Crucial brings higher capacities and speeds to its P2 lineup with 1TB and 2TB models

[WYP]

Crucial's next-generation QLC SSDs for the mainstream market.



Read more about Crucial bringing 1TB and 2TB P2 series SSDs to market.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I might nab the 2TB model for my 2021 build. It's funny how these NVMe drives are actually no more expensive than the couple of high capacity SATA m.2 drives that are available.

 

[WYP]

I might nab the 2TB model for my 2021 build. It's funny how these NVMe drives are actually no more expensive than the couple of high capacity SATA m.2 drives that are available.

We are now at the stage where low-end NVMe controllers are cheap enough that there isn't much of a difference between SATA and NVMe when it comes to pricing anymore.

 

[MiNo]

We are now at the stage where low-end NVMe controllers are cheap enough that there isn't much of a difference between SATA and NVMe when it comes to pricing anymore.

Next problem is then running out of slots and PCI-e lanes for them. Especially on mainstream boards / setups.

 

[looz]

How many nVMEs do you need in a mainstream machine?

 

[WYP]

Next problem is then running out of slots and PCI-e lanes for them. Especially on mainstream boards / setups.

Yeah, but if you needed more there will be PCIe adaptors.

TBH, most folks don't need more than two M.2 SSDs, and new motherboards cater for that. I don't see PCs having fewer PCIe lanes in the future.

It will be interesting to see how things evolve.

 

[MiNo]

Yeah, but if you needed more there will be PCIe adaptors.

TBH, most folks don't need more than two M.2 SSDs, and new motherboards cater for that. I don't see PCs having fewer PCIe lanes in the future.

Well, in my PC today I have 5 drives. Not that I need massive storage, but because it is quite expensive to buy everything up front, compared to adding as you go. Case in point here since drives get cheaper, faster and bigger over time - so buying for 5 years need initially is poor economics.


I build the PC with a 512GB NVMe and a left over 250 GB sata SSD. I also had some external 'bulk' storage HDD's. Then I added an internal 4GB bulk HDD and got rid of all the externals. The later I added a 1 TB ssd (used) and a bit later one more (also used).


Doing the same going forward on NVMe will not be possible, and that is a shame now that cost is coming down. Expansion card / adaptors are not really elegant, and not even possible on ITX builds where the only PCIe slot is used by the GPU - and they are the builds that could 'double' benefit from the tiny NVMe drives.


Anyways, I'm just saying that I personally will miss the possibility to easily add "currently best buy" drives going forward, and that 2 seems way too little. I can still add satas but it no fun getting a new drive that is 1/3 of the speed of a similarly prized NVMe drive.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

How many nVMEs do you need in a mainstream machine?

I'm not fussed about speeds. I just would like a clean build with no SATA cables.

 

[Warchild]

I'm not fussed about speeds. I just would like a clean build with no SATA cables.

Same here. Cables are the devil!

 

[NeverBackDown]

Same here. Cables are the devil!

Wireless all the things!