Crucial has expanded its T500 PCIe 4.0 series of NVMe SSDs with a 4 TB model. The new product is available in versions both with an aluminum radiator for cooling, and without it with just a graphene sticker.
The Crucial T500 series of drives was introduced in 2023. However, at that time the company released only models with a capacity of 500 GB, as well as 1 and 2 TB, promising to release an even more capacious version with a capacity of 4 TB in the future. The manufacturer kept this promise, but later.
For the 4 TB model, the company claims sequential read speeds of up to 7000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 6900 MB/s. This is lower than the 2 TB version, which offers speeds of up to 7400 and 7000 MB/s, respectively.
The Crucial T500 is based on Micron 232L 3D TLC NAND memory chips and a Phison PS5025-E25 controller, which supports four channels of NAND memory and is equipped with DRAM cache.
The Crucial T500 4 TB version with an aluminum radiator is priced at $449, and the version without a radiator is priced at $399. However, the SSD is now offered in the US at a discount: the version with a heatsink is sold for $319.99, and without it for $309.99.