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Posted 29 April 2023
4TB - Crucial P3 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD - 3500MB/s - £175.99 / 2TB - £87.98 / 500GB - £28.99 @ Amazon
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2TB model back in stock for £87.98 - 25/05/23
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The newer and faster 4TB PCIe 4.0 model with 5000MB/s speeds and is PS5 compatible is £192.99 / 1TB - £43.99 here: hotukdeals.com/deals/crucial-p3-plus-4tb-m2-pcie-gen4-nvme-internal-ssd-up-to-5000mbs-4128062
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From the manufacturer
Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using CrystalDiskMark with command queue full and write cache enabled. Fresh out-of-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch
- NVMe (PCIe Gen3 x4) technology with up to 3500MB/s sequential reads, random read/write 650K/700K IOPS
- Spacious storage up to 4TB
- Performs up to 45% better than the previous generation
- Solid Gen3 performance
- Rated at MTTF greater than 1.5 million hours for extended longevity and reliability
Added by @cyberbabenilorac
From the manufacturer
Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using CrystalDiskMark with command queue full and write cache enabled. Fresh out-of-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch
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83 Comments
sorted byIn layman terms would this 4TB be suitable for continuous loading and moving of 100GB+ unreal engine 5 assets? Do I need nvme speed, can I go SATA, should I go gen 4 / 7K+ read speeds? It shouldn’t be so difficult to cut through the noise and find definitive answers backed up by reasoning.
Based on the rated TBW of 800TB, you can write 219GB a day, every day for 10 years to reach the 800TB rating of the NAND. You can write 109GB a day, every day for 20 years. That is theoretical but in terms of Maths that is reality. (edited)
If you put it in a caddy and attach it to the usb port it will work on a PS5 but only for non-PS5 games (PS4 etc).
You have very heavy usage there compared to typical use. Let's say that's over just 1 year, that amounts to completely refilling the drive every week, or installing a large game every single day, so 92% seems not so bad, the 'health' measurement will diminish over time as your TBW goes up but there's a long long way to go before it becomes a theoretical problem..
Games starting to crash is something entirely different and may not be related to the drive, or if it is could happen to any model any make.
Most users simply won't have your experience, and you maybe chose badly for your usage profile.
This is a storage device, it's compatible with most motherboards that have an m2 nvme slot - regardless of the manufacturer of the cpu/gpu/motherboard/chipset/ram/soundcard etc
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Would this be suitable for a professional photographer? I don’t do tonnes of transfer off data, just the initial transfer then edit in lightroom which is essentially editing a database.
I do the occasional video work but not much.
I currently have a Sandisk Extreme SSD so this in theory would be quicker (bottlenecks by a TB4 enclosure) but I don’t want to see the slow downs?
As has been mentioned somewhere above, to reach this drives write limit you'd have to be writing over 250GB or data every single day.
It sounds like you're not even going to come close to that so this would be a good option and you wouldn't really need the added performance that a drive with DRAM would have.
You should be perfectly fine with this one.