Crucial P5 Plus review: A fast PCIe 4 SSD with tough competition

The P5 Plus is the follow-on to Crucial’s affordable and surprisingly fast P5 NVMe SSD. It’s a worthy encore, at least in terms of performance. Not only is this new version slightly faster, it offers the PCIe 4 support the older drive lacks.Alas, that slight uptick in performance and the PCIe 4 support also come with a significant price bump, putting it in direct competition with Samsung’s excellent 980 Pro. Design and features The Crucial P5 Plus comes in at $108 for 500GB, $180 for 1TB (tested), and $367 for 2TB flavors. The PCIe 4.0, x4 SSD uses the standard 2280 (22 mm wide, 80 mm long) form factor and employs 176-layer, TLC (Triple-Level Cell/3-bit) NAND with an in-house Micron controller. To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3629438/crucial-p5-plus-review-a-fast-pcie-4-ssd-with-tough-competition.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Sep 7, 2021, 11:20:51 AM


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