Crucial T705 PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2TB SSD, Up to 14,500MB/s

This is an interesting piece of hardware. This particular NVME SSD Gen 5.0 exceeded read and write speeds for me in Crystal Disk, and that was on a working "C" drive. This Gen 5.0 drive cooks, and in more ways than one. Running this in the Gen 5.0 slot on a Gigabyte X670E motherboard. I made the error of initially installing this drive on an add in card with no heatsink to clone to as the target drive. I thought since the add in card drive PCIe slot was rated at 4.0, and not 5.0, I would not have to worry about temperatures. WRONG. The drive shut down after about 20 seconds, which I believe to be the temperature high limit was tripped. You absolutely have to run this SSD with a good heatsink, no matter what you are doing with it. I did not think the Motherboard heatsink was going to cut it, and installed a Thermalright heat pipe heat sink on the Crucial T705. This is a good heat-sink, but despite that, running Crystal Disk, and the heat-sink sitting above a hot RTX 4080 Super back plate, the drive still hit 80 Degrees C. running the Write portion of the Crystal Disk benchmark. This is in a well ventilated Case, but with an AIO over the CPU, this is kind of a dead space. I am going to get a slightly larger SSD cooler, with a fan. It helps if I run the RTX 4080 fans all the time to cool the video card and not transmit so much heat to the SSD cooler, but I am not gaming all the time nor do I want my Video Card fans running constantly. These are just some caveats to look out for. The Crucial T705 SSD is running flawlessly, and yes, games and programs do load faster. The associated Crucial Storage Executive is fine, but if you are used to the Samsung Tool Box, you will be disappointed. You are best off with an aftermarket cooling solution, as I do not think the "stock" heat sink some of the models come with would be adequate for file transfers, especially being so close to a hot Video Card. Tom's Hardware has some good testing reviews on Gen 5.0 SSD heatsinks with heat pipes. Cheers!

Antony Steele · 2024-10-16 · via amazon

Very fast performance – up to 14,500 MB/s read and 12,700 MB/s write PCIe 5.0 technology for next-generation high-speed storage Great for gaming and heavy workloads like video editing and large file transfers Reliable with a 5-year warranty Runs hot under heavy use, so good cooling is recommended More expensive than most PCIe 4.0 SSDs Overall: One of the fastest consumer SSDs, best for high-end PCs and enthusiasts. Got this on black Friday sale

Raj · 2026-03-14 · via amazon

Bought this drive to replace my boot drive in my main rig. Drive works flawlessly and is super fast. Price was amazing when I bought it literally a week before the ai craze started. You will need aftermarket cooling if using this drive for large file transfers or applications that push the drive full speed for sustained periods. I have mine paired with a Rhermalrigh h10 Pro digital and it keeps my drive below 50c under load.

Keith Runyon · 2026-03-22 · via amazon

Works great, really fast.

Angel Rodolofo Benitez · 2026-04-04 · via amazon

This thing is fast. It souped up my whole computer. Difficult work on whole videos upscaling them works is minutes.

amxcoder · 2026-03-08 · via amazon

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VALUE SCORE

Cap

1000

Read

7100MB/s

Type

NVMe

Cap

500

Read

14000MB/s

Type

NVMe