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title: Crucial T500 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 with Heatsink NAND SSD
date: 2023-11-16T16:54:53Z
modified: 2026-05-05T16:45:22Z
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excerpt: Crucial T500 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 with Heatsink NAND SSD
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The Crucial T500 PCIe® Gen4 NVMe SSD will improve your gaming and content creation experience. The T500 is a game changer, designed for high-performance gaming, PS5 upgrades, and photo/video editing. With sequential read/write speeds of up to 7,400/7,000MB/s and random read/write speeds of up to 1.44M IOPs, you’ll be able to load games 16% faster and enjoy a 42% increase in content creation app performance.

The T500’s PCIe 4.0 NVMe® technology and PS5-ready heatsink option, combined with its ease of installation, make it an absolute must-have for console enthusiasts. It also comes with up to 2TB of storage for your gaming library and UHD/8K+ videos. With Microsoft® DirectStorage6 support, you can say goodbye to long load times and CPU strain.

Experience a 40% increase in performance-to-power ratio, allowing your computer to work faster while using less power. With the Crucial T500 SSD, you can easily upgrade your system and enjoy the benefits of lightning-fast performance.

### FEATURES:

- Sequential read/write speeds up to 7,400/7,000MB/s
- Random read/write speeds up to 1.44M IOPs
- PCIe® 4.0 NVMe® SSD
- PS5™ console-ready heatsink option with easy installation (non-heatsink option available)
- The T500’s 40% higher performance-to-power ratio helps your computer work faster with less power
- Load games up to 16% faster
- Up to 42% faster performance in content creation apps
- Up to 2TB of storage for more gaming and UHD/8K+ videos
- Reduce game texture load times and CPU utilisation with Microsoft® DirectStorage6
- Easy to install

### SPECIFICATIONS:

- Interface: NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x 4
- Capacity: 1TB
- Raw Capacity: 1024GB
- Form factor: M.2 (2280)
- SSD Endurance (TBW): 600TB
- Sequential Read: 7300 MB/s
- Sequential Write: 6800 MB/s
- MTTF: 1.5 million hours
- 4KB Random Read: 1150K IOPS
- 4KB Random Write: 1440K IOPS

### WHAT’S IN THE BOX:

- Crucial T500 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD with Heatsink– Black x1