Crucial is back with another super-fast PCI-Express 5.0 NVMe solid state drive in their brand new T710. This drive makes use of a different controller than we saw on their T700 and T705 drives which we previously reviewed. Here we have the 8-channel Silicon Motion SM2508 controller. This controller should run cooler, which will definitely be a relief from what we saw on the first generation of PCI-Express 5.0 drives. Crucial has teamed this drive with Micron 276-layer 3D TLC NAND and you are going to get a DRAM cache, which is also made by Micron. Rated for speeds of up to 14500 MB/s read and 13800 MB/s write this is going to be one of the fastest drives out there! Read on as we see what this drive can do!
Special thanks to Crucial for providing us with the T710 Gen5 Solid State Drive to review.
Crucial T710 Gen5 Solid State Drive Specifications
Crucial T710 Gen5 Solid State Drive Packaging
The Crucial T710 comes in a pretty standard retail package with a picture of the drive on the front, the capacity, speed, and a little note that you do get a 1 month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Flipping over to the back there is more information on the drive.
Getting everything out of the box you’ll find the drive itself as well as a user’s guide.
