Amazon UK drops the price further on 2TB Kingston KC3000 SSD.
| KC3000 | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | SKC3000D/2048G |
| Form factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe |
| Capacities | 2TB |
| 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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Interface
• PCIe/NVMe for Solid-state drive
Solid-state drive One M.2 drive
Seems to be NVMe 3.0 x2 so this drive will fit but will be overkill as this is an NVMe 4x4 drive.
You would be just as well off, speed-wise, with something like this: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/766551
$251 local stock at MSY. Only $13 extra and local warranty, no waiting for international delivery. Next best local is Scorptec at $264.
Interesting you mention MSY and warranty in the same sentence :P
My last SSD warranty was a Kingston SSD and it was through MSY. MSY gave me a full refund after 4 years of using that SSD. It did require a phone call, an e-mail and a drive to a store, but I did receive the full refund on the spot.
That was before UMart took over MSY though.
Is Umart worse with warranty?
@userinwa: No idea. However, I am not impressed with Umart for one of my recent online purchases. I was sold an opened / used item. If it weren't because no other retailer in Australia has that item, I would have returned it.
@netsurfer: Thanks. I bought a $2k+ laptop from them last October, picked it up from Belmont, no problems at all.
Definitely keen to know if a seller/store is frequently dodgy wrt warranties.
@userinwa: Most people I know claim Umart is fine, but personally Umart is one of the worst companies I've ever dealt with. Haven't been in a long while now but staff used to regularly be unfriendly and the in-store wait times were consistently worse than any other computer store I've ever visited. I stopped going because they screwed us on a warranty item, I was standing behind a Umart manager in screen view while he deleted/modified our correspondence in their system while at the same time claiming to my mother that they had no record of our warranty claim. This was for a warranty claim where we originally notified them over the phone ~4weeks before the 12month warranty expiry and asked for it to be processed a few weeks after warranty expiry because we were about to head overseas for 6weeks and didn't really have time, they agreed on the phone that it would be honored and this is what happened when we got there when we said we would (after first being made to wait almost 2hrs to see this manager).
MSY is $279 + $11 Postage and Scorptec is $264 + $14 Postage
The cheapest you can get this right now within Australia would be from Center Com for $264 Free Delivery which is still $25.14 more
My bad. $251 Pick-up in store in NSW and Vic…. https://www.msy.com.au/product/kingston-kc3000d-2tb-m-2-nvme…
It literally says $279 on the link you just commented lol
https://i.ibb.co/qn1QtpN/Screenshot-20230405-123756-Edge.jpg
@Axelstrife: Set the location (store) to NSW or Vic. When I go to the same link I get $251. Not gonna bother posting a screenshot.
@seb: Oh my bad, it must auto set to online prices.
Unless you live close to a store then it's still not worth it tbh.
I would have to use $10 worth of fuel here in Sydney to get to my nearest MSY store and back for example.
KC3000 2TB or SN850x 2TB? They are quite similar prices on Amazon atm
Sn850X
Could you pls give some pointers why?
SN850X has a new WD controller, designed to better compete with Phison E18 SSDs like KC3000. In general, SN850X is a bit faster (though honestly, if you care about that type of differences, then you know your workload and SSD well enough that you wouldn't be asking the question). Another reason is that if you are really into Phison E18, Seagate's offering seems to be a bit better than KC3000.
It is not as clearcut though because people have reported a software issue with SN850X, which requires a firmware fix. Not sure whether WD has released it. Also, the question remains on the warranty. If it is through Amazon, how is Amazon going to handle it. Will Amazon do a complete care for 5 years or Amazon would push you towards dealing with WD and Kingston. The main issue is with Kingston, the warranty is through the seller.
The reality is that most people probably cannot tell the difference performance wise between the two. Looking at benchmark figures don't count.
I have 2x 1TB of these in my pc, been great.
1x dedicated to the OS + work files.
The other steam library but that’s almost filled up.
I want to get this and use it for Lightroom library for my photography + other games, might chuck battlenet games on it.
My computer is Inspiron 5680. How do I know if this one is compatible with the m2 socket on my motherboard?
The manual is not very clear.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-au/inspiron-5680-gam…