Review Re-Testing Crucial’s P2 SSD After QLC Downgrade - Tom's

[UsandThem]

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/crucial-p2-ssd-qlc-flash-swap-downgrade

Every review that you see of the P2 has higher performance values than what you’ll see with the new models. There’s no way to tell which drive is which, so it’s best to assume that all P2 SSDs on the market come with QLC flash now, and the Crucial P2 won’t live up to its billing in the numerous product reviews you’ll find on the internet.

We no longer recommend Crucial’s P2 for those seeking a value-level SSD. Rather, we would go as far as to place it on our ‘do not buy’ list.

I'm really not a fan of companies doing these major downgrades on their products, and not changing the model number.

After these changes, this drive is now likely the worst performing NVMe drives out there.

 

[gdansk]

It's a misleading, anti-consumer practice. If Micron cannot make the required flash memory, then introduce a new product name: P2Q.

 

[DeathReborn]

All review sites should replace their old data with the new data & some big fat middle fingers in the conclusion.

 

[Soulkeeper]

I've been trying hard to get excited over a crucial/micron SSD since the ~10yr old M4, but they just stopped trying.

 

[UsandThem]

I've been trying hard to get excited over a crucial/micron SSD since the ~10yr old M4, but they just stopped trying.

While not as cutting edge as their competitors when it came to product releases, they offered solid products at attractive pricing (like the MX500 vs. Intel 850 EVO).

However, their entire NVMe lineup has been pretty underwhelming. The P1 and P2 were late to the game, and were slower than most of their competition. They finally got around to launching a competitive PCIe 3.0 x4 drive in the P5, but at that point most of their competitors were onto NVMe 4.0 drives.

The P5 Plus (PCIe 4.0) was just launched, so they really didn't the bad press at this time. Adata was (rightly) called out when they cheapened their existing models without disclosing they were doing it, so it's only fair Crucial receives the same treatment since they chose to follow in the same footsteps.

 

[zir_blazer]

I still recall that Seagate did something similar with a 2 TB Barracuda, ST2000DM001. The initial version than shipped to reviewers used two platters, then a different HD with three platters than was worse than the review unit in every sense was the one that flooded the market, under the same model number.
Also WD did something similar with their Red line being silently swapped out to SMR based HDs. ServeTheHome made an article about that.