Kingston KC3000 2TB M.2 NVMe Internal SSD

Brilliant for our PS5, easy to install, shifted all the games across and all running smoothly. Brilliant for our PS5, easy to install, shifted all the games across and all running smoothly.

I've been using Samsung M.2s for years now and this gawjuss little unit popped up on my radar.
After checking out the specs in comparison this was a clear winner.
Pros: Faster than Samsung, great bonus deals. The price is too good to be true.
Cons: Zero I've been using Samsung M.2s for years now and this gawjuss little unit popped up on my radar.
After checking out the specs in comparison this was a clear winner.
Pros: Faster than Samsung, great bonus deals. The price is too good to be true.
Cons: Zero

Installed July 2023 on an Asus Prime B450M-A motherboard (first generation) with BIOS updated to "latest" as of that same month (with software TPM 2.0 support). No other SSDs or other drives attached.

Motherboard and Windows 11 both recognised the device out-of-box and required no additional configuration for formatting and installation. I see about half the advertised read-write speed on this motherboard via free disk profiling tools, but that's likely to be a motherboard limitation and 3500MB/sec is nothing to be sniffed at either way.

Assuming it holds up long-term this seems like a solid, simple bit of kit that "just works" and is (...view more Installed July 2023 on an Asus Prime B450M-A motherboard (first generation) with BIOS updated to "latest" as of that same month (with software TPM 2.0 support). No other SSDs or other drives attached.

Motherboard and Windows 11 both recognised the device out-of-box and required no additional configuration for formatting and installation. I see about half the advertised read-write speed on this motherboard via free disk profiling tools, but that's likely to be a motherboard limitation and 3500MB/sec is nothing to be sniffed at either way.

Assuming it holds up long-term this seems like a solid, simple bit of kit that "just works" and is (at the time of writing) competitively priced.

Good way to up storage space Good way to up storage space

Great spec for the price, no complaints Great spec for the price, no complaints

A good fast highish capacity ssd for quite a cheap price, would reccomend.
Comes with a free subscription to some acronis features.
If youre trying to upgrade to this ssd or something ur gonna need a cloning software like acronis that comes with this, altho this didn't work for me, I used Macrium (free 30 day trial) to clone instead. A good fast highish capacity ssd for quite a cheap price, would reccomend.
Comes with a free subscription to some acronis features.
If youre trying to upgrade to this ssd or something ur gonna need a cloning software like acronis that comes with this, altho this didn't work for me, I used Macrium (free 30 day trial) to clone instead.

Was one of the cheapest True Gen 4 M.2 SSD. Great SSD for gaming and video editing. Was one of the cheapest True Gen 4 M.2 SSD. Great SSD for gaming and video editing.

This is remarkably, priced well below the main SSD options for the PS5 (even when not on special). That includes WD Black, and Samsung 900 series. Likely incredible for PCs and laptops.

Kingston is a solid brand, for tech components and memory storage. I've used them on and off for SD cards and they do last the distance.

For PS5: It does have a heat spreader on the memory, but I figured an actual heatsink would still be a safer bet. In my case I got a Jeyi M.2 Heatsink and only placed the two thermal strips on the SSD. No need for the copper strip (since it already has one installed). When installing, you do have to be careful as Sony ...view more This is remarkably, priced well below the main SSD options for the PS5 (even when not on special). That includes WD Black, and Samsung 900 series. Likely incredible for PCs and laptops.

Kingston is a solid brand, for tech components and memory storage. I've used them on and off for SD cards and they do last the distance.

For PS5: It does have a heat spreader on the memory, but I figured an actual heatsink would still be a safer bet. In my case I got a Jeyi M.2 Heatsink and only placed the two thermal strips on the SSD. No need for the copper strip (since it already has one installed). When installing, you do have to be careful as Sony has made it a little tricky for SSD installs. My PS5 measured the read/write speeds at 6.5k MB/s (Well above the requirements).

Same hardware/firmware as Kingston's Fury Renegade line of gen 4 m.2 SSDs. Excellently priced SSD that is within the recommended specs for PS5 M.2 storage. Comes with an integrated heatspreader, so you shouldn't need to worry about an additional heatsink. Priced below competitors like the 980 pro, or SN850 and still comes with a decently long manufacturers warranty. Same hardware/firmware as Kingston's Fury Renegade line of gen 4 m.2 SSDs. Excellently priced SSD that is within the recommended specs for PS5 M.2 storage. Comes with an integrated heatspreader, so you shouldn't need to worry about an additional heatsink. Priced below competitors like the 980 pro, or SN850 and still comes with a decently long manufacturers warranty.

Ok so I know kingston is a pretty well known brand but I never really trusted them I know they used to be known for swapping components later on and you'll be lucky to actually get even close to the up to speeds but I taking it kingston stopped doing this. So I took the risk grabbed my first and just grabbed my second both of my M.2s basically on the dot matched the up to speeds in a synthetic benchmark and scored very good in real world benchmarks. CrystalDiskMark averaged basically on the dot 6900MB/s read 6800MB/s write (Lowest scoring 6700MB/s for both read and write for 2TB and 6500MB/s for 1TB version) for both M.2s I bought and with a...view more Ok so I know kingston is a pretty well known brand but I never really trusted them I know they used to be known for swapping components later on and you'll be lucky to actually get even close to the up to speeds but I taking it kingston stopped doing this. So I took the risk grabbed my first and just grabbed my second both of my M.2s basically on the dot matched the up to speeds in a synthetic benchmark and scored very good in real world benchmarks. CrystalDiskMark averaged basically on the dot 6900MB/s read 6800MB/s write (Lowest scoring 6700MB/s for both read and write for 2TB and 6500MB/s for 1TB version) for both M.2s I bought and with a peak temp hitting 54C using included heatsink from my motherboard honestly I don't think I'd trust using this without a heatsink so if your motherboard or if youre using this with a PS5 I would suggest paying the bit extra and buying a cheap heatsink without a heatsink this hit high 80C+ under load

easy to install.
dropped the first one expecting the plastic pocket to be clipped and not simply held together by the cardboard packaging. fortunately it landed on me and didn't fall all the way to the floor :-D
both are working well thus far. easy to install.
dropped the first one expecting the plastic pocket to be clipped and not simply held together by the cardboard packaging. fortunately it landed on me and didn't fall all the way to the floor :-D
both are working well thus far.

Really liked that the heat sink is included as are the necessary screws, screwdriver and adhesive heat dissipation pads. Really liked that the heat sink is included as are the necessary screws, screwdriver and adhesive heat dissipation pads.