It used to be that M.2 SSDs didn’t need much if any cooling but as speeds have improved that has changed and we have seen some situations where without cooling performance drops off or they fail completely. That along with the PS5 requiring a heatsink for M.2 drives has helped us see a lot of different SSD models that have heatsink and heatsinkless models. The Crucial P5 Plus which I took a look at back in 2021 is now included in those with the introduction of its own heatsink models. With drive prices dropping the P5 Plus was $179.99 when I originally took a look at it. The drive is now $54.99 or $67.99 for the heatsink model. I thought this would be a great time to see if the P5 Plus is still keeping up and to test out how the heatsink performs, so today I’m going to check it out.
Product Name: Crucial P5 Plus 1TB W/Heatsink
Review Sample Provided by: Crucial
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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Heatsink |
Available with and without |
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Interface |
NVMe (PCIe Gen 4 x4) |
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Capacity Tested |
1TB |
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Capacities Available |
500GB, 1TB, 2TB |
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Form factor |
M.2 (2280) |
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DRAM |
LPDDR4 |
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Memory |
Micron 176L TLC |
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SSD Endurance (TBW) |
500GB – 300TB 1TB - 600TB 2TB - 1,200TB |
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Sequential Read |
6,600 MB/s |
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Sequential Write |
500GB - 4,000 MB/s 1TB and 2TB - 5,000 MB/s |
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Warranty |
Limited 5-year |
