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2TB Kingston KC3000 3D TLC NAND PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive

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Kingston.com has 2TB Kingston KC3000 3D TLC NAND PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Solid State Drive (SKC3000D/2048G) on sale for $183.99. Shipping is free.

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Product Details:
  • Low profile graphene aluminum heat spreader
  • PCIe 4.0 NVMe high-performance with speeds up 7000MB/s
  • 1.6PBW
  • 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $21 lower (11.48% savings) than the list price.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal and the best uses for this SSD.
  • About this product:
    • Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support
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Kingston.com has 2TB Kingston KC3000 3D TLC NAND PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Solid State Drive (SKC3000D/2048G) on sale for $183.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member growmi for finding this deal.

Product Details:
  • Low profile graphene aluminum heat spreader
  • PCIe 4.0 NVMe high-performance with speeds up 7000MB/s
  • 1.6PBW
  • 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $21 lower (11.48% savings) than the list price.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal and the best uses for this SSD.
  • About this product:
    • Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support
  • About this store:

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stagger
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Save being obtuse for someone else. People such as equalme were clearly trying to apply the promo code to the 2TB. Telling him that it worked for you, when it clearly doesn't with the 2TB, was asinine and unhelpful. This is my final reply.

For anyone wondering, the promo code does not apply to the 2TB. Full stop.

Thank you to OP for the deal. Picked one up.

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Aug 9, 2022
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BeautifulMusic2111
Aug 9, 2022
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Pulled the trigger. Been waiting for a sale Like this. Hopefully it's worth!!
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BlueNarwhal5991
Aug 9, 2022
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Quote from Hawaiiana :
Yeah that works. Have one of these in one of my PS5 but is this nvme better than WD? The one that went on sale couple of weeks ago.
I haven't been paying super close attention lately but the wd 850 and Samsung 980 pro were neck and neck for 1st and this Kingston was pretty solidly 3rd amongst all the others. Samsung runs kind of hot though
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WingsOfF
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Quote from Hawaiiana :
Yeah that works. Have one of these in one of my PS5 but is this nvme better than WD? The one that went on sale couple of weeks ago.
This line is discontinued replaced by the Fury Renegade which is more expensive without much of a difference, so grab them while you can because main retailers have stopped carrying these.

This is in the WD SN850, 980 Pro class in performance. but cheaper.

Even the 1tb at $102 is a good deal.

These are also good in laptops with low power and heat characteristics and with Phison controllers nicely play with Macs and Hackintoshes which can take m.2 cards.
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MaroonCabbage1455
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Quote from Hawaiiana :
Yeah that works. Have one of these in one of my PS5 but is this nvme better than WD? The one that went on sale couple of weeks ago.
As a 2nd drive in a PS5, even much slower read/write speeds has very little impact on load times or overall performance:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4...ystation-5
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exe163
Aug 9, 2022
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I am building a new computer with motherboard supporting PCIe 4. First time buying M.2 SSD. Can the speed difference be felt for everyday use when compared to PCIe 3.0. And what's the sweet spot for cost/performance for M.2 SSD right now? I am debating if this is worth the premium. Also don't need it immediately and not sure if I would wait util black friday if the price is falling steeply at the moment especially for bleeding edge class storage.
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B.Pham
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Quote from exe163 :
I am building a new computer with motherboard supporting PCIe 4. First time buying M.2 SSD. Can the speed difference be felt for everyday use when compared to PCIe 3.0. And what's the sweet spot for cost/performance for M.2 SSD right now? I am debating if this is worth the premium. Also don't need it immediately and not sure if I would wait util black friday if the price is falling steeply at the moment especially for bleeding edge class storage.
I just built as well. The consensus is unless you're constantly reading/writing large amounts of data you will not notice 4.0 differences in normal or gaming scenarios. A good 3.0 SSD with DRAM cache is plenty. If you have the cash though to spare why not, I would suggest putting your OS on it.

I'm new to building so just my feedback but search around.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank homerj368

Micron just gave warning for the next 2 quarters today. I have a feeling there is going to be more rams and ssds deals in the next few weeks/months
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krnprogamer
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Quote from exe163 :
I am building a new computer with motherboard supporting PCIe 4. First time buying M.2 SSD. Can the speed difference be felt for everyday use when compared to PCIe 3.0. And what's the sweet spot for cost/performance for M.2 SSD right now? I am debating if this is worth the premium. Also don't need it immediately and not sure if I would wait util black friday if the price is falling steeply at the moment especially for bleeding edge class storage.
It's literally less than 1 second difference for each loading (when gaming). Rarely more than a second to two.
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timta2
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Quote from exe163 :
I am building a new computer with motherboard supporting PCIe 4. First time buying M.2 SSD. Can the speed difference be felt for everyday use when compared to PCIe 3.0. And what's the sweet spot for cost/performance for M.2 SSD right now? I am debating if this is worth the premium. Also don't need it immediately and not sure if I would wait util black friday if the price is falling steeply at the moment especially for bleeding edge class storage.
You will likely only see the difference by running synthetic benchmarks.
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jose_collado77
Aug 9, 2022
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Just ordered it. Great price! I hope it pans out well.
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Shake-N-Bake
Aug 9, 2022
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As far as 2TB goes, this is a good deal. If you're using it for a PS5, it won't be any faster than even the slowest SSDs, though, because no games use the full bandwidth of SSDs yet. So don't expect some crazy fast load times, compared to the stock SSD. At most, it MIGHT load games 1 or 2 seconds faster than even one with a speed of 3,200. However, if games during this generation end up using that speed later, you'll be future-proofed. There's a good video that Digital Foundry did a while back. I have a WD Black SN750 SE with a speed of 3600 and it will load games just as fast as this.
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turbosix
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Quote from Shake-N-Bake :
As far as 2TB goes, this is a good deal. If you're using it for a PS5, it won't be any faster than even the slowest SSDs, though, because no games use the full bandwidth of SSDs yet. So don't expect some crazy fast load times, compared to the stock SSD. At most, it will load games about 2 seconds faster than even one with a speed of 3,200. There's a good video that Digital Foundry did a while back. I have a WD Black SN750 SE with a speed of 3600 and it will load games just as fast as this.
no one is buying this expecting its going to be faster because no one has bought one of the cheaper ones and went "hmm this sucks lets get a faster one".

literally everyone buying this is doing so because they're tired of uninstalling stuff on the onboard ssd.
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chandleya
Aug 9, 2022
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I have 2x 2TB KC2500s. I have ZERO complaints. Great reliability, great performance, they go on sale at reasonable prices. Everything to like!
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RealSweetBrown
Aug 9, 2022
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Quote from exe163 :
I am building a new computer with motherboard supporting PCIe 4. First time buying M.2 SSD. Can the speed difference be felt for everyday use when compared to PCIe 3.0. And what's the sweet spot for cost/performance for M.2 SSD right now? I am debating if this is worth the premium. Also don't need it immediately and not sure if I would wait util black friday if the price is falling steeply at the moment especially for bleeding edge class storage.
Probably can't feel the difference. I upgraded from a 4th gen core i5 and sata SSD and felt the difference immediately.

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Quote from tonychestnut :
Right, got this cheap one from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDDK...ct_details
Fantastic heatsink. I paid $230 on a previous FP different drive, so this is a great deal and that is a great heatsink that fits perfect in ps5.

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