Crucial T500 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD with Heatsink, Up to 7300MB/s, PlayStation 5 Compatible + 1mo Adobe CC All Apps- CT1000T500SSD5

Dell XPS 8950 desktop (Costco 2022 build) i7 Intel-12700, 32GB DDR5 RAM, AMD RX 6700 XT, PCIe M.2 Gen 4. Replaced the C: Drive with a larger and faster 1TB Crucial T500 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 by cloning with a Sabrent Model EC:SNVE USB TYPE C Tool Free Enclosure with no issues. Macrium Reflect Home X, the trail version, was used following an article from XDA-Developers.com “How to set up an SSD as boot drive for your new or existing computer”. I also referred to a older You Tube video by Access Random – “UPDATE: Using Macrium Reflect Free to Clone Windows to a Bootable M.2 SSD” to create a USB Rescue Media . The clone time was about 30 minutes using the Type C port (20 Gbps) on the rear of the computer. Removed the old drive and replaced it with the new T500. I did nothing to the BIOS and left the original settings as Boot [UEFI] and Boot Option one as [Windows Boot Manager] and SATA/NVMe Operation as [RAID ON]. The XPS booted up and ran fine with the exception of Norton having to have the KEY reentered to work. The T500 was recognized by the CrystalDiskMarkInfo program and the old Kioxia NVMe was not listed. With all the problem comments on RAID and UEFI settings in the BIOS, I was at my knowledge limits. Using the winsat disk command in the Terminal Admin mode the Sequential Read was 5980 and Write was 4993. The Crucial Spec Sheet lists their 1TB at 7300/6800. I did not turn on the Momentum Cache in the Crucial Storage Executive software. The current Firmware Version is P8CR003 and would not update to P8CR004 using the Crucial Storage Executive – there was a warning of “no drives were found in the system. This may be because your drives are allocated in a RAID configuration. You may proceed with a manual firmware update”. I will try Crucial Support for the answer. Overall, I am happy the way it turned out – thanks to the XDA-Developers and Access Random articles/video for Macrium Reflect.Update 12/31/2024 Called Crucial Support and the agent confirmed that in order to update/add the P8CR004 latest Firmware with Crucial Storage Executive I could not do this with a RAID configuration on the Dell XPS as it would affect other drives (HHD and SATA SSD) as well. This was why I was receiving the Warning or error. The agent also cautioned using Momentum Cache for the same reason – RAID being on in the BIOS. With my limited computer skills and knowledge, I chose to leave the T500 as is – after all it is twice as fast as the original Kioxia NVMe.Crucial has two FAQ’s to better explain the subject – The first, Storage Executive Fails to Update the Firmware on My SSD states, “Ensure that you are not using RAID mode in the system BIOS settings. RAID will often prevent many of the features in Storage Executive from working with your drive, AHCI is the preferred mode. Refer to your system manufacture for any help with this setting.” The second, Basics of RAID – “In terms of day-to-day use, RAID works similarly to a single disk, but diagnostic tools read data from a RAID configuration differently than they do a single SSD or hard drive. For example, Crucial Storage Executive is not fully compatible with some RAID controllers and configurations, and specific functions such as SMART reporting or firmware updates may not work at all in these unsupported environments, requiring the RAID to be temporarily disassembled for updates or troubleshooting of individual drives. Also, while modern operating systems and RAID drivers allow trim commands to run on SSDs in RAID, legacy operating systems and drivers may not properly support them, meaning functions such as Garbage Collection become more important for maintaining the highest performance from connected SSDs.”

it fits fine and it is fast in my Dell Precision 7530 with 32gb ram. My old Toshiba 512gb NVME seemed to be having major problems, windows very slow. It had slowed down a lot from what it had been. I downloaded windows 11 installer media creator for this PC from Microsoft, and booted off the usb and had everything working in about 45 minutes. Hardest thing is to install it into a laptop, and that is not too hard if you have little tiny screw driver. Make sur you have your laptop logged in with a MS account to make for easy setup.

I got 2 of these to put in my my pc when I built it. 1 for main operating system (Windows 10 because I hate Windows 11) and the other to install pc games on for super fast load times. Well my system went to almost 5 minutes to boot to about 3 seconds. My games load super fast now from about 1 minute to 5 seconds to load a game. So I love these drives and they surpassed what I wanted them to do and the price was very good. Highly Recommend.

I’ve had no problems with this product and it was easy to install and hasn’t gone out any time recently, in the desert it’s hot and it has yet to overheat the extra storage is wonderful and it was good quality when I went to install it, all in all I recommend this for anyone with a ps5 that needs internal storage

I bought a couple of these Crucial SSDs for some laptops I had. Let's say these lil guys are speedy! The second you hit the power button, you will feel a woosh from how fast your computer will turn on. Your luscious locks will sway in the wind and if you have no hair you will feel the woosh in your nose hairs!Overall, thanks Crucial for creating these speedy SSDs, I'll have to one of these days turn all my computers at the same time to create a wind machine to power my replica terminator.

The speed was around 6300 but still really fast, it was easy, and a great price. If you are looking for one then get this. I did the research I’ll save you the time

Excellent product! You might want a heat sink if you don't have adequate air flow in your system and do a lot of read/write to SSD.

I have purchased MANY items from Crucial/Micron over many years. While the SSD are very reliable, you are no longer able to register items via the web or even order directly from Crucial. And when you call in for support, it has moved offshore. The individuals are VERY hard to understand, and the connection is EXTREMELY poor. While cost effective, very poor customer service.