Crucial · SSD
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 (Budget)
The Crucial P3 Plus 2TB is a budget-friendly PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD offering decent speeds for general use, leveraging QLC NAND and a DRAM-less design to keep costs down.
MSRP
$129
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Best for
- • Mass storage for games and applications
- • General productivity tasks
- • Secondary drive for large files
- • Budget PC builds
Strengths
- + Excellent price per gigabyte for 2TB capacity
- + PCIe 4.0 interface offers up to 5000 MB/s sequential reads
- + 5-year warranty provides good peace of mind
- + Good upgrade for SATA SSDs or older NVMe drives
Trade-offs
- − QLC NAND can lead to slower write speeds after cache is full
- − DRAM-less design impacts sustained random performance
- − Endurance (440 TBW) is lower than TLC drives at this capacity
Should you buy it?
Buy this SSD if you need a large capacity PCIe 4.0 drive for general use and gaming at an aggressive price point. Consider alternatives like the WD SN770 or Samsung 970 EVO Plus if sustained heavy writes or top-tier random performance are critical, as they offer better performance and endurance for a slightly higher cost.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 2000 GB
- Form factor
- M.2 2280
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
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