DON'T BUY FAST SSDs FOR GAMING | Crucial P5 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Review

[@d0m2288]

Recently picked up the 2tb version for my first build because it was the only 2tb PCIe 4.0 option Microcenter had in stock. Glad to see it wasn't a bad choice.

[@TheTechTank]

Definitely a great choice, wouldn't mind grabbing a 2TB version myself.

[@Ranger.TomGunna]

Its $97.99 right now at my Microcenter here in Ohio, I am going to go grab one myself tomorrow@@TheTechTank

[@duduferrari-ho2wg]

Is it still working?

[@d0m2288]

@duduferrari-ho2wg Yep. Wow, can't believe it has been 2 years since I built my PC.

[@waseemh3863]

Pretty awesome video as always. SSD reviews always seemed a little tricky in my opinion but I think you did a pretty awesome job with it. Also seeing the MSI sponsor spot made me strangely happy, nice one dude. Anyway, hope you keeping well Cheers

[@TheTechTank]

Thanks man! I don't have a ton of experience working with these drives, we never even really did much with them even at UFD Tech so I'm still trying to work out how best to review them 😅 Super thankful that the channel's working with sponsors now, it's already helping out a lot (this video was filmed with a brand new mic and audio recorder that would've taken me a looooong time to save up for).

[@B_dev]

$50 on amazon now, how times have changed in just a year

[@TheFruitingChamber]

I picked up a 2tb crutial p5 plus for 105

[@beneg.9904]

@@TheFruitingChamber same, got 2x 2TB for 100 each

[@LukeFlegg]

Where are you seeing them for $50???

[@TheFruitingChamber]

@@LukeFlegg probably just a 500gb model

[@B_dev]

@@TheFruitingChamber no it was 1tb

[@waseemh3863]

The pun at the beginning is amazing. Video starting on a high note.

[@TheTechTank]

Lol, NGL, I put it in there just for you, Waseem 😂

[@JustARustyGamer]

Got the Crucial (1TB version) earlier today on discount for only £100 and it should be arriving tomorrow. I’ve heard good things and at the moment all I have is a HDD so it takes a long time to get into games such as Rust and EFT (sometimes expanding to 10 or so minutes) which can really implement as a factor to a poor experience. Hopefully it all goes well. I will try to remember to edit this message once I find out how it is. Edit: I don't really know what to say other than it's amazing! I'm able to load into my favorite games significantly faster and it saves so much time! Where it may usually take around 10 minutes on my old hard drive, it now takes less than 2!

[@TheTechTank]

Nice! If you're going from a hard drive to this, then you're absolutely going to notice a huge difference. Please do give us an update on how you're liking it.

[@Maladeca]

Welcome to the SSD world! Still cant forget the first time I used an SSD. Its like opening in sleep mode.

[@gizerauditore9985]

2 sec? Or 2 mins?

[@JustARustyGamer]

@@gizerauditore9985 I'm talking about Escape From Tarkov so loading in less than two seconds in is.. Impossible. Haha!

[@xenomorphelv4265]

@@JustARustyGamer ordered the same one. one of the few at +6gb/s with 1TB for less than 110 euros.

[@wvjeepguy8178]

Prices for SSD keep dropping. It's an awesome time to upgrade right now.

[@tannerrose5203]

I just got the p5 plus for $55 on their site 😊 good things come to those who wait 🧐😜

[@thomas1699]

I have a 500 GB version P5 Plus. Planning to put it in an Acer Aspire 5, i-5. That will make the primary NVME, the secondary SATA drive and the RAM all by Crucial. Plus, it's a Gen 4 drive in a Gen 3 slot. We will see how that goes. Cheers!

[@trombulan]

Hello! What is endurance rating (tbw) for that specific SSD?

[@bigjohn3435]

crazy seeing the price of the 1Tb here, says video is 1 year old, i just picked up 3 2TB cards for 132 a piece.

[@DETERMINOLOGY]

"DON'T BUY FAST SSDs FOR GAMING" I wouldn't want a slow ssd but as well if im using the P3, Plus or P5 or plus for a boot drive as well the small speed difference can be felt. I have a samsung 960 EVO thats 500GB and recently upgraded to a Crucial P3 Plus 2TB which is faster and more space. For me its a win/win situation

[@AvalancheAnimationStudios]

Cual es mejor para jugar? P5 plus o p3 plus? La usaria con una b550m

[@AvalancheAnimationStudios]

​@@lolseagullcual es mejor para jugar? P3 plus o p5 plus la usaria con motherboard b550m

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

A few issues with using a P3/P3 Plus apart from it being dramless is the QLC NAND. Things like Windows updates and any software program updates will really eat into the longevity and lifespan of that SSD and QLC already has a lower endurance rating compared to TLC, MLC and all the other types of NAND chips. As a secondary drive is fine though. Throw things like your steam library on it and it will be just fine as games dont see updates as often as your OS or programs may do.

[@jakethomas282]

Do you think it’s worth spending an extra 20 bucks and buying it with the heatsink for the ps5?

[@shi-woonyi2605]

With prices dropping it's even better there were good ssd's under 200€ (the 2tb versions) now I'm waiting again for one under 200€ a few weeks ago they sold the sn850 2tb for 180€ + heatsink + 20€ steam wallet.. I missed it >< Now I wait for them to go on sale again. Crucial P5 Plus, Firecuda 530, sn850 are my top choices so far, but I guess I will take any ssd that has decent speed just for future proofing. Pcie 5.0 is too much future for me haha Great Video :)

[@TheTechTank]

Really appreciate that, man! Sucks you missed that sale, but luckily these things go on sale like every second week 😂

[@silverplayer7502]

Great vid. Planning to buy a 2tb p5 plus, costs 175usd rn

[@TheTechTank]

Thanks! Uhm... It's $98 right now: amzn.to/3Qb0DYi

[@auditorre61]

I got the p3 plus 1 tb for 40€ it's working on my ps5

[@chrisstiless252]

Just got the p5 plus for $120 on Amazon

[@prideofnomads]

2to is selling for 121 on Amazon rn.

[@rubioj121]

1tb is $50 rn

[@honeste6652]

I managed to get the temps on this one to only top out at 57 celsius with a heatspreader while doing performance tests.

[@Grainsauce]

Got the 2TB for $88 on black Friday sale!!!

[@gt1man931]

I just bought this 1tb drive for $45 a couple days ago for my new(behind the times) 12600k build.

[@HussamO]

I bought 1 tb version for 76 USD from Amazon UK with shipping to Saudi Arabia

[@TheTechTank]

Damn, that's a great deal right there.

[@Jayefc]

I was thinking of getting the p5 2tb for os and p3 plus 4tb for gaming storage apparently the p3 plus has issues if used as your main os.

[@Kizzster]

How about the P3 Plus?

[@TheTechTank]

Good drive. Not super fast, but more than fast enough for gaming and everything else. Can also get much more storage space for the same price compared to the P5 or P5 Plus.

[@terotahvo6849]

Should compare p5 against other PCIe Gen 4 nvme drives...

[@TheTechTank]

Would love to, but I can only work with the drives I already have right now. Only differences will be the speed and temperatures though, and even then the results will be super close for the most part.

[@TakaHebi110]

Hey just watched your vid about the Intel i7 chip and I was look about the only gpu I can find in my area and that pretty expensive ... ASUS VGA PH-RTX3060-12G-V2 LHR 12GB GDDR6 192-bit I found it on your shop as well Could you tell me if you would recommend it or what you think about it?

[@TheTechTank]

I haven't tested the ASUS Phoenix 3060 yet, but cards like that with just 1 fan usually run pretty hot. It shouldn't be an issue if you have a good case with high airflow, but if you don't then you might have to just run the card at higher fan speed to keep it cool. The 3060 is a great GPU, and if this is the only version you can find in your budget then I'd go for it.

[@Nomokuto]

Which m.2 ssd will get hotter, the boot drive or the one with games/documents? Like which one should be on the top slot with the cooler and which on the back. Both gen4 probably

[@TheTechTank]

Whichever one's going to be working harder. During normal use, your boot drive won't be doing much at all until you transfer files etc. The game drive will probably get the hottest.

[@zuere]

Willing to get 2b version on this one, hopefully not gonna lose it like with 970 evo plus m2 ssd

[@Saad2809]

If you are playing with P5 SSD with your bare hand it can be damaged due to electric static discharge from your body.

[@TheTechTank]

Yip, but as you'll see from various sources, the chances of that happening are extremely slim, and in a controlled environment and situation almost impossible. Modern hardware is built with safeguards in place for exactly this reason.

[@SianaGearz]

He doesn't even have legs, how do you suggest he might get electrostatically charged?

[@shriharikulkarni07]

Does this have dram ?

[@learnmathwithme3864]

Hi would you get the crucial plus or wd black sn 770 for a laptop (gaming).

[@zrood2980]

Do you recommend Crucial's P3 for gaming?

[@auditorre61]

Im using it on my ps5 and it's perfect

[@SianaGearz]

Depends what you mean by "for gaming", as in as a game storage drive, it's adequate. As a system drive for a gaming PC please don't, with QLC memory write latencies tend to be horrible and ultimate write speed is only like on the order of 100MB/s. This can make the computer effectively unusable under memory pessure, when swap occurs, assuming gaming isn't the only thing you use it for. Web browser with more than a handful tabs can fill all your RAM and then it's bye bye time while on a better drive you wouldn't notice any problem.

[@kabhibhi7596]

Is the p3plus not good? i dont have the budget for p5plus right now

[@TheTechTank]

I recently checked out the P3 Plus, actually. Even ran an ad for it in one of my recent videos. It's very good for the price, you probably won't even notice a difference between it and the P5 while gaming or normal use.

[@CaptainScorpio24]

brother i bought this p5 plus today. its working and showing up fine. i even installed its driver from the websites but it's not showing up in device manager detail that its storage control is by micron 😮😮 its driver installation went absolutely fine but still isnt showing up rather showing the standard Microsoft driver 😮😮😮. please help what is going on with me

[@megabaneen8057]

Excellent review - what is the TBW of 1gb and 2tb drives? Does this have dram?

[@TheTechTank]

Thanks man! Yip, they all have DRAM - basically impossible to hit these speeds without it. The 1TB is rated for 600TB TBW, and the 2TB for 1200TB.

[@coveyking]

this is the best one you can buy because of the price.... prices were as low as $119.99 USD. If you can, why not make a video benchmarking this one the ps5 vs others?

[@TheTechTank]

It's great for sure, especially when it goes on sale for that low. I'd love to, but I don't have a PS5 - WAY too expensive for me to buy here in South Africa.

[@dead-channel6842]

@@TheTechTank you live in South Africa wot

[@TheTechTank]

@@dead-channel6842 Born and raised in PTA, lol.

[@dead-channel6842]

@@TheTechTank hey bro can you please tell me that should I consider getting a Samsung's 880Pro or crucial P5 Plus m.2 nvme gen 4 SSD as I'm going with crucial's mx500 sata III SSD for my work/windows thingy hehe And BTW! I'm video editor and a one of those wanna be 3D artist guy also I play alot of games like GTA and forza horizon,NFS that's why I don't want any kind of slow ass HDDs🤧 I'm supposing a budget of 150$ for my nvme gaming SSD I swear those loading screens are a big pain in the ass for me it decreases my productivity soo much

[@dead-channel6842]

@@TheTechTank BTW I'm from India, Delhi I can't give you my address lol but I'll tell what soon I'm going to build a heckin fast ass pc nearly after the release of RTX 4000 series as 3070 will probably get cheaper following the release of next gen GPUs and honestly It will be my own first ever pc build I'm so much freaking excited!

[@thomas1699]

Crucial Storage Exec does not play nicely with other brand name drives.

[@miladesn]

It's $100 for 1TB now on amazon.

[@TheTechTank]

Just $92 on my end, lol.

[@isaacgensieras3635]

why nvme ssds are dropping prices? back in 2018 i bought Samsung 960 evo 250gb for $160. xD

[@superiorbeing95]

I got this drive today to replace crucial p2 ssd in thunderbolt 3 enclosure and it was slower 😞

[@loriannejuayong929]

Is Crucial P5 SSD good for enclosure?

[@boulx]

110$ 2tbnow ... crazy

[@mAdcaTzm4a1]

Bought a 500gb model for my ps5 for 57usd. Just wanted a fast drive for my games. 😅

[@TheTechTank]

That's a pretty good deal. Always nice to have room for a couple of side-games 🤣

[@ervinstankovic2462]

I just purchased the p5 plus 2 Terabyte with heat sink on Amazon for $180 USD

[@TheTechTank]

Awesome deal, congrats!

[@ΘεοδωροςΖωης-β7σ]

for pc gaming helps that speeds or no ?

[@TheTechTank]

Only really when it comes to game loading times. Performance-wise there's very little impact.

[@ΘεοδωροςΖωης-β7σ]

@@TheTechTank Thanks !!!

[@MackyG1102]

which should i choose? SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus or Crucial P5 Plus

[@TheTechTank]

Depends if you want more speed or a lower price. P5 Plus is much faster, but the EVO is cheaper. Unless you're constantly transferring files, you won't really notice the speed difference.

[@MackyG1102]

@@TheTechTank which will you prefer for gaming.. the 970 evo plus m.2 or the crucial p5 m.2 ?not the plus

[@TheTechTank]

You won't notice a difference either way. The biggest difference for gaming is going from a hard drive to an SSD. Once you're already using an SSD the speed doesn't make a noticeable difference. Maybe a few seconds faster loading times at best.

[@linuss4018]

Got this Ssd drive for 140$ i think it’s a steal

[@TheTechTank]

The 1TB version? If so then just an okay deal unfortunately. It's selling on Amazon for $135 right now.

[@linuss4018]

@@TheTechTank i live in Sweden and it used to be around 200$ here now it was a discount so i Cooped it, but Im thinking on buying another M.2 NVME SSD more. Worth it?

[@TheTechTank]

@@linuss4018 Ah, then yes it's definitely a great deal. If you need more space and your motherboard supports it, definitely get another M.2.

[@StreetSoldier975]

can you use it also for playstation 5 ???

[@TheTechTank]

Yes sir, made a whole video using it to upgrade a PS5's storage.

[@Grolmusl]

It Is normal that my Crucial p5 have in load about 70 Celsius?

[@TheTechTank]

Without a heatsink installed that would be relatively normal, especially in warm weather. If that's with a heatsink then it's not normal.

[@Grolmusl]

@@TheTechTank Thanks .I have b660 gaming x ddr4 motherboard and disc is with heatsink there...But i read that Is very hot...Dont know what to do with this. But thank you for answer..

[@TheTechTank]

Easiest would be to move it to a slot further away from the graphics card, and to install more fans in your case/get a case with more airflow.

[@larrygamez2409]

We need that launch time for gta 5 😂

[@Ulthion]

I need to buy new ssd and i will buy p5 plus instead of p2. Not because of the speed.. just TBW is twice bigger ;p And i need less sata discs - because of this annoying cable menagment in my case.

[@TheTechTank]

The P5 Plus is a lot better than the P2. I could feel the slower speeds of the P2 after using it for a while. Good choice.

[@Ulthion]

@@TheTechTank It is better in smarks, but in every day usage for me.. no diference even against sata ssd. Like i wrote, just bigger warranty + no cables. But i still keep 2 sata ssd and HDD, as a backup. Im not using PC for compilations, making videos or something like that. Just simple programs and games.

[@TheTechTank]

@@Ulthion Weird. I definitely notice a big difference in day-to-day use going from SATA to Gen 3 and Gen 4, though with the latter two it's super minor.

[@Ulthion]

@@TheTechTank But you notice difference in what exactly? I didnt check with timer example loading times in games, but ive seen test, that if there is diference its around 1-2 seconds. Maybe it is like that. My personal feelings.. i dont see any diference.

[@TheTechTank]

@@Ulthion Game launch times etc. are pretty much identical, I'll give you that. I notice it most in general responsiveness and things in certain apps loading faster. It's like gaming with a high refresh rate monitor for a while and then going back to 60 FPS, lol.

[@loriannejuayong929]

Is Crucial P5 SSD good for enclosure?

[@TheTechTank]

Yes, but the speed you'll be getting will depend on the enclosure.

[@loriannejuayong929]

@@TheTechTank thank you.

[@kadirthewise7490]

Hello could you please check and Compare NVME PCIE 3.0 SSD System Ram usage in games compared to a Sata SSD please??

[@TheTechTank]

Hi. There should be no difference in system RAM usage whether you're running a SATA or PCIe SSD, if that's what you're asking?

[@kadirthewise7490]

@@TheTechTank I believe there is Definitly a diffrence from game to game my RAM usage Dropped Around %10 percent when i upgraded my hard drive based System to a Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB SSD no offence Mate for Example 6200 MB RAM usage with ME Shadow Of Mordor to just 4.5 GB usage

[@kadirthewise7490]

@@TheTechTank How big would a jump be if did the upgrade to NVME good Quality SSD i wonder 👍🏻👍🏻

[@James-by8tw]

will gen 4 work with my legion 5 pro, with ryzen 5600H ?

[@TheTechTank]

It'll work since most if not all 4.0 drives are compatible with Gen 3, but you'll be running a Gen 4 drive at Gen 3 speeds so not really worth it.

[@James-by8tw]

@@TheTechTank so I should get the p3 plus instead? tho getting the p5 plus will future proof me when I upgrade?

[@TheTechTank]

I'd personally get a Gen 3 drive with more capacity over a Gen 4 drive with faster speeds right now. Most games still don't benefit much at all from faster speeds, and even in games that do, the difference is pretty negligible IMO. I think it's still going to be a while before most new games will see real performance bumps from speedy SSDs.

[@unknownpresident]

i brought some when it was discounted by %50 , its filed by my empty m.2 slots ..... its not as fast but it was cheep

[@TheTechTank]

More storage > faster speed. Always. Not counting Hard Drives though 😂

[@unknownpresident]

@@TheTechTank 🤔 my NAS disagrees 24TB HDDs with optaine in between .

[@unknownpresident]

Samsung 990 pro is like 8.5 times more expensive...... 🤪

[@monierashraf2815]

Kingston fury 2tb vs crucial p5 plus 2tb

[@izhan22]

for a 1TB , how much actual memory do we get ...??

[@TheTechTank]

It depends on a few factors, but generally, you can expect a 1TB drive to have between 940 to 970GB of usable space.

[@undergroundoutsiders00]

Do you take off the label?

[@TheTechTank]

Nope, the label is part of the cooling solution, so the drive could actually run hotter if you take it off.

[@Artiick]

This this is at 120 with a 35% discount rn on amazon

[@TheTechTank]

Great price.

[@Artiick]

@@TheTechTank indeed. I have bought it right away 🗿

[@albinoviper2876]

98 bucks now!

[@thischannelisdeleted]

I had to quit the video when you made that joke…

[@TheTechTank]

Totally fair 😂

[@michkiejones6516]

Boring 😴

[@TheTechTank]

Got your watch time anyway so 🤷‍♂