Light Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Any thoughts on Kingston's line of KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs? https://www.kingston.com/en/ssd/kc3000-nvme-m2-solid-state-drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnotaku Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 SSDs are so commoditized that pretty much anything from a recognizable brand is going to be decent. 2 Desktop: Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 32 GB RAM | GeForce RTX 4070 Super | 4 TB SSD | Windows 11 MacBook Pro 14: M1 Max 10-core CPU | 64 GB RAM | 32-core GPU | 2 TB SSD | macOS Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Gaming: Ryzen 7 6800H | 16 GB RAM | GeForce RTX 3050 | 512 GB SSD | Windows 11 Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro: Ryzen 5 5600U | 16 GB RAM | Radeon Graphics | 512 GB SSD | Windows 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I have to agree, When searching for a SSD in 2024 the higher the storage so long as gen 3 and a brand you have heard before is a buy granted the price is right. but into the nitty gritty yes its a great drive, also look into the teamgroup ssds, they are a great bargain. 2 ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasudev Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 This is what I felt after owning multiple Samsung,WD and Micron SSDs. Crucial/Micron - Just works but not performant compared to competition. SK Hynix/Solidigm - Great SSD with best power/performance. Not available Worldwide. Kingston - Great performant NAND and firmware with high TBW Samsung - One of the best, but few drives can have ASPM issues with their drivers and certain budget drives can't upgrade their firmware WD - One of the best but can have issues or problems like Samsung. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 one more vote for samsung, I bought a T7 External SSD from samsung it was like half off and came to 280cad so I jumped as storage is an issue and since I own like 5 laptops all with usb c ports I thought it would be nice to just plug and play. It was concerning at first that it was just 680mbs and I thought well its faster than a HDD and in the end its 680mbs sustained and it actually feels lightning fast, everything transfers fast even small files, I have a sn850x a gen 4 ssd that needs to be moved to my gaming laptop but the T7 feels just as zippy as a 7400mbs ssd. if you need a fast high storage ssd that doesn't break the bank then a T7 on sale is a no brainer ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nforce4max Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 When shopping around besides the usual price and capacity I always look for the TBW/DWPD ratings as well the nand type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 thats smart to a degree. but honestly they all last a long extremely long time. I constantly reboot windows and reinstall OS and games almost weekly and my tbw on a average ssd will last 40 years ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullit Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 5 years guarantee too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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