T500 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2, Up to 7400MB/s, TLC NAND, Laptop and Desktop Compatible, Microsoft DirectStorage, Solid State Drive - CT2000T500SSD8

The Crucial T500 1TB NVMe SSD delivers excellent performance and is a noticeable upgrade over older drives. Read and write speeds are extremely fast, resulting in quicker boot times, faster file transfers, and noticeably improved application and game loading. Installation was straightforward in an M.2 slot, and the drive was recognised immediately. It runs reliably during everyday use as well as heavier workloads, making it a great choice for gaming, productivity, or upgrading a laptop or desktop system. Overall, it offers excellent performance for its size and capacity. Pros: • Very fast PCIe Gen4 performance • Quick boot and load times • Reliable and stable operation • Easy to install • Great upgrade for laptops and desktops Cons: • None so far

Great speed, usability, mounting and compatibility. Installation was painless and everyone assured me it was reliable. Been using this for ( i believe) over a year now as my main drive, and it hasnt had any issues.

I have used this in a UGREEN expansion dock on a Mac Mini M4 and it does exactly what I need. It's fast enough to store any normal Onedrive documents/files and also to run application and a small VM from it.

Excellent value for money, easy to install and plenty of performance. Not as fast as a Gen 5 model but Gen 5 speeds don't really help you unless the game supports Microsoft DirectStorage, which the vast majority of games do not. Have only had the drive for 6 months, but my brother has been operating a pair of these drives for quite some time so they are reliable and durable. I have a pair of these, a 2TB for my Windows and system apps drive, and a 4TB one for my gaming drive.

Bought, used disk genius to duplicate old hard drive, then swapped. It is usually easier to swap a drive than you might think. Remember to use the correct size screwdriver on the screw holding the original drive, and to press reasonably firmly to avoid rounding the screw. If you have managed to rounded the screw like I did the first time I ever did this, use a little TPE tape between the screw and the screwdriver, use the correct size bit, and press firmly and turn. This drive is fully compatible with my Huawei MateBook 14s EVO. The 2TB size is also useful. With casual browsing the drive is sitting at 31 degrees Celsius. The key thing for the best performance is to install Crucial Storage Executive then update the firmware and enable Momentum Cache. At these kind of operating speeds, it's almost like upgrading the RAM itself - which on many laptops, including mine, is not possible as the RAM is soldered to the motherboard. I also tested speed in a USB enclosure, but did not include a picture of this - just worthwhile knowing that the speed is poor in a USB enclosure, clearly the bottleneck is the USB/enclosure itself. If looking for a drive to use exclusively in a USB enclosure, I would recommend going for the cheapest possible with the capacity you need - unless you definitely intend to use it connected to a motherboard or inside a laptop in future. You just will not benefit from the speed of this drive with a USB enclosure. First picture is T500 after updating firmware and enabling momentum cache. Note the massive increase in performance of both read speed and write speed compared with the second picture. Second picture is T500 before. Third picture is the original SSD in my Huawei MateBook 14s EVO (what I upgraded from).

Nice and quick. A word of warning though. Make sure your PC BIOS is set to AHCI mode and not RAID as with the latter you will not be able to update Firmware or use any other useful features of the software for it. Knocked a star off because of that. If you are cloning then this can still be done but involves a few steps. Go into msconfig, set minimal boot, boot up to BIOS, change BIOS to AHCI, Boot to Windows (now in safe mode), Back into MSCONFIG and set back to "Normal Startup" and deselect Minimal Boot, Reboot and all is good and you can now use storage executive.

This is the probably the best you can buy in terms of value and performance for mixed workloads (gaming, productivity, and everyday use). I ordered the non-heatsink version and installed in an X570 Tomahawk, which has an integrated heatsink (no throttling or heat-related problems so far in 4 months of use). I'd previously been using a 1TB SATA Samsung EVO as the main drive, bought in 2020 when I only had a laptop. I'm running Windows 11 on this for applications, game installs, and downloads; and using my EVO, and a smattering of HDDs collected over the years as extra storage. I can't say you'll notice much practical difference in load times for applications coming from 3500MB/s (SATA) to 7400MB/s (NVME); it will be fast, and an extra few seconds in read speed isn't going to be life-altering. However, you will notice the difference in writes for large file transfers (just remember that when transferring between drives, performance also depends on what the other drive is capable of). Obviously, Gen.5 drives will be faster, but if you don't already have a compatible motherboard and aren't looking at upgrading in the next couple of years, then this will be a good investment — besides, old drives can always be re-used. I considered the SN850X from Western Digital as prices were similar when I ordered (~£150), but this had the better specs for the use case I wanted. I don't care about RGB, and was more interested in raw performance and longevity. You can also stick this in a PS5 to extend the storage, although, you'd want to get the heatsink version for better thermal performance.

Excellent SSD, works well and fast. Thank you

Works as expected reaching theoretical maximum for the PCIe-4, 7.0 GB/s for read/writes due to controller and protocol overhead. What else can you ask. P.S. Sadly, Crucial has closed its consumer NAND storage division. So these are the last remaining stock that consumers can still buy. I have a 4TB SSD.

original SSD and brand new ! the tests are very good, I got about 7200 mb/s of read speed . thank you and the price is excellent comparing to lesser alternatives

Great product really fast speeds and came in great condition

Muy buena velocidad y parece que de buena calidadz lastima que la marca va a desaparecer.

Que dire? Incroyable performance, les moindres transferts et téléchargements sont ultra rapides. Plug and Play, j'ai pas eut besoin de le formaté, le nvme, est reconnu immédiatement, et prêt à l'emploi. Les températures sont très bonnes, le nvme n'est jamais aller dans des zone à forte chaleur, malgré plusieurs tâches intensif, ansi que de multiples TB de transferts fréquemment. J'ai testé une multitude de nvme de plusieurs marques, gamme, et pays. Je fait un grand nombres des benchmark, et Crucial fait partie des meilleurs résultats. (Samsung n'a qu'à bien ce tenir). Je n'est jamais été déçu des nvme chez Crucial, vous pouvez vous lancer les yeux fermés.