Comments on: Crucial P2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB)

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:03:55 +0000

In reply to James Vogts. Great hearing from you James.

By: James Vogts

James Vogts — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:28:19 +0000

Really like the improvements to the site.
Been with you since the XP941 days.

Ready for new Vermeer builds this year, your reviews will help again.

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:25:05 +0000

In reply to Dan Masonsmith. I am not an expert on gaming but streaming, for the most part, relies on seek time which is much the same for most SSDs. The key to gaming and SSDs is scene transition as the scene is loaded into RAM which puts more of the concern on CPU and RAM. When I speak of SSDs such as the P2 and the ADATA Swordfish, both of which we just reported on, I would put them more in the hard drive to SSD transition category and leave them there...typical system operation. Stay tuned for my next review this week on the Kingston KC2500. This is a dynamite SSD and perhaps one of the best on the market for PCIe 3 right now.

By: Dan Masonsmith

Dan Masonsmith — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:52:34 +0000

How would this drive compare to streaming a game from something like the mx500 SSD drive? I wonder about getting one of these just to be able to have some game streaming capacity in something like Star Citizen. These just seem very cheap to get into the NVMe game but maybe the low read speeds at smaller file sizes is a deal breaker?

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:22:31 +0000

In reply to Scour. I apologize in advance but your comparison between the HDD and SSD is not physically possible. There is no way possible that a HDD can come anywhere near close to the start times and typical operations of a PC, simply because of the massive difference in seek time. The SSD is .01ms compared to any typical HDD a 9ms. We appreiate your comment in any case; this is an entry level SSD and the only really fair comparison might be to any HDD.