Want a big SSD for your games, media and more? The Crucial P3 Plus is currently on sale at Best Buy, where the massive 4TB size drops to $225. That’s almost $40 off the previous price, and a great value for a drive of this spec.
For the record, the P3 Plus is a PCIe 4.0 SSD, with read speeds of up to 5000 MB/s and write speeds of 4200 MB/s. It uses QLC flash in a design without DRAM, but with HMB technology – so it uses your computer’s RAM as cache. That allows it to deliver surprisingly stellar performance, though we still recommend a higher-end TLC drive with DRAM caching for the heaviest of workloads, such as 4K video production. However, for gaming and regular use, this is a great choice!
The Crucial P3 Plus is a great drive for value for money, so it’s perhaps no surprise that James has listed it as the best low-cost PCIe 4.0 SSD on our list. Best gaming SSD.
That range means we also have real-world game load times test results, with the P3 Plus loading Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 7.3 seconds, compared to 10.4 seconds for the WD Black SN750 SE is similarly priced. Even our top pick overall, the WD SN850x, loads games in 6.7 seconds, leaving the P3 Plus around 92% of the speed of the SN850x at 59% of the cost, since the SN850x costs $380 for the same. 4TB size. That’s pretty awesome, even if it’s based on just one metric.
In any case, this is a surefire chance to pick up the biggest P3 Plus at a great price – so give it a go and let me know what you think in the comments section below!
