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Amazon has 1TB Kingston NV2 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD Solid State Drive (SNV2S/1000G) on sale for $60.99 - $25.82 savings at checkout = $31.76 -> Now $35.17. Shipping is free.
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Tom's Hardware review:
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.
I got it the first time it popped up here and it is slow. I will use it for nonessential data, if you don't have a use for it, I think it is expensive even for $30 Smilie
The thing about buying a drive that you can't trust is that you can't always remember that you shouldn't trust it. Drives with a high chance of failure are almost worthless.

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05-11-2024 at 11:04 PM.
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In stock now...go go go..
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05-11-2024 at 11:44 PM.
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Both of mine were SM2267XT controller with intel QLC. I think all the ones sold are QLC versions now.
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05-12-2024 at 05:42 AM.
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For a pure game drive, this will work.
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05-12-2024 at 11:01 AM.
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In for one at that price. Will make a nice 2nd drive for my laptop.
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05-13-2024 at 10:57 AM.
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discount is only $13.56 now.
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05-13-2024 at 04:25 PM.
05-13-2024 at 04:25 PM.
Quote from Ilovedeals :
Both of mine were SM2267XT controller with intel QLC. I think all the ones sold are QLC versions now.
Maybe that is why it is selling for cheap. I wonder if there is a way to identify the controller without opening the package and pulling the sticker
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05-14-2024 at 01:55 PM.
05-14-2024 at 01:55 PM.
Quote from Ilovedeals :
Both of mine were SM2267XT controller with intel QLC. I think all the ones sold are QLC versions now.
Are yours both running SBM02106 firmware? A Kitguru review from 2023 indicated their's had a SM2267XT controller with SBM02103 firmware so I'm almost positive this indicates mine is the same controller. I didn't remove my sticker to check the NAND.
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In for one at that price. Will make a nice 2nd drive for my laptop.
I will show you why this is not great for a laptop. Here are the NVME power states reported by this SSD, now that I have it in hand.
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KINGSTON SNV2S1000G

Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 5.00W - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 + 3.50W - - 1 1 1 1 0 200
2 + 2.50W - - 2 2 2 2 0 1000
3 - 1.50W - - 3 3 3 3 5000 5000
4 - 1.50W - - 4 4 4 4 20000 70000
Here are some other NVME models I have gathered information from.
Quote :
Hynix BC501, 256GB

Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 3.5000W - - 0 0 0 0 5 5
1 + 2.4000W - - 1 1 1 1 30 30
2 + 1.9000W - - 2 2 2 2 100 100
3 - 0.0350W - - 3 3 3 3 1000 1000
4 - 0.0050W - - 3 3 3 3 1000 5000
===============================================================
WD SN520, 256GB

Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 2.60W - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 + 2.60W - - 1 1 1 1 0 0
2 + 1.70W - - 2 2 2 2 0 0
3 - 0.0250W - - 3 3 3 3 5000 9000
4 - 0.0025W - - 4 4 4 4 5000 44000
===============================================================
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001

Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 5.00W - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 + 3.50W - - 1 1 1 1 0 0
2 + 3.00W - - 2 2 2 2 0 0
3 - 0.0700W - - 3 3 3 3 4000 10000
4 - 0.0035W - - 4 4 4 4 4000 40000
===============================================================
Acer Predator SSD GM7000 1TB (High performance, 7000 MB/s read)

Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 3.50W - - 0 0 0 0 5 5
1 + 3.30W - - 1 1 1 1 50 100
2 + 2.80W - - 2 2 2 2 50 200
3 - 0.1500W - - 3 3 3 3 500 7500
4 - 0.0080W - - 4 4 4 4 2000 60000
As you can see, the sleep states of the Kingston still use 1.5 watts, whereas other SSDs commonly use 50 to 500 TIMES less power in those states. Sleep states on NVMEs are typically entered after 500 to 1000 ms of inactivity, so this matters a lot. A common laptop may use 1.5 watts at idle for the entire system (minus display), so 1.5 watts for just the SSD doubles the idle power usage. If you don't mind that, then it's fine for a laptop, provided you can keep it cool.
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05-14-2024 at 02:45 PM.
05-14-2024 at 02:45 PM.
Quote from Relik :
Are yours both running SBM02106 firmware? A Kitguru review from 2023 indicated their's had a SM2267XT controller with SBM02103 firmware so I'm almost positive this indicates mine is the same controller. I didn't remove my sticker to check the NAND.

I will show you why this is not great for a laptop. Here are the NVME power states reported by this SSD, now that I have it in hand.


Here are some other NVME models I have gathered information from.

As you can see, the sleep states of the Kingston still use 1.5 watts, whereas other SSDs commonly use 50 to 500 TIMES less power in those states. Sleep states on NVMEs are typically entered after 500 to 1000 ms of inactivity, so this matters a lot. A common laptop may use 1.5 watts at idle for the entire system (minus display), so 1.5 watts for just the SSD doubles the idle power usage. If you don't mind that, then it's fine for a laptop, provided you can keep it cool.
i used a nvme flash id from https://www.usbdev.ru/files/smi/sminvmeflashid/

Drive : 6(NVME)
Scsi : 4
IOCtl: NVME_OF failed 0x1!
Driver : W10
Model : KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
Fw : SBM02106
HMB : 65536 - 65536 KB (Enabled, 64 M)
Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
LBA Size : 512
Controller: [SM2267XT] bufferless
Bank00: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank01: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank02: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank03: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank04: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank05: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank06: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank07: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
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05-14-2024 at 03:35 PM.
05-14-2024 at 03:35 PM.
Quote from riffdex :
Don't use it as an external drive. External doesn't support HMB and this drive is DRAM-less
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i used a nvme flash id from https://www.usbdev.ru/files/smi/sminvmeflashid/

Drive : 6(NVME)
Scsi : 4
IOCtl: NVME_OF failed 0x1!
Driver : W10
Model : KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
Fw : SBM02106
HMB : 65536 - 65536 KB (Enabled, 64 M)
Cool, thank you! I forgot that I downloaded a ton of SSD ID tools myself almost 2 years ago.

Here's mine while running through a Realtek USB NVME enclosure (RTL9210B). Note that it wants HMB, but of course it's not available. It still works fine but writes will cause more flash writes than if HMB were in use. One small advantage of using it in this Realtek enclosure is when the NVME is idle for a time (default 1 minute), it completely powers it off - it doesn't use the sleep states.

Drive : 5(USB)
Bridge : RTL
Model : KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
Fw : SBM02106
HMB : 65536 - 65536 KB
Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
LBA Size : 512
AdminCmd : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0C 0x10 0x11 0x14 0x80 0x84 0xC0 0xC1 0xC2 0xE0 0xE1
I/O Cmd : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x05 0x08 0x09
Controller: [SM2267XT] bufferless
Bank00: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank01: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank02: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank03: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank04: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank05: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank06: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank07: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
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05-15-2024 at 09:38 AM.
05-15-2024 at 09:38 AM.
Anyone received theirs yet? Or at least shipped? Mine hasn't shipped although it says arriving May 20-29 so there's plenty of time for it to ship still. Has anyone had their order cancelled?
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05-15-2024 at 11:43 AM.
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Quote from riffdex :
Anyone received theirs yet? Or at least shipped? Mine hasn't shipped although it says arriving May 20-29 so there's plenty of time for it to ship still. Has anyone had their order cancelled?
Mine shows June.
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05-15-2024 at 12:06 PM.
Quote from riffdex :
Anyone received theirs yet? Or at least shipped? Mine hasn't shipped although it says arriving May 20-29 so there's plenty of time for it to ship still. Has anyone had their order cancelled?

Mine was moved up from June 5 to June 1
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05-16-2024 at 12:08 AM.
05-16-2024 at 12:08 AM.
I got a never heard of controller. Tenafe TC2200 + Intel qlc. Had to rip off the sticker to see it. Thought for sure I had SMI 2267 as the phison id didnt work. But the SMI id also would get stuck reading the info. Weird.... Oh well it was cheap and only for my laptop game storage.

v0.1a
OS: 10.0 build 22631
Drive : 1(NVME)
Scsi : 1
Driver : W10
Model : KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
Fw : CBG04418
HMB : 65536 - 65536 KB (Enabled, 64 M)
Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
LBA Size: 512
AdminCmd: 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0C 0x10 0x11 0x14 0x80 0xC1 0xC2 0xE5 0xE6
I/O Cmd : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x09
000: 03 00 0c 00 | 01 00 00 00 | 0c 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00
010: 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00
020: 5a 02 00 00 | 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 01 | 00 00 00 00
030: 8c 01 00 00 | 32 33 62 32 | 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00
040: 00 00 00 00 | 02 00 00 00 | 07 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00
050: 89 d3 ac 32 | c6 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00 | 00 00 00 00
350: 31 30 32 38 | 33 39 32 37 | 39 39 30 37 | 36 30 39 2d
360: 30 30 35 2e | 41 30 30 47 | 54 43 32 32 | 30 30 00 00
370: 54 65 6e 61 | 46 65 00 00 | 1f 00 75 00 | 23 00 7b 00
380: 1d 00 6e 00 | 1c 00 74 00 | 17 00 6c 00 | 17 00 6d 00
390: 17 00 6d 00 | 17 00 6d 00 | 45 4a 41 41 | 45 4f 41 42
Bank00: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank02: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank04: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank06: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank08: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank10: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank12: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
Bank14: 0x89,0xd3,0xac,0x32,0xc6,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Intel 144L QLC 1024Gb/CE 1024Gb/die
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05-16-2024 at 01:40 AM.
05-16-2024 at 01:40 AM.
Quote from riffdex :
Anyone received theirs yet? Or at least shipped? Mine hasn't shipped although it says arriving May 20-29 so there's plenty of time for it to ship still. Has anyone had their order cancelled?
I received mine, but I bought it at the $31.75 price on May 8th. Mine originally gave a June date but was surprise-shipped May 13th. I'm posting in this thread because it had the most posts.
Quote from kakashisensei :
I got a never heard of controller. Tenafe TC2200 + Intel qlc. Had to rip off the sticker to see it. Thought for sure I had SMI 2267 as the phison id didnt work. But the SMI id also would get stuck reading the info. Weird.... Oh well it was cheap and only for my laptop game storage.

v0.1a
OS: 10.0 build 22631
Drive : 1(NVME)
Scsi : 1
Driver : W10
Model : KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
Fw : CBG04418

That is an odd one, let us know if you have any trouble. For others, here's the two types we've seen. You can identify what you receive by viewing the Firmware ID in something like CrystalDiskInfo.

Fw : SBM02106 -- Controller: SMI SM2267XT, 64MB HMB
Fw : CBG04418 -- Controller: Tenafe TC2200, 64MB HMB

There are a bunch of 1 star reviews on Amazon for this SSD, but no one lists their firmware so we have no idea if failures happen with both controllers or what. The NAND seems unlikely as a failure point as it's Intel 144 layer QLC for all we've seen so far and that's the same NAND used in Intel's 670p offering. The universal thing that seemed to trigger the failures was utilizing much of the drive - more than 60% full.

I can attest to very slow rates while doing a restore to the drive of approximately 500 GB of data. After the initial amount (50GB?), it started oscillating between 350MB/s and 70MB/s write, but this was in a USB enclosure. After it was done and it was in a M2 slot, it was back to 3.5GB/s read and 2.5GB/s write in CrystalDiskMark.
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05-16-2024 at 02:12 AM.
05-16-2024 at 02:12 AM.
Why does 60% utilization cause the drive to fail?

Edit: just read the low reviews. One user said it died after 2 days, yikes
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