Storage
Crucial T705 2TB NVMe SSD
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Bought for one thing: moving very large files quickly. Card after card of footage coming in, disk images, project folders in the hundreds of gigabytes copied between volumes — work where the transfer is the job and the minutes are real ones. The T705 sits at the top of the sequential speed chart and it comes with requirements attached. It runs hot at full tilt, so a heatsink and moving air are part of fitting it, not an optional extra afterwards.
Key Specs
Capacity — 2TB
Interface — PCIe 5.0 NVMe
Form factor — M.2 2280
Cooling — Heatsink and airflow required
Best for — Large-file ingest and transfer
Warranty — Full manufacturer warranty
What It Pairs With
A board with a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and a substantial cover over it, in a case with real airflow rather than a sealed front panel. It belongs in an ingest or edit machine alongside plenty of memory and a second large drive to move finished work onto — this is the fast working volume, not the archive. Check the cover clears the graphics card before ordering; on some boards the primary M.2 position sits very close to the top slot.
Who This Isn’t For
A build with no PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, or one where that slot sits bare beneath the graphics card with nothing moving air across it — the drive will reduce its own speed to protect itself and you will have paid for a figure you never see. It is also the wrong shape for a machine whose storage work is small and scattered rather than large and continuous; that is a different property entirely, and this drive is not built around it.
Common Questions
How much cooling does it actually need?
A board-mounted M.2 heatsink and some air moving through the case. Most current X870 and Z890 boards ship with covers that are adequate. Send us the board model and we will tell you whether yours is one of them.
Will I actually see the rated speeds?
On a Gen5 slot with cooling, on large sequential transfers, yes. On small files or short copies no drive reaches its rated figures — that is a property of the workload rather than of this drive.
Will the heatsink fit under my graphics card?
Usually, but not always: the primary M.2 slot sits directly below the top PCIe slot on most boards. Tell us the board and the card and we will check the clearance before anything is ordered.
PCIe 5.0 speeds need a free PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and proper cooling, and some M.2 slots share bandwidth with other slots and switch them off when filled. Send us your motherboard model with the enquiry and we will confirm the slot, the cooling and the clearance. Availability confirmed at time of quote.