One of the Best PCIe 4.0 SSDs is Now as Cheap as a Last-Gen Drive

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One of the best PCIe 4.0 SSDs is now as cheap as a last generation drive.

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The Crucial P5 Plus is faster than any Gen3 SSD, with Amazon’s discount it’s about the same price.

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Once-premium hardware hits price parity with a last-gen tech with every advancement in technology.

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PCIe 4.0 SSDs are there right now.

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The $135 1TB version of the new Crucial P5 Plus is now hitting the same price as the best PCIe 3.0 drive, because of a healthy discount at Amazon.

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Which puts it right at the top, when we are recommending new SSDs.

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The 1TB WD_Black SN750 was a great, affordable SSD option for anyone not on a Gen4 platform, until recently.

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Due to more Intel and AMD options offering support, the imminent drop of PCIe 5.0 SSDs this year.

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The Crucial P5 Plus is the same price as a top-end PCIe 3.0 SSD and what we’d recommend.

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The Crucial drive will still run at a faster pace than pretty much any Gen3 SSD even if you don’t have a board that supports the new interface.

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It has a rated sequential speeds of 6,600 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s for reads and writes respectively.

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