Here I'm showing you how to install, setup and test the Crucial T700 NVMe SSD. This is a PCIe gen 5 drive, which runs at an insane 12,000MB/s. There are two versions of the Crucial T700. One with a heatsink and one without. Crucial sent me both, so I thought I'd thoroughly test the drives to see what difference the heatsink makes and whether you need it.
Features of the Crucial T700 Gen 5 NVMe SSD:
ā¢ Built with Micron 232-layer 3D TLC NAND1
ā¢ PCIeĀ® 5.0 and NVMeā¢ 2.0
ā¢ M.2 2280, Double-Sided
ā¢ Available in premium fan-less heatsink and non-heatsink
ā¢ Nearly 2x faster than the fastest PCIe Gen4 SSDs6
ā¢ Sequential reads/writes up to 12,400/11,800MB/s2
ā¢ Random read/writes up to 1.5M IOPS
ā¢ Spacious capacity options: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB5
ā¢ Micron LPDDR4 DRAM, 1GB per 1TB of NAND flash
ā¢ PhisonĀ® PS5026-E26 Controller
ā¢ Microsoft DirectStorage optimized with PhisonĀ® I/O+ technology
ā¢ Works with PCIe 5.0 desktops and workstations
ā¢ Backward compatible with PCIe 3.0 and 4.0
ā¢ 5-year limited warranty
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Unlike most NVMe SSDs, this one does come with M2 screws in the box! If you lose it or find you don't have one then there's good news as you can buy them from Amazon*:
Specs of the PC used for testing:
Motherboard - Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Case - Corsair 5000D White RGB
RAM - Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 16GB x 2 6200MHz
NVME - Crucial T700 PCIe Gen 5 SSD, Corsair MP600 XE
PSU - Corsair RM Shift Series 1000X Shift
Cables - Corsair Premium sleeved cable kit type 5
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Important Advanced features of the Crucial T7000 NVMe SSD:
ā¢ Dynamic SLC caching
ā ~11% of total user capacity
ā¢ Redundant array of independent NAND (RAIN)
ā¢ Multi-layer data integrity algorithms
ā¢ Adaptive thermal protection
ā Thermal throttling starts at 81ĖC
ā Thermal shutdown at 90ĖC
ā¢ Data protection for power loss events
ā¢ Active garbage collection
ā¢ TRIM support
ā¢ Self-monitoring and reporting technology (SMART)
ā¢ Error correction code (ECC)
ā¢ Built-in security with AES256 encryption, TCG OPAL 2.01
support, and digitally signed firmware for secure field updates
Seq Reads 12,400 MB/s
Seq Writes 11,800 MB/s
Random Reads 1,500 K IOPS
Random Writes 1,500 K IOPS
Endurance (TBW) 1,200
NOTE! - Non-heatsink versions of the Crucial T700 must be installed with a
motherboard or alternate heatsink to achieve optimal
performance. The non-heatsink version is not recommended for
notebook computers
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