Published May 13, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT

Hamlin has been in the tech field for over seven years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf , OSXDaily, Beebom, MashTips, and more. He served as the Senior Editor for MUO for two years before joining XDA. He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or on a flight than anywhere else.

When I first bought the Crucial T700 a couple of years ago, I didn't really have huge expectations because my older Corsair MP600 PCIe 4.0 SSD was already fast enough that game loading times never bothered me in the first place. Still, there was a part of me that expected at least some kind of noticeable improvement going from 7,000MB/s to 12,000MB/s.…