skipped ahead to the conclusion, and he actually says DRAM matters, and saw a techquickie from 5 years ago where he said the same. Still very unsure what path to go down!

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        bcYield on 28/02/2023 - 23:35

        yes, he mentioned DRAM, warranty and written terabytes required for some specific applications.

        for everyday use cases including gaming (of course at that time) and 8k videos, even Sata could do the job fine.

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          snoopydoop on 28/02/2023 - 23:55

          +1

          @bcYield: I ended up pulling the trigger on this for $4 more expensive than the listed deal.

          Seems reputable enough and don't need anything fancy for this usecase!

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    selphie on 01/03/2023 - 01:13

    +1

    99% of use case, besides benchmarking, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between any modern SSDs.

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  teddiebear on 28/02/2023 - 19:12

  +1

  Nice find OP!
  Cheaper and faster than a normal SSD. Can't go wrong with this size drive 😀

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  Guybrush57 on 28/02/2023 - 19:20

  Damn. I should've got this instead of the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB.

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    netsurfer on 28/02/2023 - 19:39

    +3

    Different grade of SSDs. This one is QLC, DRAMless. Crucial blocked PCIe gen 4 support from the chipset.
    "Solid" performance is mostly read. For writes, once the SLC goes, due to the use of QLC, recovery is inevitable so the write performance drops.

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  FoxJump on 28/02/2023 - 19:31

  Crikey what a nice price.
  I'm tempted to get 4 for my nas. but then what do i do with my 3x 1tb nvmes.

  i gotta wait till they die first

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    AircraftFreight on 01/03/2023 - 10:43

    Ill buy them off you. ;-)

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  RickyBaker on 28/02/2023 - 19:39

  Is this actually likely to take a month to deliver? I kind of need it in < 3 weeks

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    scuderiarmani on 28/02/2023 - 19:44

    +2

    I generally find US better than estimates, latest one this month was a week better. UK not so, generally closer to.

    Though both often sit on the order for many many days, sometimes the initial charge drops off too,… than suddenly it happens quickly.

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      bcYield on 28/02/2023 - 22:31

      then I cancelled and reordered and another week of waiting

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  fuwa on 28/02/2023 - 19:46

  +1

  Only 800TBW; I think that's on the lower end for a 4TB. Plus QLC and DRAM-less, as others have stated. Still, very cheap for the amount of data.

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    FoxJump on 28/02/2023 - 21:10

    crikey

    I'll pass then

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    Danneo on 28/02/2023 - 21:58

    What is 800TBW

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      fuwa on 28/02/2023 - 22:08

      +1

      TBW stands for 'TeraBytes Written' and is an estimation of lifetime, plus a metric for warranty. So the Crucial P3 4TB should stand up to 800 TeraBytes being written to it, if not more, before wearing out. It offers a 5-year warranty, so if it's yet to hit that or 800 TBW, your warranty should be good. That's a huge number and one very few will reach, but some other 4TB drives offer figures of 2,000 TBW or higher.

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  hamwhisperer on 28/02/2023 - 23:40

  -1

  Same price but 7000mbs please

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  2enjoy on 06/03/2023 - 16:00

  It’s available a little cheaper now from Amazon UK via AU $361.63