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Kingston KC3000 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD $199 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AU

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Lsongaponga on 07/06/2023 - 11:58 amazon.com.au (396 clicks)
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Hi I'm new. This is not all time low but I thought it's nice for amazon prime or no shipping cost. I think you should get if you want it now but hopefully it should go down later. Please tell me if i did something wrong with post.

Specifications

Form Factor: M.2 2280
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Capacities: 2048GB
Controller: Phison E18
NAND: 3D TLC
Sequential read/write: 7,000/7,000MB/s
Random 4K read/write: up to 1,000,000/1,000,000 IOPS
Total Bytes Written (TBW): 1,600TBW

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  • Masticccc on 07/06/2023 - 12:13
    +1

    Same price delivered at CentreCom and other stores if you can pick up. This SSD has been at this price for a while now

  • BennyHe2018 on 07/06/2023 - 12:16

    $196 at JW and Umart if you have them nearby.

    • O O on 09/06/2023 - 22:19

      or $196 back ordered from Amazon AU.

  • Swing on 07/06/2023 - 13:20

    Would this be a good OS drive?

    • trippy on 07/06/2023 - 13:25
      -3

      Probably too large for OS, but otherwise it is perfect. This is really fast. I would suggest a 1TB for OS and a separate 2TB for games. That way you can easily reinstall your OS if ever needed and keep your games on the separate drive. This drive should be ready for Microsoft DirectStorage when it becomes available.

      • BargainMelbourne on 07/06/2023 - 13:30
        +3

        How can a drive be too large for an OS?
        You've piqued my curiosity

        • vicerum on 07/06/2023 - 13:34
          +3

          That's what I'm wondering.
          Just partition the first 500GB as C: and the remaining as a Games drive. No such thing as "too large".

          • BargainMelbourne on 07/06/2023 - 13:36
            -2

            @vicerum: Why would you partition an SSD though?

          • trippy on 07/06/2023 - 13:38
            +1

            @vicerum: You can do that, but I gave up partitioning drives over 10 years ago. It is su much nicer to just have separate drives (if you have the M.2 slots of course). It can be a pain trying to edit the size of a partition if you need to keep the files.

        • trippy on 07/06/2023 - 13:35
          +1

          Just because you will not need the space, so can get a cheaper, smaller drive for the OS. Keeping the OS on a separate drives from your file storage makes it less painful when you reinstall OS or upgrade to a new OS.

          • Modesty on 07/06/2023 - 13:36

            @trippy: What if the laptop has only one slot , is it better to have partition?

            • trippy on 07/06/2023 - 13:44

              @Modesty: Definitely. That way you can leave your storage intact if you have to do a reinstall. Just make sure you don't make your OS partition too small though. You will need space for Program installs, drivers and various files. If I had to partition a 2GB SSD I would leave at least 500GB for the OS.

              • netsurfer on 07/06/2023 - 15:06

                @trippy: Since we are talking about multiple m.2 slots, multiple SSDs, the approach I use is for SSDs which are going into a desktop, everyone of them can have OS installed. That way, every single one of them is ready to take over shall the primary OS SSD is having issue. Most BIOS can hide SSD drives with some can even hide NVMe SSDs. I don't use the Windows 10/11 inbuilt boot manager. Having OSes on multiple SSDs also solve Windows 10 to Windows 11 transition issue. One SSD boots Windows 10, another boots Windows 11.

                No need to worry about partitioning. Each SSD is capable of becoming the OS drive when required. Installing Windows 10 or 11 on an SSD is fast.

                Even if you think this SSD is a bit of an overkill as an OS drive, by installing one on it, you can test it / try it and decide whether it is an overkill.

          • BargainMelbourne on 07/06/2023 - 13:39
            +3

            @trippy: That's a very invalid reason for "Having too large of an OS drive"

            • trippy on 08/06/2023 - 07:14

              @BargainMelbourne: For you it apparently is. For me it would be a waste to have a 2TB OS drive, since I would not store my games, files, photos etc on it.

      • jianh on 07/06/2023 - 13:56

        isn't it as you re-install your OS, you pretty much have to re-install all your games too?

        • stuffandthat on 07/06/2023 - 14:07
          +1

          Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how you can keep your games installed and working if you re-install your OS.

          • fuzcatt on 07/06/2023 - 14:13
            +2

            @stuffandthat: With Steam you can redirect the path to an existing games directory.

            With a fresh steam install, you select the game you want to install, let it get to 1-2% then you pause, manage and redirect the install path to the pre-existing path and then resume the install. It should verify the files and only download any gaps.
            Works a treat with larger games.

            • stuffandthat on 07/06/2023 - 14:21

              @fuzcatt: That's good to know. I wonder if any other platforms do something similar.

              • donthaveGamepass on 07/06/2023 - 16:16
                -1

                @stuffandthat: Steam and GOG only, have recently upgraded my PC and move from SSD to NVME. No go on EA and EpicGames, I had to redownload them. Not sure about Ubisoft though.

                • V003 on 07/06/2023 - 16:42
                  +1

                  @donthaveGamepass: i pretty sure epic games works. 1st, you can move your already installed game data somewhere and then start the download and pause it quickly and then move the game data back, Start download again and it will scan your files and verify it, if you try to download in that particular location without moving your game folder, epic app give error saying game folder is not empty and won't start the download. its so stupid.

                  • donthaveGamepass on 07/06/2023 - 16:50

                    @V003: ahh didnt think about that. It gave me that error so I didnt bother and just redownloaded them.

            • albert0pia on 07/06/2023 - 16:48
              +1

              @fuzcatt: Steam
              If you have your game folders on a separate drive, simply change your default games directory in settings. Your library will automatically update to reflect installed games. No hacks required.

              Epic
              During installation, point to the directory that already has your game files, e.g. D:\Epic Games\ (where D: is your secondary drive and Epic Games is the name of the parent folder of your Epic games). This worked for me 3 days ago.

              EA App
              First rename the folder of the game you wish to 'download'. Start downloading, pause it shortly after. I like to let it hit like 1GB first. Next, delete the new folder and rename the folder from before to the original one. Resume the download. This has worked for me 7 times out of 10, so I wouldn't call this method reliable.

              GOG
              Yet to be tested.

              Hope this helps.

        • SolitaryMan on 07/06/2023 - 14:43
          +1

          And why are people reinstalling their OS that often?!

          I just have everything on one drive, especially if you’re buying a faster NVME drive (not that this is among the faster ones), why not have everything on it rather than slowing your boot with the OS on a separate drive.

          • albert0pia on 07/06/2023 - 16:38
            +2

            @SolitaryMan: Haaaaave you met Windows?

            • SolitaryMan on 07/06/2023 - 16:42

              @albert0pia: Yep, but I’m careful with what I install, so I haven’t had to regularly reinstall since the Windows XP days.

          • trippy on 08/06/2023 - 14:11

            @SolitaryMan: I reinstalled Windows two times this last year. 1st time was when I upgraded from Win 10 to Win 11. 2nd time was when I upgraded my PC to brand new mobo, CPU, Ram and GPU. My game files, photos etc are still untouched on my separate storage drive.

    • Nitr0 on 07/06/2023 - 13:29

      yes it would

  • leftspeaker2000 on 07/06/2023 - 19:56

    Would it be stupid getting this when I only have a Gen 3 slot ? I had my 1TP silicon power drive die after a two yars and I'm worried that it was becuase it was DRAM less.

    • trippy on 08/06/2023 - 14:09

      The Samsung 970 Evo plus is cheaper and is gen 3. One strategy to get the Kingston over the Samsung would be if you plan to bring this to a new computer in the future.

      • leftspeaker2000 on 09/06/2023 - 18:55

        Thanks went with evo. Don't really have plans to upgrade anytime soon.

  • fuzcatt on 07/06/2023 - 20:01

    Any tips on cloning my old nvme onto this one?

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