PNY XLR8 CS3030 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), Read up to 3,500 - M280CS3030-2TB-RB

This was my first attempt at using this type of Drive and I have to say this thing blows all SATA drives out of the water!! Super quick response times and an epic 1tb all in a chip the size of a small ram card. No real moving parts means no breakdowns. I’ll need to purchase the next models for my next laptop if I ever even have the need for one.

I installed this as an upgrade to a SATA SSD and performance is exactly what you want from a Gen3 NVMe drive, especially at the price point. It's competitive performance-wise with low-to-midrange Gen4 drives. Installation is a snap. PNY is a reputable brand.Pros: Performance and value, ease of installationCons: Ships with 512ke firmware instead of 4KN mode which will provide a small hit to performance unless the part is reflashed. PNY had a tiny "scandal" a while back for quietly reducing the specified write durability of this product series after announcement.

This is my two week review, but the drive has been fantastic. Doesn't ship with a screw for mounting, so buy one if you don't have one.I was able to replicate the advertised speeds in diskmark and gaming with it has been great. I am very happy with the price, speeds, and capacity.Just to address this, flash cells performs better when hot and heat increases the lifespan. The controller throttles itself when it gets too hot. I haven't been able to get it hot enough for throttling (benchmarking got it to 60C and gaming is usually around 50C. It throttles speeds at 70C) so I would not recommend a heatsink for this drive.

This is for the PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 Gen3x4 NVMe SSD.This is a great value NVMe drive that competes with the best from Samsung for significantly less money. The 1TB model has 1GB of DRAM cache, and I believe all capacities of this model have at least some DRAM cache, which is better than similar drives from some other manufacturers.In CrystalMark, I'm getting sequential reads and writes of around 3.2GBps. This is even on an NVMe adapter card on an unsupported motherboard with a custom bios to support it. Running on a native M.2 Gen3x4 slot on a newer board may yield better results.Also, for anyone using an aftermarket or motherboard-included heatsink, the sticker peels off cleanly.I really couldn't ask for much more at this price. Good size cache, good price to capacity ratio, good controller, great speeds.

I first received the hard drive today to use in an enclosure. I know PNY says they don't support use with an enclosure, but I decided to go ahead and give it a try anyway and worst case scenario I have another M.2 slot on my motherboard. Right now, it is THE fastest drive in the house using the USB-C connection, with only one exception. It doesn't accept connection to my 4 year old motorola android phone but I didn't expect it too (it just would have been a huge bonus to have NVME be usable with phone - but definitely not worth docking a point for in my use case). YMMV.Overall, it was very fast at a WINDOWS (I consider this important) write speed of 550MB/S. Now you may say that's USB 3.0 speed and that would be correct thought that's a theoretical maximum at USB 3.0. I am running this through a USB-C port in an external enclosure though (NOT in a motherboard M.2 slot).Basically I'm getting SATA speed through a USB-C port. Though not quite as advertised it is still a PHENOMENAL leap in performance. Earlier I was transferring RAW files from an old USB 3.0 hard drive. Transferring in real world cases with BIG files the hard drive CHUNKED along at 30 MB/S which is well below SATA speed spec. The fact that I'm getting (you sittting down, you ready?) 550 MB/S instead through USB-C is STILL a difference of almost 20x faster speed.The same chunk of files through a SATA External took 30 minutes. The same going through this enclosure took 75 seconds flat.BUY THIS DRIVE! I recommend pairing with the ASUS STRIX. I will re-update as time goes on but this is phenomenal for use with a laptop now. I am floored with such a lightweight external storage option.People just need to keep in mind that specs of an m.2 port will get that advertised 3500MBPs most likely! However running through cables and USBC will be a slight bottleneck. That bottleneck advertised speed is about SATA or 550MBPs. My test case was 50GB of RAW photo files from my camera.

PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 Nvme Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)These are very good drives. I am a WD fan but I read reviews about these, mostly from Europe, and nothing but praise.Used Acronis to copy and was flawless. It has a 5 year warranty and you cannot beat the price. I would get these before they get hot and the price goes up. I also used this - NVMe Heatsinks for M.2 2280mm SSD Double-Sided Cooling Design ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QV4W1W6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) and the drive NEVER gets hot. Should work with boards that the video card covers the M2 slot also.Update 8-24-20: All is good! no issues at all and Am very satisfied. Am going to buy another for a new build!

This 1TB drive so far works great for me, but the recent specifications debacle leaves me worried. PNY recently dropped its specified endurance from 1,665 to 360 TBW, which is rather dramatic. At today's price ($146) it is definitely overpriced for its specs. If my drive dies soon, I will be back here to downgrade my rating, but so far (fingers crossed) so good.

J'avais besoin d'un petit SSD afin de rendre plus véloce mon stockage pour le travail et il faut dire que pour le prix j'ai été relativement surpris de voir que sa qualité atteignait pour dépasser certains gros concurrents. Que ce soit dans les jeux ou bien dans le traitement vidéo, la vélocité de M.2 et tout bonnement incroyable.Après plus d'un an d'utilisation journalière, il ne montre toujours pas de signe de fatigue et répond toujours à mes attentes. Il a fallu que j'y ajoute un dissipateur thermique, car sans celui-ci, la température pouvait quand même pas mal grimper lors de mon traitement vidéo, mais en soit rien à signaler hormis sa puissance incroyable !Il est très rapide lors de la lecture ou de l'écriture dans le cache, mais là encore, les écritures ralentissent pendant de longues périodes, notamment lorsque la taille du cache est dépassée. De plus, comme pour les autres SSD bon marché, si vous essayez d'écrire plus de données immédiatement après une tâche d'écriture soutenue, sa dégradation des perf continuera jusqu'à ce que le disque ait eu le temps de vider le cache vers le NAND.En gros, si vous ne transférez pas d’énormes fichiers dépassant les 30Go, vous ne sentirez pas sa fatigue.Le CS3030 est un SSD NVMe parfaitement viable pour l'utilisateur moyen. Il est extrêmement rapide pour les tâches quotidiennes, bénéficie d'une garantie de 5 ans, d'un TBW exceptionnel et est moins cher que ses concurrents.Les plus :Facile à installer.Prix abordable pour 1To.Donne une sacrée patate à votre PC.Garantie de 5 ans.Les moins :Une possible chauffe sans dissipateur thermique.Fatigue sur son travail si vous faites des transferts intenses.Possiblement passer sur un meilleur modèle pour une utilisation pro.

Wholy crap! XLR8 PNY Its more than twice as fast as my Samsung 970 Evo Plus. I tested my ThinkPad VS Dell Latitude and the Dell is now my top computer with this drive, its Blazing fast soo amazing! You would think a Samsung Evo 970 PLUS would be fast but it's way slower and frankly dissapointing next to the PNY. Well I made a smart purchase and now I get all the speed I was looking for. For a fraction of the cost of an Evo $160 no tax. compared to $229 Evo is a deal.

Qualità e velocità ottime! Mai avuti problemi in un anno e mezzo di utilizzo. Ottimo per i trasferimenti di file di grandi dimensioni e per il gaming. Magari è meno conosciuto di altri brand, ma lo consiglio assolutamente!

Long lasting life with 380TBW at much competitive price.Register your product for warranty claim

Llevo poco tiempo con el ssd asique no puedo hacer una valoración mas profunda. Buena velocidad. Se agradecería que incluyese un tornillo para la fijación a la placa. Por lo demás perfecto.