[Afterpay] Crucial T500 2TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD $195.49 Delivered @ Silicon Centre eBay

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Tom's review: T500 has lower latency and higher performance in real world benchmarks than the 990 Pro and power efficiency better than the reigning SK Hynix P44 / P31 drives
PS5 compatible

CT2000T500SSD8

Controller: Phison E25
Memory: Micron 232L TLC
DRAM Cache: Micron LPDDR4
Sequential Read: 7400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 7000 MB/s
Random Read: 1,180,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,440,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 1200 TB
Warranty: 5 Years

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  SaulGoodFan on 14/03/2024 - 18:17

  Someone who knows their m.2 drives, is this good and reliable?

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    AircraftFreight on 14/03/2024 - 18:43

    +2

    This is one of the best NVME drives on the market atm

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    buffalo bill on 14/03/2024 - 19:08

    Yeah it's a good one. You could go the PCIe gen 5 varient (T700) but you'd be paying for it.

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    Micsmit on 15/03/2024 - 00:05

    Except for lack of heat sink . You will not find a better deal for a better SSD. Because their isn't one.

    I bought a heatsink one for 230 at Xmas and it's excellent.

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  Cartmanizm on 14/03/2024 - 19:10

  Will this be better or on par with the WD SN850x or the Sk Hynix P41 Platinum?

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    kendo on 14/03/2024 - 19:23

    From my limited knowledge, this is on par or slightly better than wd sn850x, but no way can be compared to SK.

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    netsurfer on 14/03/2024 - 22:33

    +1

    This is one of the top performing SSDs in general as it uses the latest Phison PCIe gen 4 controller and the latest Micron 232L TLC NAND. It also has DRAM.

    However, it has a very aggressive SLC cache (which does help it gets good write performance), but its folding write performance is subpar (that's normally the down side of having a very aggressive SLC cache). The reason behind it probably because that WD SN850 and SN770 2TB models employ an aggressive SLC cache as well. However, WD somehow is able to do reasonably well in folding writing phase.

    Basically, in normal use, it is a top performing SSD. However, if you care a lot about filling up the SSD (in this case, over 20%) in one go, then it may not be the best option. Micron could potentially address this issue in a future firmware revision. Do bear in mind, that is assuming you have the ability to pump data into the SSD at a very high rate (i.e. the source data or the source SSD is PCIe gen 4 x4 or faster).

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      Micsmit on 15/03/2024 - 00:08

      +1

      To be honest , general use and gaming this is perfect. I upgraded from 1tb sn850x to this and I'm very happy. I get in nearly 1 second earlier to a new map in hell let loose lol

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      Cartmanizm on 15/03/2024 - 00:11

      +1

      Thanks, that is very helpful, much appreciated.

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      emperor on 16/03/2024 - 19:15

      @netsurfer To backup my laptop regularly, which one do you suggest? Assemble this type of SSD to an enclosure or get an external ssd drive? Appreciate if you can recommend some of them for me to take a look at. Thanks.

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        netsurfer on 16/03/2024 - 20:54

        +1

        Need to know whether your laptop supports Thunderbolt 4/USB 4, or USB 3.2 gen 2x2 or only the standard USB 3.2 gen 2.

        Here are the mostly Mac results with various enclosures:
        USB 3.2 Gen 2
        USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 - Only Windows machines support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, No Mac support.
        Thunderbolt 3/4/USB 4 - Mac results, Windows results would be slightly better

        For my Mac Time Machine backups, I actually use a cheap 1TB Samsung T5 (external). I found Mac Time Machine doesn't really take full advantage of sequential write of external SSDs (perhaps because I have lots of small files on my Mac). Windows backups… they are too big so I am still using external HDDs. I do have a 2TB QLC SSD (bought $109) in a cheap enclosure ($9 AliExpress discounted one) to backup work in progress files.

        T7 Shield (note: T7 Shield, not T7) when discounted, is a good choice. If you want to go with DIY (using an enclosure), it is best to get a good enclosure (because for your backup, you want something reliable and doesn't thermal throttle too often). Crucial T500 is a flagship SSD which should really go into a PC. It's an overkill to use T500 as an external enclosure. Also, T500's average folding write speed means it isn't a great choice as an external SSD.

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          emperor on 16/03/2024 - 22:42

          @netsurfer: Mine is Windows laptop with usb 3.0 port. As I have read T7 lacks Dram, is it good to use as external ssd for backup?

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            netsurfer on 16/03/2024 - 23:13

            +1

            @emperor: USB 3.0, that means USB 3.2 Gen 1. Honestly T7 Shield is already overkill for USB 3.0/3.2 Gen 1. USB 3.0 doesn't have sufficient bandwidth to max out a proper SATA3 SSD.

            T7 Shield sustained write @ USB 3.2 gen 2

            So, for USB 3.0, you will get half that (so 500MB/s tops). However, for small files, you don't even get anything close to that (small files, you need to look at 4K random read/write results). I wouldn't worry about DRAMless if it is just USB 3.0 (However, still need to get a decent SSD though).

            T7 Shield is different to T7 (don't get T7, only get T7 Shield). Personally, for USB 3, I use SATA enclosure or a converter:

            El cheapo brand USB3.0 to SATA Converter

            I paid $3 for that converter from MSY before. I most certainly wouldn't pay $9 for that converter.

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  denserham on 14/03/2024 - 21:44

  Any good deals for 2230 sized 2TB nvme drives on ebay atm? I need a decent one for a main laptop drive but I haven't looked into what's good nowdays.

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  Mohamed S on 15/03/2024 - 08:52

  shows $212 for me

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  Smilence03 on 15/03/2024 - 09:12

  +1

  shows $249.9 for me. It’s been jacked right up

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  Fatboy74 on 15/03/2024 - 09:43

  +2

  Jack strikes again!

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  ozsingh83 on 16/03/2024 - 10:25

  Is this the same one?

  https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/hard-drives-&-ssds/solid-state-drives-(ssd)/98960-ct4000p3ssd8

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    netsurfer on 16/03/2024 - 10:33

    No P3 is QLC, DRAMless. Think of it as the cheapest PCIe gen 3 x4 NVMe Crucial currently offers.

    P3 -> P3 Plus -> P5 -> P5 Plus -> T500 -> T700