Kingston's speedy NV3 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is down to $157 at Newegg for Labor Day
If you're building a new PC or upgrading an aging boot drive, you'll definitely want to check out the Kingston NV3 1TB internal SSD, now $157 (was $216) at Newegg.
An established name in the storage arena, Kingston built the NV3 as the successor to its popular NV2 line, and the jump to a Gen 4x4 controller brings a meaningful speed increase - it can hit read speeds up to 6,000MB/s.
But it keeps the single-sided, compact M.2 2280 form factor that fits easily into laptops and small-form-factor builds.
Why we recommend it
The headline number is up to 6,000MB/s of sequential read performance, and independent testing has generally found the NV3 hits close to its rated speeds, putting it in the same territory as several established TLC-based drives despite using cheaper QLC NAND.
Kingston keeps costs down with a DRAM-less design that relies on Host Memory Buffer, borrowing...
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