Crucial T500 1TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2, Up to 7300MB/s, TLC NAND, Laptop and Desktop Compatible, Microsoft DirectStorage, Solid State Drive - CT1000T500SSD8

Crucial M2 stick seems good. Great build quality and also has a heatsink fitted for cooling. Currently using for PlayStation. Seems like it is great performance and loading so far. Had a few crashes but feel like this is more the games then the memory as I had similar issue with previous memory I had. Storage capacity is 2tb so great amount of storage but don't know if it's enough for what I use it for. Compatibility seems great so far. Seems to perform well. Stays cool so far aswell under load. The speeds are around 5000mbs load. Which is excellent and recommended amount for Ps. Would recommend the item for sure especially because I got it on offer aswell. Price was excellent.

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

The Crucial T500 2TB SSD has been an absolute game-changer for my PS5 gaming experience. With its PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 interface and blazing-fast read speed of up to 6910 MB/s, this SSD delivers performance that fully unlocks the potential of the PS5. Installing it was a breeze, and the extra 2TB of storage has allowed me to expand my game library significantly without worrying about running out of space. In terms of performance, the Crucial T500 excels. Games load incredibly quickly, often in just a few seconds, and the seamless transitions between levels or scenes make the gaming experience feel more immersive than ever. The high-speed data transfer ensures that even the most demanding games, like Black Myth:Wukong ,Call Of Duty:Black OPS 6 , Wuthering Waves ,Dynasty Warriors:Origins ,run smoothly with no stuttering or lag. The SSD’s compatibility with the PS5’s architecture means it fully supports features like DirectStorage, further enhancing load times and overall responsiveness. What’s equally impressive is how cool and stable the SSD runs, even during extended gaming sessions. The built-in thermal management ensures that performance remains consistent without any throttling. Overall, the Crucial T500 2TB SSD is a fantastic upgrade for any PS5 owner looking to maximize their console’s capabilities. It’s fast, reliable, and offers ample storage—highly recommended!

My self-built PC is getting on a bit now. When I built it, it had components that were at the top end of what was available, and still easily outruns most shop-bought machines today. But that doesn't mean it's as quick as I need it to be. I do a lot of photo and video editing, often involving very large file sizes. Although my CPU and graphics card are both still very capable, as file sizes get bigger, just being able to move them to and from the hard drive has proved to be a very frustrating bottleneck where overall speed is concerned. The smart advice, to speed up any computer, was always to add more memory, but even that only gets you so far. Mechanical hard disk drives have a limit to how quickly they can read and write data, and it is this that is now the primary reason for many PCs being slow. As a result, I'd spent some time looking at SSD drives, and how they could benefit me In the end, I settled on the Crucial P5 Plus. Partly because it gave me 1TB of storage, and partly because it is PCIe4 compatible. My current motherboard is only PCIe3, but my plan is to upgrade it sooner rather than later, so the P5 Plus gives me some future proofing built in. Installation was simple, even after fitting a 3rd party heatsink to reduce the heat under stress. Check your motherboard compatibility first, for a couple of reasons. The P5 Plus is a PCIe device, and some SSD cards are SATA. Your motherboard may accept either type, but many don't, so make sure you have the right one. Also, not all motherboards have the fixing screw and spacer needed to secure the device in place, and Crucial don't supply them either. Assuming yours does, or you bought it separately, installation is as simple as can be. Simply insert the P5 Plus carefully into the M2 socket, and secure with the screw. The screw needs only to be just tight enough. Over tightening can damage both the SSD and your motherboard. Once I had migrated my OS to the P5 Plus, it became the time to test how quick it was. I'd done some testing with the existing hard drive, which took over 3 minutes to boot from cold, and just over 2 minutes from sleep, before the PC was fully usable. With the P5 Plus, the difference is eye watering. Now, from a cold boot, the PC is fully booted and usable in about 35 seconds. From sleep, it takes less than 10 seconds. Starting programmes is now almost instant, and reading/writing even the largest files takes no time at all. It is no exaggeration to say the P5 Plus has revolutionised the way I work. Had I known it would be this good, I would have upgraded years ago. SSD cards are getting cheaper every day, but you'll be pushed to find one that offers the same level of value for money that you get with the Crucial P5 Plus. It's well worth the investment and will make your PC feel like a new machine, for surprisingly little money. I have a spare PCIe slot on my motherboard, and I plan to add a second P5 Plus to that slot in time. It won't be as fast as the M2 card, as it will need to share the available bandwidth with the graphics card but, as a non-OS drive, I'm okay with that. If you are a serious computer user, you need one of these.

Excellent SSD, works well and fast. Thank you

I have bought multiple M-Dot two drives over the last few years and my experience has been very mixed. I’ve had to return several as they either didn’t work or didn’t work as they should have. The experience with this project however, has been very good. It was easy to install and works as advertised. It was easy to set up and benchmark test. Show this to be a very fast product, I have had it now for several weeks and have had no issues. I bought this at a time where pricing was very reasonable and for the price, this is a very good product. If this is the first time you’re buying this product, make sure you read up on how to install it properly and enable it within Windows if you’re using on a PC.

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).