Crucial T500 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

The T500 is one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs I’ve tested. It’s affordable for its ilk and available with a low-profile heatsink for another $10.

Crucial's latest Gen 4 drive is the company's fastest to date and in some of our testing it was the fastest Gen 4 drive we've seen so far. The non-heatsink version we were sent for review does need some form of motherboard cooling to help keep it cool.

The Crucial T500 is arguably the fastest PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD to date, enough to challenge the T700. That, plus the fact it produces less heat and is suitable for more affordable hardware build, makes it a much better storage option today.

The Crucial T500 is a solid all-around drive, scratching that DRAM-powered SSD itch with plentiful performance and good efficiency. There’s also a PS5-friendly heatsink option, but capacity lovers will have to wait for the 4TB model.

Excellent sequential read and write speeds make the Crucial T500 a solid option for a premium PCIe 4.0 SSD. At smaller capacities it struggles to truly stand out for speed, but the upcoming 4TB option is sure to be tempting.

Crucial's T500 Gen4 SSD 2TB is our new favorite PCIe Gen4 SSD!