Kingbank Memory & SSD Now Available in Australia – Ask Us Anything!

AssociatedLKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:10
Last edited 03/06/2025 - 22:33 by 1 other user

Kingbank Memory & SSD Now Available in Australia – Ask Us Anything!

Hi OzBargain,

Just letting everyone know that Kingbank, a memory and SSD brand that’s been around for a while in Asia, is now officially available in Australia under the Kingbank Australia banner.

What’s on offer:

DDR4 & DDR5 RAM for desktops and laptops
SATA & NVMe SSDs (128GB – 2TB)
Lifetime warranty on RAM, 3-year warranty on SSDs

Why this might matter:

A lot of Aussie builders have asked:

"Why are good memory and SSD options either expensive or only available overseas with no support?"

We’ve heard it too — including from users who bought Kingbank via AliExpress and couldn’t get warranty help.

Now with local stock and warranty, we’re hoping to fix that.
Yes, if something goes wrong, you deal with someone locally — not a shipping label to Shenzhen.

Who this is for:

If you're building a PC, upgrading an old one, or just looking for cheaper RAM/SSD without paying the big-brand tax — this might be worth a look.

Got questions?

We’re happy to answer anything:

Compatibility / Warranty process / Specs / Where to buy

Thanks for welcoming a new option in Aussie PC parts – happy to chat!

Disclosure: I’m a store representative for Kingbank Australia.

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Comments

neoleo on 03/06/2025 - 22:21

I know Kingston, never heard or read about Kingbank 🤷. Please send your products for reviews to IT/tech magazines, so they can test your products. Durability is more important than price and speed for RAM & storage.

Please put your products in Temu (marked as "local warehouse"), so we could buy your products much cheaper during Topcashback 40% cashback 🤷
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:29
  
  Totally get it – reviews are coming soon!
  We’ve reached out to creators like radiumpcs and zachstechturf, but no luck getting a response so far – maybe still too unknown 😅
  Also tried Temu, but they only allow China-based sellers at the moment. We're working with the brand to see if that can change.
  Open to any recs for local tech reviewers – happy to send samples!
  - neoleo on 03/06/2025 - 22:36
    
    -1
    
    Maybe send your products for reviews to PCMag Australia, APC, TechLife, Computerworld Australia, etc.
    - AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:38
      
      Thanks a lot for the suggestions – we’ll contact them and post updates here once there’s any progress.
  - FoxJump on 04/06/2025 - 01:01
    
    please add to Amazon vine review program so i can get a free ssd :)
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:32
  
  For now, we're retailing through eBay, a few local shops in Sydney & Canberra, and Umart stock’s en route live soon.
  - neoleo on 03/06/2025 - 22:37
    
    -1
    
    How about selling in Everyday Market and Big W Market? Sometimes cashback promotions for these marketplace too.
    - AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:41
      
      Thanks for the suggestion! We’ll add Everyday Market and Big W Marketplace to our list.
      
      Right now we’re focusing on Umart, Mwave, Centrecom, and Scorptec first – lots to set up as a new brand, but marketplaces are definitely on our radar.
AwesomeAndrew on 03/06/2025 - 22:45

Any launch deals?
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:52
  
  Great question – and yes, definitely! Especially with the end of financial year coming up 😉
  Stay tuned – we’ll be posting some deals and promos in future threads.
Clear on 03/06/2025 - 22:47

If you plan on releasing budget SSDs into Australia I hope you're avoiding anything with YMTC 128L flash as it's prone to failure and now widely reported.
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:55
  
  Yep, we've seen the reports too. Some brands cut corners on firmware or controller tuning – that’s not our approach. We do use YMTC flash in some drives, but all Kingbank SSDs go through proper QA and come with a 3-year warranty. Not all implementations of a chip are equal – and we're being cautious before bringing more SSD models into AU. In fact, we’re so confident in our QA process that we're planning to extend the warranty to 5 years – possibly before the end of this year.
  - Maneki Angel Fund on 04/06/2025 - 14:15
    
    Are there any data loss issues?
    
    I am looking to buy one ssd for a scratch disk for my Youtube videos which the YMTC should be fine because it should remain powered during that time, but I am also looking at another one to put inside an enclosure where it could remain unpowered up to a month.
    
    Have you tested your products for data retention across a month unpowered?
    - Clear on 04/06/2025 - 20:45
      
      As long as it's not 128L TLC from YMTC you're good. Looking at what's around on eBay etc they're all Gen4 SSDs and won't have it. You find these normally in the dirt cheap 2.5" SSDs.
Sye on 03/06/2025 - 22:51

+3

OzBargainers are a tough crowd to please. You will need to do a $0.01 price error deal.
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- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 03/06/2025 - 22:56
  
  Mate, a $0.01 deal would get me fired on day one 😅 But we’re working on something solid for EOFY – hopefully still OzB-worthy!
jestincredible on 04/06/2025 - 09:49

Welcome locally to Australia, Kingbank.
Hopefully there's a good deal coming up for EOFY and one exclusive to OZB (a crowd tough to please, but once pleased, it's ride or die). Looking to buy an SSD, hope you have got something cooking in the background.
Anyways, Godspeed-Kingbank.
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 04/06/2025 - 22:18
  
  Thanks for the warm welcome! 🙏
  We’ve just launched with Umart, and our eBay store and other channels are in the works — full rollout coming soon.
  And yes, we’re definitely cooking something up for EOFY — maybe a deal, maybe an OzB-exclusive… or maybe even a giveaway 👀
  Who knows? 😄 Stick around — we’ll make sure it’s worth it.
Baysew on 04/06/2025 - 15:31

+1

Do you think Kingbank is an easier sell than Fikwot?
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 04/06/2025 - 22:16
  
  We believe so — at least we’re not afraid to tell you exactly what chips we use.
  Kingbank has been manufacturing memory and storage since 2010, not just popping up out of nowhere with a random name and rebranded product.
  We’re focused on quality, consistency, and transparency — known chip sources (CXMT, Hynix, Samsung), local stock, and real AU warranty.
  That’s what we think makes a difference.
bjt on 06/06/2025 - 17:44

Do you swap out TLC components with QLC components? Because quite a few budget SSD vendors are getting caught doing this and so this is a big differentiator in terms of branding.
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 07/06/2025 - 01:06
  
  Nah mate, no QLC sneakiness here — the KingBank use proper TLC NAND. It's got TLC from YMTC, paired with Maxio's MAP1602 controller. No dodgy bait-and-switch like some budget brands.
  - bjt on 07/06/2025 - 09:20
    
    That's good.
    
    Where are your 2TB TLC NVME Gen4x4 and Gen3x4 SSDs, and pricing?
    - AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 07/06/2025 - 09:46
      
      Thanks for asking!
      Right now we have a 2TB PCIe Gen4x4 TLC SSD in stock – priced at $174 AUD.
      We know it’s not the cheapest on the market,
      but we stand by 3-year replacement-based warranty
      and TLC NAND (not QLC) for long-term reliability.
      More models (including Gen3) coming soon!
      - bjt on 07/06/2025 - 10:35
        
        @Kingbank Australia: What caching technology? DRAM or pSLC cache?
        
        What is their driver support like for Windows, Apple, Linux?
        
        AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 10/06/2025 - 22:51
        
        @bjt: Hey mate, sorry for the slow reply — took us a couple of days to chase down our techs and run some proper tests. For example, like KP260: it’s DRAM-less, but uses HMB plus a large dynamic pSLC cache (around 338GB).In our testing, it sustained full Gen4 write speeds (~4160MB/s) up to 338GB, then dropped to TLC speed (~2500MB/s). It uses standard NVMe 1.4, so no special drivers — plug and play on Windows 10/11, macOS 10.13+, and modern Linux.
xxBARGAINGODxx on 06/06/2025 - 18:52

Do specific SKUs from your company always source from the same chip maker (e.g., Hynix, Samsung) or do you change this? Is there a way for the customer to know which chips (e.g., which die from a given manufacturer) are inside a product before purchasing?
- AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 07/06/2025 - 01:09
  
  +2
  
  Good question — yes, for all our RAM products, we clearly label the chip type used.
  Whether it’s CXMT, Hynix A-die, M-die, Samsung, etc., it’s shown in the product listing or spec sheet.
  We know this matters to a lot of buyers (especially for tuning/OC), so we don’t do “surprise lottery” stuff.
  If you're not sure about a specific listing, feel free to ask — we're happy to confirm chip info before purchase.
  - xxBARGAINGODxx on 07/06/2025 - 20:15
    
    This is great to hear. It's good to see more companies in the industry being transparent about the parts in their products. Will consider your stuff for my next build.
    - AssociatedKingbank Australia @ KingBank on 10/06/2025 - 22:52
      
      +1
      
      Really appreciate that! We know transparency matters — especially in a market where "guess-the-chip" is still way too common. If you have any questions when you're planning your next build, feel free to reach out — happy to help however we can.
kogi on 18/07/2025 - 14:04

https://www.umart.com.au/product/kingbank-kp260-m-2-pcie-gen…

Hmb or slc or pslc cache. Size?
voltafunk on 18/07/2025 - 19:14

Since you're asking, I figure I may as well give a wishlist.
I know some of these are likely beyond what is practical to offer, but I may as well ask and suggest.

It would be really nice to be able to buy SSDs where the amounts of RAM and type of NAND are hard specified in the datasheet so that I could be sure any parts-swapping is just to use what chips are available and isn't likely to be downgrading performance.
Quick poorly thought out example: "SSD_NVME_400GiB - 512GiB 3-level (TLC) NAND with 512MiB LPDDR4 cache, PCIe gen4 x4 M.2 M-key."

Do your drives have specifications promised for things like endurance (Total Bytes Written e.g. 600TiB TBW is often quoted for a 1TB SSD)?

Do you provide datasheets and manuals to us end consumers / end users?
In the past when I've been shopping for storage (HDDs and SSDs) I've collected datasheets for the various models of drive that look like viable candidates to verify they meet my
needs and to get an idea of the comparative performance and such.
I've got folders full of datasheet PDFs I've downloaded and compare to check if something is worth ordering. I tend to keep them sorted in folders for each manufacturer.

On datasheets I tend to look for: Model number, capacity, endurance, power draw, protocol used (like PCIe3/4/5), operating temperature range. Figures estimating data retention when unpowered would also be nice if it's practical to include.

While the technical manuals aren't essential, they're always a pleasure to be given access to; the ones with physical dimensions, pinouts, protocols available, sometimes even register details and so on (though I figure much of the more interesting bits are NDA'd by upstream vendors; so I understand not giving them out).
Seagate's HDD manuals have been immensely useful for educational reference because of their inclusion of SATA/SAS command descriptions, for example.

Does your firmware fail in a sensible manner? i.e. when endurance runs out on a SSD, locking further write attempts so that the drive can be imaged to recover its data - (via dd, ddrescue, and other utils.)

For RAM, compatibility charts and datasheets to assist us customers in matching our CPU+Motherboard/chipset to your RAM.
Basically making it easy to determine if a particular model you're selling will work with what we already have; because figuring out RAM timings and sizes that are compatible can be troublesome.
I've bought sticks of RAM in the past that just don't work with the system I was planning to put them into, and ended up eating the cost of the incorrect sticks I ordered.
Grunntt on 22/07/2025 - 20:08

And yes, we’re definitely cooking something up for EOFY — maybe a deal, maybe an OzB-exclusive… or maybe even a giveaway 👀
Who knows? 😄 Stick around — we’ll make sure it’s worth it.

A single post advertising the business with promises of definite something, maybe deals or maybe a giveaway for EOFY?

This financial year or next?

So, basically using Ozbargain for cheap advertising?