Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 1 TB

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Top Features at an Affordable Price

With the development of the PCI-E 4.0 interface and the improvement of the Phison platform, Samsung has lost its former leadership, while many manufacturers have started releasing fast, reliable, and affordable SSDs. One of the striking examples is the Crucial T500 — a high-speed and relatively inexpensive drive that surpasses many professional models from the Samsung Pro series in many characteristics.

Phison E25 Controller with DRAM Buffer

At the core of the Crucial T500 is the Phison E25 controller with a 1 GB LPDDR4-4266 DRAM buffer and 232-layer Micron flash memory. For the 1 TB version, read speeds of up to 7300 MB/s and write speeds of up to 6800 MB/s are claimed, with performance reaching 1.15 million/1.44 million IOPS (read/write). These figures are confirmed by tests: when writing 450 GB, the drive even surpassed some models with a PCI-E 5.0 interface. In fact, the T500 can be considered an improved version of the popular P5 Plus with more reliable memory and a more powerful controller.

Compatibility with PlayStation 5

The Crucial T500 is fully compatible with the PlayStation 5, supports the TCG Opal standard, and comes equipped with backup software — a nice bonus for users. Gamers and content creators will appreciate its high speed: games load instantly, and files up to 450 GB are written without delays. However, there is a nuance: after filling the additional cache (450–500 GB of writing), the speed drops to 150 MB/s. In everyday scenarios, such as installing games, this is not noticeable, but when copying large archives, the process may take longer. However, for most users, this won't be a serious issue.