Crucial's P310 is hitting the big time, as a new full-length M.2 2280 version of the NVMe SSD has launched today. The original Crucial P310 was released earlier this year in a 2230 form factor and has become one of the best SSDs for the Steam Deck handheld PC.
The 2280 P310 maintains the same read and write speeds as its smaller older brother, advertised at 7,100 / 6,000 MB/s, reads and writes over PCIe Gen4. This represents a 40% performance boost over Crucial's P3 Plus for only a few dollars more; the P310 is launching at $88 for 500GB, $114 for 1TB, and $189 for 2TB. This pricing also comes in just a hair cheaper than the P310 2230, which has been subject to some price spikes in recent weeks but has been returned to its MSRP on Crucial's website today.
