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Crucial P2 250 GB

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User ratings:
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27 user ratings
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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1 stars
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Consumer ratings:
4.8 / 5
Editorial reviews:
4
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4 editorial reviews
Crucial’s low-cost P2 delivers SATA-breaking speed, even without DRAMRead more
The Crucial P2 SSD is very affordable and provides decent everyday performance. However, speeds while reading and writing large amounts of data is below the norm.Read more
The Crucial P2 is a solid-enough budget M.2 SSD for general use, but the company's own P5 is a much better choice under most shopping circumstances.Read more
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Pros

  • the P2 is easily one of the more affordable drives on the market
  • Crucial Storage Executive is quite handy and feature-packed
  • snappy and responsive user experience

Cons

  • but slow with large file transfers
  • it proved slight erratic in testing
  • defective or damaged

Key specs

  • M.2
  • 1150 Mbps
  • 2100 Mbps
  • PCI Express 3.0
  • 250 GB

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Crucial P2 250 GB - Pros & Cons

Crucial P2 250 GB

Pros

  • the P2 is easily one of the more affordable drives on the market
  • Crucial Storage Executive is quite handy and feature-packed
  • snappy and responsive user experience
  • phenomenal performance-to-price ratio
  • 250GB is plenty enough to make your PC run faster and snappier
  • SSD itself will fit most motherboards easily
  • rated speeds are fantastically accurate

Cons

  • but slow with large file transfers
  • it proved slight erratic in testing
  • defective or damaged
  • slower performance
  • slower than a SATA drive at actually loading
  • there are only two available capacities
  • the quality of the finish is rather lacking
  • The SSD market is quite crowded
  • ends up being noticeably slower by a few seconds
  • the P2 stumbles hard off the line
  • underperformed the rest of the pack here on all three game load traces

Crucial P2 250 GB - Technical Overview

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2100 Mbps
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS AIC 8 TB
Read speed: 15000 Mbps
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1150 Mbps
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS AIC 8 TB
Write speed: 15000 Mbps

Crucial P2 250 GB - Full Specifications

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General
Capacity250 GB
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Design
Form factorM.2
Colour of productMulticolor
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Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 3.0
PCI Express interface data lanesx4
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Power
Min operating temperature0 °C
Max operating temperature70 °C
Operating voltage3.3 V
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Dimensions
Width0.87 in
Depth3.15 in
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Performance
Endurance150 TB
Write speed1150.0 Mbps
Read speed2100.0 Mbps
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Features
S.M.A.R.T. supportyes
NVMeyes
ECCY

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