Crucial T700 PCIe Gen 5 SSD Series Now Available for Pre-order

[GFreeman]

Crucial's T700 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD series has been previewed a couple of times, showing some impressive sequential read and write performance, and now, Crucial has announced that it is available for pre-order, directly from Crucial's own store. The release date is set for May 30th.

In case you missed it earlier, the Crucial T700 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD offers sequential performance of up to 12,400 MB/s for read and up to 11,800 MB/s for write (11,700 MB/s and 9,500 MB/s for the 1 TB version). Available in 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB capacities, and with or without the heatsink, the Crucial T700 uses Micron 232-layer TLC NAND paired up with Phison's E26 controller. The endurance rating (TBW) for the Crucial T700 SSD series is set at 600 TB for the 1 TB version, 1200 TB for the 2 TB version, and 2400 TB for the 4 TB version, and it is backed by a 5-year limited warranty.



Currently, it can only be pre-ordered directly from Crucial, but we guess it should show up in retail/e-tail pretty soon.

• Crucial T700 Gen 5 NVMe 4 TB - $599.99 (with heatsink $629.99)
• Crucial T700 Gen 5 NVMe 2 TB - $339.99 (with heatsink $369.99)
• Crucial T700 Gen 5 NVMe 1 TB - $179.99 (with heatsink $209.99)

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[zmeul]

hopefully they're priced competitively

 

[ixi]

For now price is steep, but in time they should go down .

 

[P4-630]

I'm fine with the cheaper PCIe 4.0 options for now...

 

[bonehead123]

I'm fine with the cheaper PCIe 4.0 options for now...

Yep, I'll pass also, until the prices move downwards, considerably

 

[Dr. Dro]

Interested to see the performance of these when plugged into a gen 4 slot. Hopefully W1zzard will do a review.

 

[WorringlyIndifferent]

Those are impressive sequential speeds, but it seems silly to spend this much on an SSD when much cheaper options are identical or faster in terms of real-world performance like application loading times, level loading times, Windows boot times, etc.

 

[Nordic]

Interested to see the performance of these when plugged into a gen 4 slot. Hopefully W1zzard will do a review.

Especially since random reads and writes aren't maxing out 4.0 drives like their sequential speeds can.

 

[Tomorrow]

For now price is steep, but in time they should go down .

Prices are actually cheaper than first gen 4 drives when those came out in 2019. 2TB used to cost 400+

Interested to see the performance of these when plugged into a gen 4 slot. Hopefully W1zzard will do a review.

Same here. I thought about buying 990 Pro 1TB for OS but now i might as well wait for gen 5 models. I mean sure they are more expensive than same size gen4 models but I've always been bit of a storage nerd with WD Raptor back in the day and getting a 64GB SSD when those came out. Besides i wont really miss those sequential 4GB/s r/w speeds as long as random r/w is higher than gen4 models. Besides gen4 models all use <176 layer NAND where as Gen5 uses 230+. This too should help performance even when used on gen4 boards.

 

[Dimitriman]

First wave of gen4 drives using an overclocked gen3 chipset in the Phison E16 were nothing impressive at all vs the best gen3 drives. It really takes a second wave of releases at a more mature level to get the best of the platform.

 

[Dr. Dro]

First wave of gen4 drives using an overclocked gen3 chipset in the Phison E16 were nothing impressive at all vs the best gen3 drives. It really takes a second wave of releases at a more mature level to get the best of the platform.

Agreed. My main concern here is how it behaves on a gen 4 slot, if that affects it's random performance and all (aware of the roughly 7000 MB/s limit of the interface). I believe only the two graphics (PCIe x16 slots) are gen 5 capable on the MSI Z690 Ace, don't think my motherboard can do gen 5 NVMe even on the CPU attached slot. Not sure.

 

[Will_R]

Agreed. My main concern here is how it behaves on a gen 4 slot, if that affects it's random performance and all (aware of the roughly 7000 MB/s limit of the interface). I believe only the two graphics (PCIe x16 slots) are gen 5 capable on the MSI Z690 Ace, don't think my motherboard can do gen 5 NVMe even on the CPU attached slot. Not sure.

It cannot.

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (From Z690 chipset)
  • SATA5~8 (From Z690 chipset)
  • SATAA~B (From ASM1061)
• 5x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • M2_1 slot (From CPU)
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_2 & M2_3 slots (From Z690 chipset)
    • M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4
    • Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • M2_4 & M2_5 1slots (From Z690 chipset)
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports up to SATA 6Gb/s
    • M2_4 slot supports 2280/ 22110 storage devices
    • M2_5 slot supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • M2_2~5 slots support Intel® Optane™ Memory
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

1. SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.

 

[Dr. Dro]

It cannot.

Yes which is why I said that

Mobo makers specs pages sometimes fall behind though. Changes in production or maturing firmware change some characteristics over time.

Big bunch of nothing anyway