MX500 vs Crucial P3 vs Crucial P3 Plus?

Brumboy

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Hi all these 3 SSD's seem to be the same price roughly (for the 2TB version), now I know the MX500 is the slowest on paper but it seems like difference isn't really noticable for gaming specifically? But since the prices are pretty close is it worth just getting the P3 Plus?
 
I'd get the MX500 unless you really benefit from the m.2 form factor.

It's got TLC NAND over QLC and a DRAM cache. I've had 2 dramless drives and I'll never get one again. At times they were as fast as a good ssd, at times it was worse than an hdd.
 
Yeah so I have a spare Gen 4 M2 slot. So it would make sense to use it. Interesting that's a good point.

Are there any good budget dram gen 4 m2 slot SSD's? There are so many to choose from..
 
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i would not get any of them
p3/p3+ are all qlc

mx500 has had silent internal changes so you may also get a qlc drive https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rumour-that-mx500-now-has-qlc-variants.302350/

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Are there any good budget dramless gen 4 m2 slot SSD's? There are so many to choose from..
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i would avoid samsung currently with all their recent firmware issues
wd seem a good bet (sn 750se or 770)

(i personally use a full m.2 ssd setup - a 1tb sn850 as my boot/games drive, and a 2tb sn750 for my media files)
 
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Sorry I meant dram ssd!

Yeah so the SN770 seems quite good, bit more expensive but I guess it's worth the extra?

Thank you!
 
Ah right I searched another thread here that linked a techpowerup review for the SN770 and it rated it highly with some good performance. I'm leaning towards that unless there's a better one under £150 for 2TB?
 
tbh, it depends on what you're using the drive for.
if just for gaming then i wouldn't bother worrying whether the nvme drive has dram or not
nvme drives without dram uses hmb, whilst slower than a dedicated dram cache, it's really un-noticeable in gaming
 
tamzzy said:
tbh, it depends on what you're using the drive for.
if just for gaming then i wouldn't bother worrying whether the nvme drive has dram or not
nvme drives without dram uses hmb, whilst slower than a dedicated dram cache, it's really un-noticeable in gaming
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100% gaming :)

I think I'll get the SN770 then!
 
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Haha I have a SSD as a primary, secondary is a slow HDD where I store my games/data and that's like 6 years old so that will be used as data and SSD for the shiny new games :)

Thanks for the help mate appreciate it!
 
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