expiredphoinix | Staff posted May 08, 2024 05:59 AM
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expiredphoinix | Staff posted May 08, 2024 05:59 AM
1TB Kingston NV2 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD
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Kingston NV2 SSD Review: Cheap But Risky
A generic budget SSD with irregular hardware
The 2TB Kingston NV2 is a dirt cheap NVMe SSD and not much more. Performance is fairly bad, the drive runs hot, and you cannot be certain of the hardware. It makes for a cheap secondary drive but is not ideal for laptops or for use as a primary drive.
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Pros
The Kingston NV2 1 TB currently retails for $80.
Amazing price/performance
Good overall performance
Huge improvement over Kingston NV1
No thermal throttling, no heatsink needed
Excellent synthetic results (random IO)
Good sustained write speeds (for a DRAM-less value drive)
PCI-Express 4.0
Two temperature sensors
Compact form factor
Cons
Tops out at 3 GB/s writes
Components not guaranteed
SLC cache could be bigger
Warranty a bit short (3 years only)
DRAM-less design
Pros
The Kingston NV2 1 TB currently retails for $80.
Amazing price/performance
Good overall performance
Huge improvement over Kingston NV1
No thermal throttling, no heatsink needed
Excellent synthetic results (random IO)
Good sustained write speeds (for a DRAM-less value drive)
PCI-Express 4.0
Two temperature sensors
Compact form factor
Cons
Tops out at 3 GB/s writes
Components not guaranteed
SLC cache could be bigger
Warranty a bit short (3 years only)
DRAM-less design
Pros
The Kingston NV2 1 TB currently retails for $80.
Amazing price/performance
Good overall performance
Huge improvement over Kingston NV1
No thermal throttling, no heatsink needed
Excellent synthetic results (random IO)
Good sustained write speeds (for a DRAM-less value drive)
PCI-Express 4.0
Two temperature sensors
Compact form factor
Cons
Tops out at 3 GB/s writes
Components not guaranteed
SLC cache could be bigger
Warranty a bit short (3 years only)
DRAM-less design
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Kingston is the only manufacturer that I've had issues in all their various products (had, ssd, usb, etc). I want to give it yet another chance but was not meant to be this time.
At this rate SSD is going to be cheaper than spinning discs by December
Makes it $34.18. Still seems decent, I think?
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They're sacrificial.
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