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product_id: 212847707
title: "Crucial P5 500GB CT500P5SSD8 (3D NAND, NVMe) Internal Gaming SSD, up to 3400MB/s"
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price: "R20934"
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# 3400MB/s blazing read speed Adaptive thermal protection Full-drive encryption security Crucial P5 500GB CT500P5SSD8 (3D NAND, NVMe) Internal Gaming SSD, up to 3400MB/s

**Brand:** crucial
**Price:** R20934
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your rig, dominate your workflow.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Crucial P5 500GB CT500P5SSD8 (3D NAND, NVMe) Internal Gaming SSD, up to 3400MB/s by crucial
- **How much does it cost?** R20934 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- crucial enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted crucial brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Durability That Lasts:** Backed by a 5-year warranty and rated for 300TBW endurance—built to keep up with your hustle.
- • **Seamless Compatibility:** Fits desktops, laptops, and gaming consoles with easy M.2 PCIe Gen 3 installation.
- • **Blazing Fast NVMe Speeds:** Experience up to 3400MB/s read and 3000MB/s write for instant app launches and game loads.
- • **Rock-Solid Data Security:** Advanced full-drive encryption keeps your data safe without slowing you down.
- • **Smart Thermal Management:** Adaptive thermal protection ensures peak performance without overheating.

## Overview

The Crucial P5 500GB NVMe SSD leverages cutting-edge 3D NAND and PCIe Gen 3 technology to deliver ultra-fast read/write speeds up to 3400/3000MB/s. Designed for gamers, designers, and professionals, it features full-drive encryption, dynamic write acceleration, and adaptive thermal protection to maximize performance and data security. With a 5-year warranty and 300TBW endurance rating, this M.2 SSD offers a reliable, high-speed storage upgrade for desktops, laptops, and gaming consoles.

## Description

Buy

Review: A great upgrade with a good heatsink attached - Installation was iffy, as I didn't have the right screws, and decided to improvise with a longer but still functioning screw. Just a note that you should also purchase m2 screws with this. When installing a BeQuiet! heatsink (with copper pipes) it was amazingly easy and it functions since my temperatures are almost equal to my games SSD, both at idle. Speeds are amazing, but Task Manager makes it look slow when you look at the Read Write speed values. Loading times are above expected, as it takes literally 5 seconds from the BIOS options screen (not POST, since you get a delay for choosing options after the POST) before the login screen loads in. Discord loads in twice as fast, and Opera GX finally loads as normal, and doesn't skip the little intro when it starts. OBS is what reveals it's true power. The finalisation speeds of any recording is so incredible, that it doesn't even get to show you the prompt before it is complete. Overall, this is an amazing upgrade from a 5200RPM Hard drive, and is worth your money when purchased with a BeQuiet! MC1 Pro NVME Cooler. The storage capacity should be just enough for anyone who has another SSD for extra storage, especially for fellow gamers with an entire Steam Library of games.
Review: Fantastic Drive. Transfering a system my not go smoothly, make sure to backup first. - Bought to upgrade my partner's PC. Partner's comments: If adding as an extra drive, no problems. If replacing the drive with the operating system (Windows in this case), the system can be cloned from the existing drive to one of these devices. It took about an hour to clone my 1TB SanDisk Ultra II drive to this one. Once cloning is complete (the software is available from Crucial if you don't already have it), make sure to shut down the computer and disconnect the original drive. It is possible that there will be issues with driver configuration, Crucial are helpful and there are documents to help. In my case the cloned image would not boot so I just installed Windows from scratch to the new drive. I had a backup of all my documents and pictures on an external drive. Acronis, who make the cloning software that Crucial supply, recommend a full system backup as the preferred method of getting the old system onto the new drive. I did not try this, and it does require somewhere to backup the full drive to. Now my system is working, copying large files is very much faster than on the old drive, and starting programs is also noticably faster.

## Features

- Innovative 3D NAND and cutting-edge controller technology with read/write performance up to 3400/3000MB/s and random read/write 210K/355K IOPS, pushing the limits of PCIe Gen 3 NVMe for tech enthusiasts, professional designers, and serious gamers
- Capable of enhancing data security and management with rapid, full-drive encryption, helping protect your data without performance degradation
- Optimize performance and durability with dynamic write acceleration, error correction, and adaptive thermal protection
- Operating systems open almost instantly, apps launch in seconds, and games load before you’re ready to spawn
- Backed by a limited 5-year warranty or up to the max endurance rating of 300TBW

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B087QTMXS7 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 185,593 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 1,033 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Box Contents | 500GB NVMe, PCIe Solid State Drive |
| Brand Name | Crucial |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 500 GB |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop, Laptop, Game Console |
| Customer Package Type | Standard Box |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (9,871) |
| Data Transfer Rate | 3400 Megabits Per Second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 500 GB |
| Enclosure Material | 3D NAND |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00649528823304 |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | PCIE x 4 |
| Hard-Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Hardware Connectivity | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
| Item Type Name | NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive |
| Item Weight | 0.02 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | Crucial |
| Media Speed | 3000 MB/s |
| Model Name | CT500P5SSD8 |
| Model Number | CT500P5SSD8 |
| Network Connectivity Technology | NVMe |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Features | Dynamic Write Acceleration, Redundant Array of Independent NAND (RAIN), Multistep Data Integrity Algorithms, Adaptive Thermal Protection, Integrated Power Loss Immunity, Active Garbage Collection, TRIM Support, NVMe standard Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART), Error Correction Code (ECC), NVMe Autonomous Power State Transition (APST) Support |
| Product Warranty | 5-year limited warranty |
| Read Speed | 3400 Megabytes Per Second |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, Gaming, Personal |
| UPC | 649528823304 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Crucial
- **Colour:** Black
- **Compatible devices:** Desktop, Laptop, Game Console
- **Connectivity technology:** NVMe
- **Digital storage capacity:** 500 GB
- **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** PCIE x 4
- **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great upgrade with a good heatsink attached
*by T***3 on 17 July 2021*

Installation was iffy, as I didn't have the right screws, and decided to improvise with a longer but still functioning screw. Just a note that you should also purchase m2 screws with this. When installing a BeQuiet! heatsink (with copper pipes) it was amazingly easy and it functions since my temperatures are almost equal to my games SSD, both at idle. Speeds are amazing, but Task Manager makes it look slow when you look at the Read Write speed values. Loading times are above expected, as it takes literally 5 seconds from the BIOS options screen (not POST, since you get a delay for choosing options after the POST) before the login screen loads in. Discord loads in twice as fast, and Opera GX finally loads as normal, and doesn't skip the little intro when it starts. OBS is what reveals it's true power. The finalisation speeds of any recording is so incredible, that it doesn't even get to show you the prompt before it is complete. Overall, this is an amazing upgrade from a 5200RPM Hard drive, and is worth your money when purchased with a BeQuiet! MC1 Pro NVME Cooler. The storage capacity should be just enough for anyone who has another SSD for extra storage, especially for fellow gamers with an entire Steam Library of games.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Drive. Transfering a system my not go smoothly, make sure to backup first.
*by J***T on 9 January 2021*

Bought to upgrade my partner's PC. Partner's comments: If adding as an extra drive, no problems. If replacing the drive with the operating system (Windows in this case), the system can be cloned from the existing drive to one of these devices. It took about an hour to clone my 1TB SanDisk Ultra II drive to this one. Once cloning is complete (the software is available from Crucial if you don't already have it), make sure to shut down the computer and disconnect the original drive. It is possible that there will be issues with driver configuration, Crucial are helpful and there are documents to help. In my case the cloned image would not boot so I just installed Windows from scratch to the new drive. I had a backup of all my documents and pictures on an external drive. Acronis, who make the cloning software that Crucial supply, recommend a full system backup as the preferred method of getting the old system onto the new drive. I did not try this, and it does require somewhere to backup the full drive to. Now my system is working, copying large files is very much faster than on the old drive, and starting programs is also noticably faster.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Faster than the Flash versus Superman in the 100m sprint!!!!
*by P***L on 16 January 2021*

How can something SO SMALL be so dang quick??? Windows is booted up before I can blink, and no waiting around for start-up programs to load, nope, not with this bad boy! Once you hit the Desktop (8-10 seconds flat) you can be playing a game 4 seconds later. I never knew playing my games on an old Western Digital HDD was wasting so much of my life waiting for windows to boot, and sitting at loading screens with a disgruntled sigh, whilst picking my nose.... waiting, and waiting. This tiny magical stick has changed my life. It's the shape of a ram stick, but around 4 times smaller, and about 2-3mm thick. Benchmarking it shocked me. over 3000mb/s. I thought my 2.5" SATA SSD was speedy at 400mb/s. As long as you have a relatively new Motherboard which has a Gen 3 M.2 SSD port you are going to thank me for reccomending such a piece of hardware. This is INSANE! It seems like every time they make something smaller it gets faster/better by an order of magnitudeI only got the 500GB one, my trusty Kingston 240gb SATA SSD, and a 7200rpm 2TB BarraCuda with a 256 cache SATA HDD. I think nearly 3TB of storage space should be enough for now, yet one can never be sure with some games taking up over 100GB of disk space now. Maybe I'll grab another of these (a 1TB one....just to be sure). Honestly, I think our governments are in contact with aliens and jacking their technology. I remember buying a Crucial MX100 256GB around 6-7 years back, and being in awe of the speeds......read speed of 415, write speed of 319, and a mixed speed of 288, Now we have something 90% smaller, well under a decade later my read speed is 2673, write speed is 2350, and mixed speed of 1524! 10 times smaller and 6 times faster. We need to get into Area 51 and steal that alien technology, QUICK!!!! LOL

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