Introduction

Crucial is one of the biggest players in the SSD market because they can use their own NAND chips paired with DRAM manufactured by their parent company Micron.



Today we have for review the Crucial T700 Pro 4 TB, which is the only 4 TB PCI-Express Gen 5 drive currently available on the market. While other vendors have Gen 5 SSDs with 1 TB and 2 TB, only Crucial is offering a 4 TB variant. This makes the T700 Pro a unique offering for those who need a ton of fast PCIe 5.0 storage and are willing to pay the premium for it. Under the hood, the T700 uses the Phison E26 controller, which at this time is the only PCIe 5.0 controller in mass production. The NAND chips are made by Micron, Crucial's parent company, and are their 232-layer 2000 MT/s version, so transfer rates of up to 12 GB/s can be achieved. As expected for a high-end drive, a DRAM cache chip is included, too.

The Crucial T700 Pro (with heatsink) is available in capacities of 1 TB ($200), 2 TB ($290) and 4 TB ($530). There's also a model without heatsink for $165 / $270 / $500. Endurance for these models is set to 600 TBW, 1200 TBW and 2400 TBW, respectively. Crucial includes a five-year warranty with the T700 SSD.