The NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, a new M.2 2280 4×4 NVMe PCIe SSD that is said to bring next-gen performance in a compact form factor, featuring read speeds of up to 6,000 MB/s and write speeds of up to 5,000 MB/s, is now available in capacities from 500 GB to 4 TB, Kingston has announced. The new SSD, which Kingston says is ideal for creators and gamers looking to enhance their PC performance, includes a free year of Acronis True Image for Kingston software, alongside the Kingston SSD Manager application, enabling users to monitor drive health and disk usage, update drive firmware, and securely erase data.
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Features and specifications include:
- Form factor: M.2 2280
- Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
- Capacities:Â 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB
- NAND: 3D
- Endurance (Total Bytes Written):
- 500GB – 160TB
- 1TB – 320TB
- 2TB – 640TB
- 4TB – 1280TB
- Sequential read/write:
- 500GB – 160TB
- 1TB – 320TB
- 2TB – 640TB
- 4TB – 1280TB
- Storage temperature: -40°C~85°C
- Operating temperature: 0°C~70°C
- Dimensions: 22mm x 80mm x 2.3mm
- Weight: 7g (All capacities)
- Vibration Non-operating: 20G (20-1000Hz)
- MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
- Warranty/support:Â Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support
A video promo with features overview:
Meet the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD! With speeds up to 6,000/5,000MB/s and a sleek, space-saving design, it's your go-to for top-tier performance and efficiency. Available from 500GB to 4TB.
— Kingston Technology (@kingstontech) September 3, 2024
Kingston on its latest SSD:
The Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is a robust next-gen storage solution powered by a Gen 4×4 NVMe controller. The Kingston NV3 delivers read/write speeds of up to 6,000/5,000MB/s, ensuring a faster system capable of handling a variety of workloads, from editing to gaming. The drive optimizes system performance and delivers value without compromise. Its compact single-sided M.2 2280 (22x80mm) design allows for storage expansion up to 4TB, while saving space for other components. As a cost-effective storage solution, the NV3 is ideal for creators and gamers looking to enhance their PC performance.
Discussion (6 replies)
Join Discussion →No mention of 4k random though.
I've had very good luck with their NV2 line. Very good price per performance.
Honestly.. you want fast 4k random reads . Give me a sood multi terabyte nvme on the fastest bus you can. But give me 100 gig of dram cache per terabyte. I know it's a pipe dream. But that's how you do it. Then when you launch a game it can just load all the assets as you call them into dram and maintain it until they age our with cache refreshes. Heck imagine setting it up to prefetch the game or games you plan to play. Then your loading times will effectively be bus limited.
And that drive would cost 1k for a 2 to drive.
And I would be tempted.
I'm not even sure you really need the DRAM - how much penalty is there for a cache miss and then loading from TLC vs directly loading from MLC or SLC?
At this point I should just look into enterprise SLC drives. There must be a 512GB or 1TB SLC drive out there somewhere.
It's been shown numerous times that game load times are not really effected by disk speed beyond a point. I think it was GN that tested it with gen 3 and 4 drives. The load times were identical, within margin of error in testing. You're basically limited at the OS layer and game engine's ability to churn through the data.
Primocache is pretty nice.