Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Crucial T500 2TB Drive has been an absolute game-changer for my gaming experience with the PS5. It fit perfectly into my console, and it's exactly what I needed to expand my storage capacity. Initially, I had purchased a 1TB drive to increase my system's storage, but after a few years of gaming, both the console storage and the external storage were at their limits. The installation process was a breeze. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to set up the drive in my PS5. Within a matter of minutes, I had it up and running, ready to accommodate my growing game library. One standout feature of this drive is its built-in heatsink. It's a thoughtful addition that not only adds to the drive's durability but also ensures that it operates at an optimal temperature. This, in turn, will likely extend the overall lifespan of the drive, giving me peace of mind that my investment is well-protected. In terms of performance, I have to say that I haven't encountered any noticeable issues while playing games that are loaded onto the T500. The speed and responsiveness have been impressive, and I haven't experienced any lag or slowdowns. It's truly a seamless experience, allowing me to enjoy my games without any interruptions. One of the most significant benefits of this upgrade is the sheer amount of extra room it provides. No longer am I limited to playing only the games that can fit on the PS5's internal memory. With the T500's generous 2TB capacity, I can now install and enjoy a wide variety of games without constantly worrying about storage space. The Crucial T500 2TB Drive has been a fantastic addition to my gaming setup. It's easy to install, offers excellent performance, and provides ample storage space. The built-in heatsink is a thoughtful feature, and brings me peace of mind. If you've recently purchased a PS5 or are simply in need of additional storage for your gaming needs, I highly recommend the Crucial T500 2TB Drive.

It is a very good PS5 drive, as per my PS5 it is as good as the SN850x it replaced. After formatting PS5 told me the speed was 5468. Now I understand that this drive is advertised for much higher read speed, close to 7K+ but only gets 5468 on PS5. The thing is that it is same for all the drives I have tested, my SN850X also gets close to 5500 mark and so does the Samsung 990 drive. So, nothing problematic here, I am sure if you set it to a PC and test it with CrystalDiskMark or some other tool, it will correctly report the sequential read speed as 7K plus. I think PS5 just average out a couple of benchmarks and reports the number. I further tested it and played few more games for some time. I faced no issue in 2 hours long session of last of us 2 remaster and Death Loop. I checked and the heatsink did it job perfectly, I could feel it was a little warm but no complaints from PS5. Please note I did not put the disk cover back. My PC also recognized it correctly using the M2 port but as it is bit dated with PCI 3.0 bus, it cannot utilize the full speed of this drive. Overall a very good disk standing at same spot at SN850X or Samsung 980.

I have been using the Crucial T500 now in my PS5 for a few weeks, well, my kids have due to myself the day I installed this having a medical emergency, and they told me it ran flawlessly the entire time and notice faster load times then the old W brand we were using. So, now that I am all good, I have took the past 3 days and really utilized my PS5 to the max, running Warzone, GT7, and ACC all off the Crucial T500 SSD. I can honestly agree with my kids, all 4 of them, the Crucial loads much faster than the old SSD, GT7 was almost instant screen for once, it blew me away. I have had zero issues with the transfer of data back and forth as well from the OE internal SSD and the Crucial T500. No data loses or gaming issues have yet to arise, it just works flawlessly. I do not know what else to say but that, it works exactly how Crucial sells them for, fast and effective PS5 storage space. Install was a breeze as usual, if you are afraid, watch a YouTube how to and do it, takes no more than 10 minutes taking your time to add in massive amounts of space for more games! You need this if you are buying these big games today, Until Sony and their competitors man up and give us the needed 10tb of space right out of the box, we will just have to support companies like Crucial so we can have what it should already. Do not be afraid to buy the T500 SSD, it works and works perfect.

Given the size of games these days and all the add on content, 2TB should be the standard hard drive size for the PS5. I mean COD Black Ops with all the extra content was 403 GB on my system, this one game alone is almost half the standard PS5 hard drive. This SSD is replacing a 1 TB SSD I installed last year to give me more space. Though at the time I should have went 2TB, I couldn’t justify the price at the time so I went the smaller route. At the time the 1 TB option took care of my issue of not having to erase games to have the space for new ones, but that quickly changed. With having both drives almost filled up, going the 2TB route was a no brainer. The Crucial SSD drive has a maximum write speed of up to 7400 MB/s, when installed in the PS5 it was showing 5600 MB/s which was the same as the drive it replaced. Though I wish the PS5 came with at least 2Gb or really 3 Gb like I have now, I’m glad it takes 5 minutes or less to install a new one. If you want to stop having to erase games to add new ones, the Crucial 2Gb SSD is a great option from a company you know can trust for a quality SSD.

As much as I would like to maintain a physical only library for my PS5, the convenience of pre-loading games and not having to swap out discs is unfortunately too convenient for me. Which means that given most PS5 titles, especially AAA games, require easily 100 GB or more, my disc drive PS5 ran out of space pretty regularly. The Crucial T500 with heat sink was designed with the Ps5 in mind, and adds a very welcome 2 GB of extra memory. Installation: directions included with a QR code to scan for details. If you’ve never opened your PS5 casing, I’d recommend actually watching a quick YouTube video to get a visual description of where and how to apply pressure. It’s not hard, but it can feel like you’re putting too much pressure on in order to get the “pop” of the cover. Once the case cover is removed, you simply move the riser and screw to 80 and slot the memory stick in. Very very easy. Performance: I didn’t run the memory stick on my PC to get a full diag, but from real world use, I loaded COD MW 3 and I didn’t notice any difference. Crucial specs state the T500 is capable of up to 7,400/7,000MB/s sequential read/write speeds, but again, from use, I didn’t see any slowdown. I also didn’t feel like games loaded up much faster, so it’s probably on par with the stock memory speeds. Overall a very easy solution to increasing your PS5 memory capacity.

I had already been using a WD Black 1 TB SSD as my expansion storage, so first I had to clean that out before I could swap this into its place. I used another SSD I had and moved things from the old WD drive, then when that was finished, put this drive in and copied things back. The first thing I noticed when opening the packaging for this one - the whole unit feels a bit more solid than the WD Black did, even with the WD's built in heat sink. This sink seems a bit heavier. Swapping the drive out was not a problem - this slid right into place, got it screwed down, and then powered the PS5 back up. It immediately saw this drive and told me that I could either format it or power of the PS5. I formatted it. Went quickly, just a couple seconds, and it was there. Got in and copied everything off the temp SSD back to this again. I then copied a few more things off of the console storage just to make it less than half full so things were balanced out. Playing games off of it, I see absolutely no negative impact. Games still load ridiculously fast, the instant resume is fine. I love having yet another terabyte of free space over the WD Black I had in there. Since Sony made it so easy to upgrade, and this is such a great price for what you get, definitely something I'd recommend to any gamer with a PS5.

When I received this Crucial T500 2TB SSD I was concerned that this would be aggravating to install. I knew there would be some disassembly of my PS5 and I think that would make anybody a little nervous. The form factor of this SSD is tiny! The picture doesn't do it justice in terms of size. I am happy to say that I was completely wrong about the install. It could not have been easier! Keep in mind that instructions are all located online, none really come with the box. Once I went to the listed web address I found the tutorial, complete with written descriptions and pictures for installation reference. All I had to do is take off one of the exterior covers of the PS5. After that I took a small screwdriver and removed one more metal cover and the access to the memory upgrade slot was uncovered! There is one more screw and spacer that had to be moved. Other than that, the memory card just slides right in! Once I installed the memory card and replaced all the covers, I turned on my PS5. It immediately recognized the upgrade and formatted it. Now I have PLENTY of space for more games and data. Gone are the days of having to remove games to install new ones! I couldn't be happier!

This is a great pcie drive, if not one of the best. I think if you are looking to expand your internal memory on your ps5 then this is the best out there. It is a great size, meaning base file space, and top notch performance. The cons are that the overall size is thick and this prevents the drive from being in laptops or most external drive enclosures. If you plan to use it in a PC with a normal pcie drive slot or the ps5 then it is a great pick. If your motherboard needs to use a special shroud or just looks better with one installed then this may not be a great fit for you or your system. It is a top performer when it comes to performance and the pre-installed heat sink is great for what it does. If you don't need a flatter drive then this is a great pick and you will not be disappointed. Like most if not all drives of this size it did not come with the screw. I always think that is a negative for people. It does not have any RBG features for your computer but just for the PS5 it is the best drive made in my opinion.

I have been putting off the inevitable for years now with my PlayStation 5 Console. The 1TB of built in storage is not enough if you like to play a wide variety of games like I do. For years I have been deleting and downloading the same content over and over and over. A vicious and annoying cycle, especially with newly introduced data caps from my lovely ISP! The Crucial T500 2TB SSD is such a welcome addition to my console gaming setup! It took me all of maybe 10 minutes to install, and then it was ready to go after booting up! I took another run at downloading several games, and WOW! The speeds are amazing, and I have so much storage now! I was worried that having a different drive would slow things down, but it definitely has not! My load times are just as fast as ever, and I have an extra 12 games stored locally that I had to pick and choose from before, and keep downloading again and again. If you have a PS5 and you are ready to expand that storage without breaking the bank, then grab the Crucial T500!

This is the drive to get if you're looking to upgrade or expand storage on your laptop, PC or PS5 console. First, this drive is backwards compatible with Gen3 slots and this particular model has a heat sink pre-attached if you're installing it in to a console or PC where there is no pre-installed heatsink. It is a low profile and helps keep the drive cool, especially when you're putting it under heavy read/write operations like during gaming. For the boards that have a heatsink built-in Crucial offers one identical without the pre-installed heat sink. If you're into gaming whter on PC or PS5, I'd say this is a must-have upgrade, it is a supported drive for Microsoft's DirectStorage on Windows and obviously would be a great way to expand storage on a PS5. I'm looking forward to more PC games supporting Direct Storage and I'd say if you have PS5 I'd definitely get one of these as it cuts load times. As of right now there are not a ton of games on Windows that support this technology, but updates are coming to several titles I play that are supposed to get updates to take advantage of it. It's nice knowing that my machine is ready for it and I can't wait. It is however important to note that DirectStorage does not work with RAID enabled so I would recommend checking Microsoft's requirements to enable this feature via a Google search. That said, this drive even just compared to other older NVME drives is capable of loading things faster with it's blazing fast read and write times and even just copying large files or videos it's clear this drive is blazing fast. When running the CrystalDisk benchmark on my machine the read and write speeds are consistent with the advertised speeds, though it is worth noting that your motherboard, and software settings may vary results but it is fair to say it's in line with speeds advertised. At these speeds the bottleneck quickly become other areas in your system like the CPU/GPU and RAM with the Chipset/Motherboard. Ultimately, that makes this drive a good futureproof investment that should be able to last and what's impressive is that Crucial backs this drive with a 5 year warranty on top of that. So even if your current motherboard doesn't support Gen4 slots onboard the new board surely will and this drive will be ready. Alternatively, you can get a PCI-Express NVME adapter that supports Gen4 provided you have a PCI-E x4 slot available so that is another option to expand storage WITHOUT having upgrade your motherboard. Again, there may be other bottlenecks doing that and speeds would then be based on what the motherboard supports on the PCI-E bus/chipset, but it is a way to expand storage and take advantage of Gen4 speeds without totally changing your system. This is also a great way to just add storage for installing games to the drive (which is what I do) without having to move your OS installation, which requires a number of steps and an adapter if your PC or laptop does not have a second NVME slot. I'd recommend this drive, especially if you are looking to expand storage and having other Crucial drives I can say they are dependable and offer consistent performance over the long term or at least they have for me and this drive is no exception.

Good price and great all around, comes with a heat sink and is better bank for buck compared to samsung

Obtained this for use with a PS5. Installation was simple and easy. 2 TB is a lot of memory and the speed of the memory is very good. While I did not run any benchmarks, the memory seems just as fast as the built-in memory in my PS5. Includes a heat sink, which is important in the PS5 because it does not look like there is much, if any, airflow across the SSD when installed in the PS5. I was actually a little surprised because this 2 TB stick is a little "shorter" than a full-length SSD (at least compared to previous SSDs that I have used). Unit comes in a relatively simple box with some directions. Aside from that, the "experience" with this memory is relatively no frills, but it does what it is supposed to do (provides 2 TB of storage) and it does so quickly. Unfortunately, I have not been using the memory for very long, so I am unable to provide any feedback on the longevity of the memory. Given experiences with other SSDs, however, I would suspect (or hope) that it would hold up well over time. So, the short story is that this memory is fast and spacious. Looking for an SSD to plug into your PS5 to expand your storage? Definitely worth considering.

Worked perfectly in the PS5, easy to install and setup.

I absolutely love this storage unit! I know I can depend on best buy to have everything I need!!!

Easy to install and working as expected! Great quality!