Shopping Express is available at 158 + shipping
However for local pickup this is the absolute cheapest it can be bought at present, assuming you don't have to drive far to a uMart
Also available at centrecom for same price but PICKUP ONLY (No delivery available)
https://www.centrecom.com.au/kingston-1tb-a2000-sa2000m81000…
Credit to posters who noticed this
Used to cost alot of drinks but it's been a while
Do we need to wait for confirmation before picking up?
Hi @whirlforce, Yes you have to wait for the confirmation email before coming in.
A lot of leg-openers..
Show tickets, for which you have to pay to have the privilege of printing from your own printer with your own supplies in your own house, come to mind … Bah such a scam.
Yep, biggest scam. I'm so glad that industry is getting hit the hardest from COVID.
Unless you live close enough, you need petrol or transportation fees to pick it up. Not to mention the time it takes you to do so (time=money).
Usually free but some shops do charge handling fees. Plus petrol and time.
How does Kingston compare to other brands?
This drive is a TLC drive with a DRAM cache. I'd say it's about in line with an SN550 when it's paired with the HMB cache or possibly even better. Good value NVMe SSD price to real world performance wise.
Thanks
Okay for occasional 4K video editing? Not sure if I'm better off just waiting to buy an SSD until I get the GPU and CPU later in the year. I guess this Kingston SSD is going to stay at around this price until then anyway.
Depends on bitrate really, you can have 1Mbps potato 4K and 1000Mbps ridiculous 1080p.
@Void: Also thank you for all of the advice you give in these computer threads. It is really appreciated.
I wouldn't buy a SSD now if you're not even putting the computer together for a while yet.
@coxymla: Agreed! I will hold off until I have a CPU and GPU. It's not like SSD prices are going to go up in the meantime, as far as I know.
I have this in a build - no complaints and tempted to fill my second m.2 slot with a second one
I can't compare to other popular NVME drives but fast boot times and good speeds as far as I can tell
I have seen people complain about bsod especially on my mobo (Gigabyte Aorus b450i) when using the RGB software but I haven't installed it as my only RGB is the mobo and the gigabyte logo of my gpu so no point lol
No bsod/crashes at all after 2 months on mine
Would you guys recommend this over a 1TB MX500 for the same price?
Definitely better than the MX500 as it is SATA and the A2000 is NVMe.
I'm more concerned with longevity and reliability, speed isn't important to me. Would this still be better?
Yes, and its also more future proofed as it uses the newer NVMe protocol instead of the outdated AHCI protocol which SATA drives use.
If you buy this, it will use an m2 mobo slot which means you get to keep your 6 SATA Lanes for normal SSD or HDD.
It is faster, more efficient, 5yr warranty and 600tbw good endurance while also better protocol.
Yes!
$168 Centrecom with free shipping. $169 at PCByte, $178 at Mwave. Is this really a great price?
https://www.centrecom.com.au/kingston-1tb-a2000-sa2000m81000…
Not world breaking, but was about to buy from centrecom but UMart has several nearby stores with pickup for cheaper.
3 bucks is 3 bucks!
Only if you spend less than $3 in fuel getting there and back…
Crucial P1 is only a few dollars more. I wonder which is better.
Crucial p1 slows down with large transfers very quickly. Probably this.
Good to know.
Yes! a lot of people don't know about that.
Also half the theoretical longevity with QLC NAND.
What classifies as a large transfer?
There's 2 parts to this.
1) When the drive gets closer to full (e.g 900/1000 gb) it will slow down massively because there is no more buffer. Expensive or newer NVME have dedicated buffer so this does not happen (A2000 has it)
2) Say you have tons of free space but do a single big copy, the buffer will still run out at like 80gb or so.
@[Deactivated]: As slow or slower than HDD.
For gaming it will be totally fine.
It doesn't even matter tho if u haven't got one because the A2000 is same price as Crucial P1. Crucial P1 is old tech.
Not probably. Definitely
This is a comment from u/NewMaxx over on reddit:
"Same controller, main difference is QLC vs. TLC. TLC has better endurance (not a huge factor for consumer use) and better consistency in performance; specifically, it will maintain speed better after the SLC cache (temporary buffer) is exceeded. QLC can get quite slow. But for everyday workloads they are both quite and more or less equally fast. The A2000 does use newer 96-layer NAND as well (the upcoming 665p will go to 96L over the 660p/P1)."
A2000 is TLC whereas P1 is QLC. So A2000 is definitely better than the P1.
+$12 delivery
Better than SN550, P1 and 660p. TLC + DRAM at a good price, can't go wrong.
Centrecom has it for $168 free shipping at the moment. https://www.centrecom.com.au/kingston-1tb-a2000-sa2000m81000…
whoops, this has already been commented. Sorry.
I used it in MacBook Air with Sintech adapter and working great.
oh - great to hear! intending to do exactly the same soon
ah - thanks! somehow missed those links in the body of the post, appreciate this!
Would this be a good choice for a Dell g7 17? My use will be for file storage and storing games.
If not, please recommend another 1tb drive, my knowledge on these drives is very low.
Yeah it's plenty.
As long as you have a free m.2 drive
People already started selling this laptop brand new on marketplace and gumtree for $3000+ saying it is still in shipment.. missed it :( :(
grabbed one, cheers op
Saw the title and dropped in here to mention the Centrecom listing, but OP was already on the ball. XD
Thinking of grabbing one of these to use as an unRAID cache in my budget NAS. Anyone know if it'll work in an Asus Prime H310? I know the speed will be limited to PCIe 2.0 x2, that's fine, but will and NVMe drive work fine?
Good drive. Better than Crucial P1 same price which uses QLC.
This is TLC.
It has 600tbw endurance which is good and 5 year warranty.
Have a lookout at Shopping Express July Frenzy Deals. I can see they have listed the 500mb version for sale today. I wouldn't be surprise if the 1TB version appears in the next couple of days as well. Hopefully comes out cheaper after delivery too.
Good pickup. But not a fan of paying extra delivery..
Centercom have dropped theirs to $165, free postage.
Just bought off centrecom. Thanks!
no longer 165
I can still see $165 free shipping
centrecom yes, not at umart.
Sorry my bad, I thought you were replying to the above comment
When has pickup ever not been free?