Crucial - T500 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe M.2
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Fuel your system performance with the Crucial® T500 Gen4 NVMe® SSD. Experience faster gaming and amp up your creative potential with an SSD that moves as fast as you need it to. Heavy tasks are no problem with better performance to power efficiency, and the T500 works with your laptop or desktop.
Dimension
Product Height : 0.09 inches
Product Width :0.86 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :0.35 ounces
Features
Lightning speeds Get incredible performance with sequential reads/writes up to 7,400/7,000MB/s and random read/writes up to 1.18/1.44M IOPs
Compatible Ready for performance with your laptop, desktop or motherboard, the T500 installs easily in your M.2 slot.
Ultimate gaming Load games up to 16% faster and get faster texture renders and less CPU utilization with Microsoft® DirectStorage
Content creation Get up to 42% faster performance in content creation apps, run heavy workloads, and render photos or videos faster
Easy to install Online tutorials, how-to guides, videos and free Acronis® True Image cloning software help you install your SSD, set it as your boot drive and migrate your data
Innovation Produced in house by Micron® with cutting-edge 232-layer TLC NAND
Spacious Store more games, UHD/8K+ media, apps, files and more with 2TB of capacity
What's Included
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Alienware X17 Compatible
I’ve been using Crucial drives for many years now and have not had any compatibility issues so they are one of my go to brands when getting a new drive either as a main drive or as a secondary for storage/backups. I'm using this in my Alienware X17 laptop as a secondary drive and couldn't be happier. It runs fast and stays cool even with long gaming sessions "where my games are stored and the 2tb size gives me plenty of room for lots of games. Now when using with this X17 I did get the compatible heat spreader “with thermal interface material” for the proper installation, and luckily the laptop already had a screw installed in the secondary slot. Using Crystal Disk Mark 8.0 I easily got 6900+ MB/s read and 6400+ MB/s write speeds, which is really good for a SSD “at this price point” and simply blows away any spindle drive out there. When you are looking for either expanding on your main storage device or adding “if you have a M.2 slot available” storage space, you can’t go wrong with the drives offered by Crucial.
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Wow! A night-and-day difference from Gen3 to Gen4.
The Crucial T500 Gen4 M.2 2TB SSD offers a performance/price combo that is hard to beat! Documentation indicates speeds up to 7,400 MB/s read and 7,000 MB/s write. Installing the Gen4 2TB Crucial T500 went exactly as expected (almost). I had one remaining available M.2 slot, slid the new drive into place and snugged up the screw. When I benchmarked it, I was seeing numbers about half as fast as what was expected. After consulting my motherboard’s manual, I learned that one of its four M.2 slots is Gen3 – and I found it on the first try! Go figure. The fix was easy. I swapped the new Gen4 drive with an existing Gen3 drive and I was off and running. (As an aside, I was concerned that the OS (Windows11) might have a problem with the unexpected drive/M.2 slot reassignments, but drive letters were retained and the system didn’t miss a beat.) Benchmarking the new drive in the Gen4 slot shows that I’m getting read speed at 96% of rated and write speed at 99% of rated (see image). I’ll call that good enough! I moved my Steam library from its Gen3 home to the Crucial T500 Gen4 SSD and got an immediate performance boost. I expected some noticeable improvement, but wow! Load times are significantly reduced. The biggest change has been with Starfield; load time is actually cut in half (~25 seconds vs. ~50 seconds) and the incessant loading screens between environments are noticeably shorter. I’m sold on the Crucial T500. About my setup: -
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Excellent Upgrade Option for PCs!
My current desktop PC only had 1 TB of storage so I was desperate for more space and faster read/write speeds. This 2 TB solid state drive from Crucial was just what the doctor ordered. Before purchasing, you will want to ensure that your motherboard has an M.2 slot available. And if you already have one solid state drive installed, you will need to check if your motherboard has a second M.2 slot. If you don't have an open/usable slot, there are adapters that can be considered but you will not get the full performance benefits that solid state drives offer. You would likely be better off upgrading your motherboard in a case like that. Installation for me, however, was very smooth and simple as I had an M.2 slot ready and waiting for me. The difference between using a standard hard drive compared to a solid state drive like this one from Crucial is night and day. Particularly for gaming, I observed a huge difference in load times. Whether you are launching a game, or loading maps / new levels, everything happens significantly more quickly. I can say that I will likely never use a hard drive again, as SSDs are now cost-effective and superior in basically every way. I feel like I'm getting 5-10 minutes back in my day with how much faster everything loads. That time adds up over a year! If you are looking to expand your computer's storage space AND improve its performance, the T500 from Crucial is a great SSD to consider.
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Wicked speeds. Huge capacity.
Wow ... Wicked fast transfer rates .... So setup was straight forward. Popped off the back of my predator laptop carefully. I used a star bit put the screws on painters tape for temp storage. Gingerly pried the backing off.of the laptop with a plastic prying tool. Removed the old 500 MB secondary hard drive. Inserted the 2 TB secured it with the screw. Reversed installed the bottom cover and booted the PC back up. Windows 11... Went to setup hard drives. Recognized the hard drive. Initialized it and I was left with just under 2 TB due to file allocation info... Went on to test transfer rates... Test folder with file size was just over 12 GB. Micro SD to HD was slow. Probably limited by Micro SD card. But from SDD to SDD... Holy cow..... I was getting almost 2 GB/s. Cover says up to 7.4 GB/s. I did not get there probably because my on board SDD is not rated over 3. FYI. This 12 GB of data is 4K video from my Vlogging camera. So I know there is a lot of data in these files. But my 12 GB of data was transferred so fast that I barely was able to click the mouse and take a photo to show the transfer speed I hit. Opening and playing the video was fine. No lag. No buffering or latency .. I will use this to store my game play data and my video content that I have or need to create using my video software. If you are looking for large storage and fast transfer speeds look no further. Good job Crucial .. I would recommend this product for what I reviewed it for.
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Crucial's new T500 is legit!
TLDR : Near top tier performance without the top tier $$$! Crucial has been around for a LONG time and has been a “go to” for many of my PC builds, first with their memory, and now with their SSD’s. I’ve used their SATA units many times, but this is my first foray into their NVME line. (which is crazy because I’ve been using NVME’s since 2016) At the top level, it just looks like another run of the mill 2TB higher end PCIE 4.0 drive from a reputable brand. Once you start testing it, you’ll realize that it's crazily close to the top tier (which I own a 2TB model of) of PCIE 4.0. I was able to peak at 7.1GB per second reads, and 6.8GB/s writes, and that was on the chipset fed M.2 slot on my motherboard. (Had it been directly attached to the CPU lanes, I would expect a slight increase in performance, but nothing noticeable in everyday use) A couple of its RND4K speeds in crystaldiskmark actually beat my other top tier drive. All while staying under 60c (according to HWINFO) which is crazy considering I tested it in a mini ITX box on the back PCIE slot that has little to no airflow! If you need a solid near top PCIE 4.0 NVME drive, I’d heartily recommend this Crucial!
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You can have fast large storage at a great price!
I did not realize just how slow my current M.2 was until I was speed testing both drives. The Crucial T500 is BLAZING fast, just make sure you insert it into the Gen4 slot. On initial install I accidentally installed it in the Gen3 slot which led to confusion about the still fast, but not face-melting speeds I was expecting with specs that list “Sequential Read: 7400 MB/s, Sequential Write: 7000 MB/s.” After swapping slots of the M.2s, and having to reformat the drive, I could experience those speeds. Also, just as an FYI, Windows is smart enough to find the appropriate boot drive, even if you switch which slot the M.2 is plugged into! I did have to go into Disk Management for Windows to even recognize the drive at the start though which was a little surprising. In disk management I reformatted the drive and that’s when it appeared in File Explorer. I ran some UserBenchmark to compare the two drives and here’s what I found comparing my old Gen3 drive to the Crucial T500. Crucial is the second SSD performing 611% faster than others using UserBenchmark. Check out the photo for more data. SSD: M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB - 162.6% SSD: CT2000T500SSD8 2TB - 611.1% All in all, this is THE M.2 SSD to get if you are in the market and need an excellent balance between storage, speed, and price. You just need to be ready to do a little tweaking after install. Pros: Insane speeds Very good price Trustworthy manufacturer Cons: No OS migration tools included Not formatted for Windows out the box Wasn’t able to actually hit the quoted speeds, but came close!
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A solid entry into the NVMe space
Crucial’s T500 SSD is their competitive offering in the PCIe NVMe Gen4x4 SSD market, aligning with their new, clearer naming system exemplified by their top-tier Gen5 SSD, the T700. The T500 represents their Gen4 solution, rounding out their product lineup. Enter the T500, equipped with the Phison E25 controller, boasting Sequential Read/Write speeds of up to 7400/7000MB/s. This puts it on equal footing or even ahead of Samsung’s 980 Pro and 990 Pro, as well as WD’s SN850X. Crucial leverages their own Micron DDR4 DRAM and proprietary NAND flash, outsourcing only the controller, giving them significant control over the technology in this SSD. Performance-wise, the T500 excels, I received Sequential Read/Writes of 7400/7000 mb/s + and Random 4K of around 900/700 mb/s. The T500 is a solid entry into the nvme market from a solid brand like Crucial. It has good speeds at a very reasonable price. It’s a no-brainer for anyone looking to give their system a little love and a lot of speed.
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Crucial T500 2TB NVMe
My gaming rig was quickly running out of space to hold installs of all the active games I am currently playing. I was super excited at the opportunity to upgrade to the new Crucial T500 2TB NVMe SSD. Installation was a breeze on my machine, and I chose after install to perform a brand new OS install vs cloning from my old drive. This ensured everything would be fresh and error free. Once booted up into my new installed OS, I ran some initial disk speed test, and while my read speed was in the upper 6000 MB/s range, by write speed was around 1000 MB/s, a far cry from Crucials anticipated numbers. I found that Bitlocker had enabled itself automatically. Upon disabling, and running a new test, I was getting 7000 MB/s read and write speeds. I also got in the 99% range using disk mark on the performance test tool. These are absolutely incredible speeds. Please note that this is a Gen 4 NVMe and to get speeds close to this, you need to have a motherboard capable of Gen 4 NVMe. Aside from just RAW numbers, everything else about my system is super fast and snappy. Installing applications (when not downloading online) are super fast. Copy files, moving around the operating system, start up and shutdown, are all blazing fast, taking only a matter of seconds to perform any test. Windows open instantly too. Gaming performance isn't held back either by this drive. If you have all the other appropriate components, the T500 SSD won't be a bottle neck for you. You will realize the maximum potential of your games. This new Crucial T500 SSD is built using a brand new Micron 232-layer 3D TLC NAND and uses Micron LPDDR4 DRAM, 1GB per 1TB of NAND flash If you're rocking Windows 11, this also takes advantage of Microsoft's DirectStorage optimization with Phison® I/O+ technology This drive packs some serious performance with an impressive amount of storage space. I am absolutely loving this addition to my gaming PC and will be happily recommending it, and using it in my future builds to come.
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Big Upgrade for HDD users
I've always heard of Crucial but never used their SSDs. The T500 is my first one from the company. My system is currently using a WD SN850X NVME for Windows, Samsung 850 EVO SSD, and my big boy WD Black 4TB HDD. This Crucial drive will alleviate some of the "pressure" on my 4TB HDD. Starting off, installation for me was very simple. I had access to my M.2 slot on my motherboard right above my graphics card. Took less then 3 minutes. Next was initializing it in Windows, and after that it was ready for work. I ran some tests using Crystal Disk Mark to get an idea of what gains I would be seeing. My current system is running an Intel 9th Gen i9, so my speeds are only PCIe Gen 3. The T500 supports Gen 4, so my results are a little lower than what they can be. But nonetheless, speeds blow my older drives out of the water. Compared to my WD NVME, the T500 sits almost the same or even better. Where the true difference lies is with my WD Black HDD. The new T500 sees speeds more than 15x that of the WD Black. It's crazy! Compared to my Samsung SSD, the T500 is more than 6x faster. I'm very happy with the results. Speed tests are great, but what counts is real world tests. I moved 5 games from the WD Black HDD to the T500, and this is where the magic happens. Loading screens are almost nonexistent. Playing Horizon Zero Dawn I saw load times drop from almost a minute to just 15 seconds or less. And with this drive being 2TB, it will hold a lot of games for years to come. For someone looking to upgrade their main drive or have extra storage for games, the T500 is one of the best drives I have used. It doesn't matter if you're using a motherboard with PCIe Gen 3 or Gen 4, you will see huge speed gains in everything that you do.