Key review P310 1 TB (2280)

P310 Crucial was launched at the end of last year as an option to extend PCIe 4.0 for miserably disappointing memory capacity found on some of our favorite game computers. Yes, you can take an OLED orus Rog Ally steam deck with a ton of storage straight from the gate, but the price boost is not profitable compared to the basic models. Considering that both and their Ilk generally usually support M.2 disk, and relatively easily improve them, it was often more sensible to replace this memory later on the line with larger, better SSDs on the secondary market.

The first P310 appeared here. Complete with a compact coefficient of forms 2230. P310 Crucial, WD_BLACK SN770M Western Digital, MP600 Corsaira and a wave of other 2230 disks provided solid solutions for this problem; However, in the case of WD and key, both of them brought significant flaws.

In the case of P310, he advertised 232-layer QLC NAND, while WD had 112 KOXIA TLC NAND. You can effectively decide on a “cheaper” solution with a key level of USD 215 for the 2 TB unit, which has all the CLC defects. Or (at the time of writing) 220 USD for a black unit WD 1 TB, but with aging 112-layer TLC and as a result slower sequential speeds.

Although yes, technically, you can start any of those in your gaming platform (after all they are in the M.2 area), they are still very brindle boys and to be straightforward, they are simply not suitable for it.

This is where the P310 M.2 2280 variant. The key hope that this change of size, this recipe, is enough to transfer it from this position to order simply to be “the next parish discs” and pushes it to become one of the best SSDs that you can get today, certainly from the perspective of values.

The highest specifications between the two forms are identical. Both are one-man projects, both contain Micron 232-Wayer QLC NAND, both do not have drama, and both utilize the E27T PHISONA controller (a flawless four-channel project built at the back of 12nm TSMC; yes, it means that their price could boost if these American tariffs would succumb.

The top -class figures for 2280 also match his little cousin. Even comparing the 1TB model, which I have here during a test with 2230, you look at 7100 Mb/s at sequential readings and 6000 Mb/s on records, with a gigantic total number of 220 TBW on the strength front, doubles to 440 TBW for 2TB variants. Under no circumstances is it much, but you get a solid five -year warranty to support it, and you would not utilize this disk to anything more than play.

Pc gamer test bench
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | ARIES: 64 GB (2x32GB) Team group T-Create Expert DDR5 @ 6000 C34 | GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super | Motherboard: Asus Rog Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi | CUP COOLER: Asus Rog Rejujin III 360 Argb Extreme | Dog: 1200W NZXT C1200 (2024) 80+ Gold | Chassis: Geometric future model 5

And that’s it. QLC is simply not built for professional loads. Not only does it lack strength, but from my experience, without cache, as of the respectively size, gigantic file transfers usually lose speed during the completion of the cache or the drive heating. P310 has QLC dedicated to buffering, but it is not as effective as a pure dedicated DDR4 Dram solution. Despite this, even when downloading and installing the game, the probability that you will never hit this bottleneck anyway, so it is quite impossible, if it is brought up with this utilize.

In my tests P310 certainly provided a promise. Especially for 70 USD. Crystal SAW SAW SECECEY FINTES BANK-OB ABSOIDS, averaging at 7.109 Mb/s on reading and 6035 Mb/SW record, with convenient performance on random 4K numbers. I must admit that the 4K reading speed is slightly lower than I would like to see, and does not compete with such as its cousin 2230, but comfortably gives the latest 990 EVO Samsung plus crushing. Although it is not particularly hard.

Storing 3D storage figurines were also convenient, with 2999 obtained in the general index and maximum bandwidth submitted 517.77, again lower than its cousin 2230. Then there is charging time in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbrings. Interestingly, it was 7.305 seconds compared to 2230 8.101. Interestingly, FF XIV seems to draw amazing system power when comparing. There is a chance that this can cause excess heat in the controller because it loads comparative scenes, which leads to slower load times, because the smaller drive simply cannot manage this heat compared to 2280. Although this is only speculation.

However, it is also supported by a temperature test. I strengthened both P310 on the x870E-E from ASUS, with my own built-in full-fat tax on them, and variant 2280 sailed in a 18-degree cooler stunning than its compact counterpart, and this has a 2-degree difference at ambient temperature. Thanks to this extended (normal) form of form, this allowed the key importance of pushing the NAND to the bottom of the stick and leaving the controller, helping to relieve a lot of this heat accumulation.

So you look quite starred, right? Well, let’s talk about the price, because it is huge, and there the situation will get a bit. On the surface, the 1 TB unit I have here is impressive 70 USD. 0.07 USD for gigabyte. This is actually the cheapest disk that I have tested so far, much cheaper than its 2230, and makes it 15 USD cheaper than the latest WD 1 TB SN7100 model, a much better pretender for TLC.

The problem, however, occurs when you scale it to 2 TB in 2280. In tiny, with this capacity, the price moves after USD 135. It’s still not so bad, but it’s only $ 5 cheaper than 2 TB SN7100. For this saving, you become worse, worse performance, worse strength and general aspiration that try to keep up with their equivalent TLC in almost every center.

However, if you are looking for a solid, reliable budget drive 1 TB, which can be joyful to meet your games related to games and nothing more, P310 is a decent choice. Despite this, even if you think a bit about 2 TB and further or from time to time you feel that they change the load on the work, plus can add an additional 5 USD, each other TLC solution is simply much better and much more versatile.