Crucial P5 Plus: A fast PCIe 4 SSD with tough competition
Oct 05, 2021
3 minutes
BY JON L. JACOBI
The P5 Plus is the follow-on to Crucial’s affordable and surprisingly fast P5 NVMe SSD. It’s a worthy encore, at least in terms of performance. Not only is this new version slightly faster, it offers the PCIe 4 support the older drive lacks. Alas, that slight uptick in performance and the PCIe 4 support also come with a significant price bump, putting it in direct competition with Samsung’s excellent 980 Pro.
Note that Crucial has come under fire for switching from TLC to
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