Subj : 'Fastest SSD on the planet': Crucial's T705 tops benchmarks as re To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Feb 28 2024 05:45:05 'Fastest SSD on the planet': Crucial's T705 tops benchmarks as reviewers rave about its performance but it is far too expensive and a RAID-0 setup may beat it Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:31:09 +0000 Description: Early reviews of Crucial's T705 SSD say it's superfast, but very expensive. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Crucial's new T705 SSD certainly looks impressive on paper - it claims to be 25x faster than SATA and nearly 2x faster than Crucial's fastest Gen4 SSD, with sequential reads/writes up to 14,500/12,700MB/s. The drive, which is available in capacities up to 4TB, is engineered with Micron's 232-layer TLC NAND3 and compatible with Intel Core 13th-14th Gen desktop CPUs & AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPU. Additional features include an aluminum and copper heatsink, adaptive thermal protection, and hardware encryption for storage security. If youve had your eye on the SSD ever since it was announced, the good news is that the first reviews are in, and its every bit as impressive as you might hope, but with some important caveats. Fast, but expensive ServeTheHome 's review reveals the exceptional performance of the Crucial T705, stating that it is "right at the limits of what a PCIe Gen 5 x4 link can sustain." The review notes that the SSD's performance in testing was "the best sequential read and write performance" the reviewer has ever seen, despite a slight dip in sequential write speed on the larger CrystalDiskMark test. The review concludes by saying that the T705 "sits in a class all by itself" and is a "serious contender" for anyone wanting the fastest SSD available. PC World expressed the same view, stating that the T705 is "booking" in terms of performance. It highlighted that while the drive "posted some gaudy numbers in benchmarks, these dont always translate to the real world. A lot depends on your system and CPU, although it raved over the synthetic benchmark testings "glorious sequential results." It summed up its review with If you want the absolute best performance from your PCIe 5.0 system, then yes, the T705 is the best thing going. Tom's Hardware had more reservations, stating that while the T705 is "the fastest SSD on the planet," it comes with a big price tag. It also highlighted that the T705 can be a suitable upgrade from an SATA or PCIe 3.0 SSD, sure, but right now PCIe 4.0 SSDs make more sense for most users. If youre still considering buying it, the site warns Even with rising SSD and NAND flash prices, the low gigabytes per dollar factor here is quite underwhelming. You will have to pay dearly for cutting-edge SSD performance. HotHardware 's review gushed that All things considered, the Crucial T705 is the best all-around performing consumer-class SSD we have ever tested. Like the other reviews, it agrees that the only real downsides to the Crucial T705 are pricing and the requirement for adequate cooling, although it points out that the latter shouldnt be an issue in any properly-configured, enthusiast-class system, which is where the T705 belongs. It ends on a highly positive note, stating Ultimately, if youre building a top-end system and want the fastest M.2 SSD money can buy, at this moment the Crucial T705 is it. TweakTown was also highly impressed, stating that the T705 is the ultimate enthusiast storage platform, delivering the most where it matters the most. Backing up that claim with its test scores, the site said We rank SSDs in terms of overall user experience as expressed by PCMark 10 storage and 3DMark gaming storage tests. We consider a user experience score of 15K or more to verify an SSD as a TweakTown Elite performer. Crucial's 2TB T705 is the first flash-based SSD of any kind, retail or ES, to cross the 22,900 plateau. Epic. If youre excited to buy Crucials T705 SSD, you can pick it up here . The 1TB model costs $259.99 with a heatsink, or $239.99 without. The price rises to $439.99 (with) or $399.99 (without) for the 2TB model, and then jumps to $729.99 (with) or $713.99 (without) for the 4TB model. More from TechRadar Pro We tested the best SSDs around today And the fastest external SSDs The worlds fastest SSD has just been tested ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/fastest-ssd-on-the-planet-crucials-t705-tops-ben chmarks-as-reviewers-rave-about-its-performance-but-it-is-far-too-expensive-an d-a-raid-0-setup-may-beat-it --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .