Nvme m2 drives

psd99 · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:18

Hi i am looking for either 1 or 2tb nvme m2 drive

Is there a list of the top 4 or 5 most desirable drives that are not going to break the bank?

psd99 · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:20

Is crucial p3 any good?

hornetstinger · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:23

Happy with my Kingston kc3000

psd99 · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:43

how much did it cost?

i want to get rid of my ssd drives and the cables that come with em

Minstadave · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:46

psd99 said:
Is crucial p3 any good?

It's certainly not top tier.

What are you using it for? Boot drive? Game storage?

What's your system spec?

Do you need a heatsink version or does your board have built in heatsinks over the slots?

hornetstinger · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:46

Around £125 for 2tb.
KC 3000 has dram cache so not bad.

Also decent tbfw or whatever the write count thing is called

Minstadave · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:48

hornetstinger said:
Around £125 for 2tb.
KC 3000 has dram cache so not bad.

Also decent tbfw or whatever the write count thing is called

Crucial T500 2TB is cheaper with heatsink for a 2TB drive. Would be my goto right now.

lee32uk · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:48

The WD Black SN770 is probably the best option for price/performance. The 2TB version is currently available for £104.99. You can also get the Crucial T500 2TB for £116.99 which includes a heatsink.

Minstadave · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:50

lee32uk said:
The WD Black SN770 is probably the best option for price/performance. The 2TB version is currently available for £104.99. You can also get the Crucial T500 2TB for £116.99 which includes a heatsink.

T500 is a steal at that price.

lee32uk · 21 Jan 2025 at 22:54

Minstadave said:
T500 is a steal at that price.

I bought the 2TB version without the heatsink for £99.99 in December. Think it went up to around £150 at one point.

psd99 · 21 Jan 2025 at 23:05

So some of these drives need heatsinks
I mean is it dangerous without one and how do I know which drive needs a heatsink or not

psd99 · 21 Jan 2025 at 23:09

I guess if it needs a heatsink it will come with the drive

freddie64 · 22 Jan 2025 at 08:29

What motherboard have you got?

If it has cover plates for M.2 drives, that will be enough to cool a gen4 drive.

hornetstinger · 22 Jan 2025 at 09:02

Minstadave said:
Crucial T500 2TB is cheaper with heatsink for a 2TB drive. Would be my goto right now.

Don't need heatsink motherboard has them. Mine stays pretty cool under 30 with the heatsink. Gen 4.

No point going gen 5, I haven't noticed much speed difference between SATA 500GB and gen 4 under normal use.

Minstadave · 22 Jan 2025 at 09:39

hornetstinger said:
Don't need heatsink motherboard has them. Mine stays pretty cool under 30 with the heatsink. Gen 4.

No point going gen 5, I haven't noticed much speed difference between SATA 500GB and gen 4 under normal use.

T500 is a Gen 4 drive, its the T700/705 that are Gen 5.

We don't know whether or not the OP needs a heatsink, but if he does then the T500 is a great buy.

Minstadave · 22 Jan 2025 at 09:41

psd99 said:
So some of these drives need heatsinks
I mean is it dangerous without one and how do I know which drive needs a heatsink or not

Lots of motherboard these days come with heatsinks so you can get bare drives or heatsink versions depending on what you need.

Heatsinks aren't necessary but some drives will throttle under heavy load without a heatsink. Just because they don't come with a heatsink doesn't mean they won't benefit from one.

What motherboard and CPU have you got?

psd99 · 22 Jan 2025 at 09:44

freddie64 said:
What motherboard have you got?

If it has cover plates for M.2 drives, that will be enough to cool a gen4 drive.

msi mortar - iirc it has cover plates?

Minstadave · 22 Jan 2025 at 10:01

psd99 said:
msi mortar - iirc it has cover plates?

AMD or Intel?

psd99 · 22 Jan 2025 at 10:02

psd99 · 22 Jan 2025 at 10:03

mortar mini i believe iirc i remember the mobo being slightly smaller than usual