The Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale period saw the Crucial P3 Plus 4TB SSD drop below the $200 range, and while it may take a while before you see those prices again, the deal currently available on Amazon is just as good, as the PCIe Gen 4 SSD is going for $214.99. While it is up for grabs at a slightly higher range, it is still the second-best price we have seen, and a small difference should hardly be a reason on why you should miss out on this terrific deal.
Here is a fun fact for you; the faster Crucial P3 Plus is actually cheaper on Amazon than the P3, which supports the slower PCIe Gen 3 standard, with speeds maxing out at 3,500MB/s. With the P3 Plus, you get sequential read speeds that go up to 5,000MB/s and sequential write speeds that climb up to 4,200MB/s, making it a worthy upgrade for your desktop or laptop. However, do not confuse high read and write speeds with how responsive a PCIe NVMe SSD can make your system, as that value is determined by the IOPS rating.
With the Crucial P3 Plus, random read and write IOPS stands at 650,000 and 900,000, respectively. In short, whether your desktop’s motherboard accommodates this M.2 SSD upgrade or your laptop, rest assured, when installed, formatted, and prioritized to run as the boot drive, your machine will feel and run like it was shipped straight out of the factory. Unfortunately, the one major drawback of failing SSDs is that these stop working without any warning.
Thankfully, Crucial rates the P3 Plus to have an MTTF (Mean Time To Fail) rating of 1.5 million hours, and the 4TB M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD comes with a 5-year limited warranty, which will put your mind at ease. In short, when you actually start to feel that this drive is nearing its end, you will probably be searching for an upgrade anyway, and who knows, by then, you come across an even better deal.
