The Kingston NV1 M2.2280 PCIe NVMe SSD is an entry-level product at an excellent price – 50GB for $79 to 2TB for $269 or about 13 cents per GB. It is perfect for replacing or upgrading a PC or laptop where you don’t need bleeding-edge speed.
Having said that, it is no slouch either. Our 1TB review unit clocks 2073/1737MBps sequential read/write with equally impressive random read/write specs.
Kingston NV1 M2.2280 PCIe NVMe SSD
| Website | here |
| Price | 500GB/1TB/TB $79/139/269 (approx. 13 cents per GB) |
| Warranty | 3-years based on Terabytes written 500GB – 120TBW 1TB – 240TBW 2TB – 480TBW |
| Design | DRAMless meaning no bucket of high-speed DRAM cache to keep up sustained data transfer rates> Uses Phison PS5013-E13-31 controller |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x 4-lane |
| Software | Acronis True Image (take care – it is on a sticker inside the sealed package) |
| Other | GadgetGuy Kingston news and reviews here |
Speed – more than you would expect
Despite being DRAMless, it is not bad on random read/write of files. But, having no cache, it starts well with large data copying and then quickly drops back to about 500MBps.
GadgetGuy’s take
Entry-level usually means SATA 6 performance (500Mbps) and low cost. Here the it is four times the speed. This has both the price advantage and PCIe NVMe – most SSDs at this price are SATA 6. It’s a tad cheaper than the Kingston A2000 series (has a DRAM cache) ad a lot cheaper than a DRAMless Samsung 980 (review here 9/10).
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