Seems to be a good deal for a fast 2TB nvme ssd. Up to 3,500MB/s seq. read and 3,000MB/s seq. write speed.
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Well regarded? Is it QLC or TLC? Can't find any real review on it yet…
PNY is big in Europe and USA.
I would say that it's TLC NVMe going just by the read and write performance. You generally don't see QLC NVMe reaching to 3GB/s+ read/write (3500MB/s read, 3000MB/s write). And with a 5 year warranty.
Oh and by the way here's a short review. But they couldn't determine if it's TLC or QLC.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/pny-cs2130-use-that-empty-…
But i reckon that it's TLC going by the high performance and longevity of MTBF 2 000 000 hours. The official specs are on the product page.
https://www.pny.eu/en/consumer/explore-all-products/solid-st…
I'm thinking QLC because of how the write speed scales with capacity. The TLC Kingston A2000 500GB hits 2000MB/s while the PNY CS2130 only hits 1800MB/s at 1TB. Those are close enough for me to say that writes are half the speed for the same size, until they stop scaling of course, which leads me to believe the CS2130 is QLC.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Pioneer-Internal-Solid-State-APS-S…
Read Speed: 3400mb/s and Write Speed: 3000mb/s
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PNY's 3,500MB/s seq. read and 3,000MB/s seq. write speeds
Now I am confused
People suspect that this uses QLC memory as PNY has been keeping mum on its memory type and endurance rating.
I would probably pay $25 more for the CS3030 with suspected TLC memory and a huge TBW endurance rating (3115 TBW). But not sure how the CS2130 and CS3030 could have the same R/W speeds if the former is QLC and the latter is TLC??
R/W is relative, the QLC SSD uses SLC cache and can achieve short burst of speed. It's the sustained speed that these fall flat, they will be even slower than TLC SATA III SSD.
I can't see it being QLC when it has a 3500MB/s read and 3000MB/s write with a MBTF 2 000 000 hours. That's TLC territory.
So just think about it. Would QLC being the very slowest NAND SSD type even reach 3500MB/s read and 3000MB/s write?. No i don't think so. It's most likely TLC with perhaps an SLC cache.
Thoughts on the CS3030 vs AData 8200 pro? Similar price….
Seems like a decent price for a well regarded NVMe drive.