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In contrast, my Firecuda 530 drive runs 12 degrees cooler on idle and stays in the 40's during the same gaming session.
Both are very fast. You likely won't experience any major speed difference. KC3000, 980 PRO, 530, 850, 850X, P41 … all are top class. Get what's on-sale. I'd buy another 530 over the P41 purely for temps.
I just went through the same situation deciding what to buy for a Gen 3 XPS. I thought I'd buy a Gen 4 to "future proof", but heat seems to be an issue for most Gen 4s. If the 530 is cool(er), then it's a possibility.
If you definitely want cooler, buy the previous Gold P31 version, which is what I ended up doing. I've had it for a few days, but haven't installed it yet. All reviews said it was efficient and cool, which is what's important to me.
Speed? Specs are often just noise that get in the way of making intelligent decisions. People can't tell the difference between SATA M.2 SSDs and PCIe SSDs, so 95% of the time you'll never notice anything between Gen 3 and Gen 4, and that includes gaming...
The P41 does not have a clear advantage over others like the P31 did. So, it is hard to justify a premium over other name brand - Kingston, Seagate, WD, etc who have great Gen 4s and beat Sk Hynix to the market with latest high-layer NANDs.
Gen 4s typically run hotter than Gen 3s when max performance is extracted and so not great for laptops unless heat conduction is built into the laptop for SSDs or the storage is not taxed much (no gaming, long duration media processing, etc). A heat sink is recommended for PS5 and a good airflow essential in Desktops.
But that is not to say 4th Gen is irrelevant or not much advantage over 3rd Gen. The effects are more subtle, like 120hz screens vs 60hz screens. You might be perfectly ok with the latter but once you have used the former, you notice the difference over time. It isn't a wow factor. Assuming you have Gen 4 slot, you will definitely notice it while copying large files. If you have marginal memory say 8GB or you do a lot of multi-tasking, the Gen 4 will make the computer a bit faster because the paging will be faster. Gen 4 advantage starts to show up for any transfers over 32MB or so. Windows can do larger page sizes than than that.
A few things that lead to this. Gen 4s tend to use latest controllers and NAND over Gen 3s that may make a difference in performance. Throughput is just one spec. There is also the latency and IOPs in performance and other factors like durability. Offsetting this is the heat factor. So, broad conclusions between Gen 4 and Gen 3 are silly. Choose what is better for your use now and how long you expect it to last that way.
And finally, what is the premium of Gen 4 over Gen 3.
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For items that are available for a limited time or likely to run out of stock, I just buy again and return. Returning it to the nearest Whole Foods for almost immediate refund to online account is easy enough.
Of course, if you are type that destroys or throws away item packaging within 30 days, then you don't deserve a price match.
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Just something to dip you toe in the water or do you want to future proof?
Plenty of people edit on Gen 3 just fine. But your bottleneck will really depend on all your components and what you are ingesting and exporting.
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Read the comment section as well. They interact and give their honest opinions. They don't seem too fussy about PCIE 3 vs 4. But I just glanced through it.
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Amongst the top tier drives - Kingston KC3000/Renegade Fury, WD SN850, Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Firecuda 530, SK Hynix P41, it is fine to just go by price, warranty handling differences.
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One question though. What about Gen 3 vs. Gen 4? Both this KIngston KC3000 and the Hynix P41 seem to beGen 4 PCIe drives whereas the P31 is a Gen 3 drive. Is that correct?