Crucial T700 NVMe SSD Review

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PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives are finally hitting the market in force. Corsair, Gigabyte, and other manufacturers recently released drives in the 10,000MB/s sector, and now Crucial is following that up with their faster T700 NVMe drive, rated at up to 12,400MB/s. Built with Micron 232-layer TLC NAND , the Crucial T700 is a high-performance storage solution designed to meet the increasing demands of modern applications and gaming, offering a significant speed boost over the fastest Gen4 SSDs. With the Crucial T700's generous capacity and impressive specifications, it presents an enticing option for users seeking fast, reliable, and capacious storage solutions. But do those amazing specs really translate into a better gaming experience, or are they just expensive kit for enthusiasts who are eternally chasing the cutting edge in PC tech? We got our hands on a couple of 2TB models to find out.

The Crucial T700 is an M.2 2280 form factor NVMe drive and offers an excellent solution for the growing storage requirements of modern PCs. With today's games frequently surpassing 100GB in size, the Crucial T700 comes in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities, ensuring ample space to store a vast library of games, media files, and other data without the need for constant storage management. Where there’s speed, there’s also heat, so the T700 comes with a massive pyramid-shaped passive heatsink for heat dissipation. There’s also a “naked” version available if a large heatsink would interfere with other components in your build or if your motherboard already has functional heatsinks built into its aesthetic design.

Utilizing a Phison PS5026-E26 controller and Micron 232-layer TLC NAND over a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, the Crucial T700 can theoretically