With NAND flash prices soaring, it's no surprise that we've not exactly been flush with huge discounts on SSDs during this Black Friday sale season. Luckily, Amazon has come to the rescue with arguably the best-priced SSD on sale in the UK right now, slashing the price of this Crucial P310 with 1TB of storage to less than £60.
That's as good as it gets, and probably will get, for some time if you're looking for a 1TB SSD with Gen 4 speeds or better. Costing just £59.99, the Crucial P310 isn't quite back down to record low levels, but it has climbed right back down to a price level we haven't seen for several weeks, according to Camelcamelcamel's data.
In our Crucial P310 review, we saw that the Crucial P310 offered decent, all-round performance, but it wasn't especially great value at its RRP. Slipping under £60 changes the equation, however, making this a drive that would make for a worthy addition to a PC.
A lot of that is down to those read and write speeds. With sequential read and write speeds of 7,100 MB/s and 6,000 MB/s, the Crucial P310 isn't the fastest Gen 4 SSD you can buy, but it is significantly faster than older Gen 3 drives. Compare and contrast, for instance, against the fastest PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, the Samsung 990 Pro, which has read and write speeds of 7,450 MB/s and 6,900 MB/s, but costs almost twice as much at UK retailers right now.
The Crucial P310 uses the Phison E27T controller along with Micron’s 232-layer QLC NAND. Our benchmark tests showed that it sat comfortably in the middle of the pack, managing to beat even faster drives like the WD Black SN850X. This would be a good daily driver for your operating system, or you could use it as a spare backup drive for important files, or even as your go-to drive for your game collection, thanks to its impressive responsiveness and speed.
There's a five-year limited warranty thrown in with the P310, which does offer some peace of mind. There simply isn't a better-priced SSD available to UK buyers right now, and with prices soaring across the board, it's a pretty big outlier. Of course, if you need an even faster drive, Crucial's P510 1TB SSD with Gen 5 speeds is down to a record low £79.99 at Amazon, too.
Whichever drive you choose to buy, you'd better make it fast. SSD prices are getting higher across the board, and these are likely Black Friday-inspired outliers that might not last into next week. If you need to upgrade, this £59.99 1TB Crucial P310 is an especially great option on a budget, but it won't stay this price for long.
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