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💥 PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4 SSD - High-Speed Performance up to 3,500MB/s Reading - M280CS3030-1TB-RB Review

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Description of 💥 PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4 SSD - High-Speed Performance up to 3,500MB/s Reading - M280CS3030-1TB-RB

NVME upgrade from a SATA based solid state drive (SSD) in NVME enabled PC or MAC computers for super-fast OS boot times and application loads. The NVME PCIe Gen 3x4 interface delivers exceptional performance of up to 3,500MB/s seq.; Read and 3,000MB/s seq.; Write speeds. The enhanced bandwidth of the NVME interface allows for extreme performance and low latency, making it superior to SATA based SSD's. Premium performance and ultra low power consumption ideal for demanding applications and high end games.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Reliable drive with good value for money

It runs at rated speed per capacity (3300+ reads, 2900+ writes in my first test). You will notice some difference from other users, some results will be faster, others will be slower, but this is the hardware for you. In my experience PNY is as reliable a brand as Samsung and the XLR8 line (accelerated) is their best performer. This is the pinnacle of M.2 PCIE 3 NVME. If you also need top performance for other read/write operations, Samsung and WD can certainly hit harder, but not on price. The

Pros
  • Always liked
Cons
  • Ratio set

Revainrating 2 out of 5

FAST Internal Solid State Drives

PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 Nvme Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) These are very good drives. I'm a fan of WD, but I've read reviews about it, mostly from Europe, and nothing but praise. Used Acronis to copy and everything was fine. 5 year guarantee, good price. I would buy them before they get hot and the price goes up. I also used this - NVMe heatsink to double sided a 2280mm M.2 SSD (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QV4W1W6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). cool and the…

Pros
  • Great Design
Cons
  • About

Revainrating 3 out of 5

I'm happy with the storage

I've researched everything to see if anyone is using them in the Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master as they weren't listed in the QVL but turned out to be empty and warned the wind and dared to buy TWO flash drives of 2GB each. Well I wanted to let anyone researching this information know that it works! As far as I can tell. I had zero problems. I didn't do any testing because I don't care as long as it's drives. I just want them to be stable and so far I haven't experienced any crashes. You "feel"…

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • Long delivery time

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I'm happy with the internal SSDs

I did all the research to see if anyone had used them in a Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master as they weren't listed in the QVL but turned out to be empty Wind and went take the risk of buying TWO 2GB flash drives. Well I wanted to let anyone researching this information know that it works! As far as I can tell. I had zero problems. I didn't do any testing because I don't care as long as it's drives. I just want them to be stable and so far I haven't experienced any crashes. You "feel" very quickly. I…

Pros
  • New
Cons
  • Repair

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Competes with the best

This is for PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB M.2 Gen3x4 NVMe SSD. This is an excellent NVMe drive that rivals the top Samsung models for significantly less money. The 1TB model has 1GB of DRAM cache and I believe all capacities in this model have at least some DRAM cache, which is better than similar drives from some other manufacturers. In CrystalMark I get around 3.2 GB/s sequential read and write speeds. . It's even on an NVMe adapter board on an unsupported motherboard with a custom BIOS to support it…

Pros
  • Robust construction
Cons
  • Reliable

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Couldn't get it to work had to send it back.

I used to install 5 M2 NVME hard drives. Of these, 3 were Samsung 970EVO and 2 Intel 660P. All were initialized and formatted with Windows 10, cloned and installed. All booted once selected as the main boot drive. This refused to load. I first tried a Dell 14 7472 with a Samsung 970EVO. Clone it with the USB enclosure as usual and make sure all partitions and data are copied in order. Then I installed it and it won't load. The Casper cloning program is to blame for everything. Tried the second…

Pros
  • The delivery was very fast
Cons
  • Waiting too long

Revainrating 3 out of 5

BUYER BEWARE Best in Computers and Accessories

If it works, this drive works fine. It's fast (maximum 2.9 GB/s on my system) and easy to use. I bought the drive in October 2019 but the problems with the drive started in August 2020 and completely failed in September 2020 meaning it only lasted 11 months and that's where the problems come in. First, PNY does not provide diagnostics. Tool. When I first had problems, all the SMART reports said everything was fine, but the Dell utility showed problems. However, it was not possible to run…

Pros
  • nice thing
Cons
  • I don't remember but something was