This $502 4TB Crucial T705 is the cheapest Gen 5 SSD you can buy right now for just 12.5 cents per GB — ultra-fast storage upgrade with unreal 14,500 MB/s speeds is $181 less than a month ago, hitting its lowest price since February
- ID
- 22713
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 09 Sep 2026, 7:05 PM
- Fetched
- 09 Sep 2026, 7:43 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/this-usd502-4tb-crucial-t705-is-the-cheapest-gen-5-ssd-you-can-buy-right-now-for-just-12-5-cents-per-gb-ultra-fast-storage-upgrade-with-unreal-14-500-mb-s-speeds-is-usd181-less-than-a-month-ago-hitting-its-lowest-price-since-february
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 3.5
- Created
- 09 Sep 2026, 7:44 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learners
What happened
The 4TB Crucial T705 Gen 5 SSD has dropped to $502 (12.5 cents/GB) in the US, down $181 from a month ago, with read speeds up to 14,500 MB/s. This is its lowest price since February.
Why it matters
For builders running local AI/ML workloads where model loading and dataset I/O are bottlenecks, Gen 5 SSDs at sub-$0.13/GB are approaching the point where upgrading from Gen 4 is justifiable. However, this is a US price; Malaysian buyers must factor in import costs and local retailer margins, which may erase the savings.
Discussion angle
Whether Gen 5 SSD speeds actually matter for local LLM inference and training pipelines, or if the bottleneck is elsewhere — and whether Malaysian pricing makes this deal irrelevant locally.