Kingston KC3000 Review

[@TechTesters]

Correction! The EU pricing graph at 6:43 isn't labeled correctly. It shows the prices for the 1 TB model of each of the SSDs, not the price of the capacity listed on the label! The US$ pricing graph is what it should look like.

[@Stalast.]

When I saw that chart, I immediately tried to look for a 2TB SN850 for €139 lmao. Thought it was on super sale or something.

[@AnujSingh-uz5wm]

In Amazon the Kingston mentioned that there is no DRAM in the KC3000 M.2 NVMe drives especially 512 GB model??

[@bigninja6472]

i got lower speed, around 5000 read and 4000 write, please need help to fix it ?

[@forleb7968]

How am I only just finding this channel? This is some of the most concise analyzing I've seen for a single product lately, and I think SSDs in general are usually glanced over by the mega-channels. Excellent video.

[@5federline]

It because a woman doing tech review some might feel typical. Usually man like jayz, steve GN, bitwit, paul and others man have done it. But for a woman, it feel awkward for some people especially in the field that has been dominated by male.

[@tiromandal6399]

​@@5federline Dude even GN don't make storage videos like this let alone the others lmao. And her presentation rivals even HUB! So I don't know what "awkwardness" you're talking about unless you mean those people are so astronomically sexist that they can't handle a woman reviewing tech. But I think you're actually right. Else there wouldn't be Andrew Tateism.

[@tiromandal6399]

This is now dirt cheap even in India. 130 euro for 2 tb. I was checking all of the gen 4 reviews you guys made while checking the prices simultaneously. I started from the bottom of the ladder but the prices of the high end drives surprised me cuz even a couple months ago they were much more expensive. Can't thank you two enough for being the best Drivetesters and for being uber awesome!

[@vibesnovibes6320]

Check the prices now mate 😥

[@sirwillemgaming9686]

@@vibesnovibes6320 Where I live, it's EUR 137.24 (converted from Philippine Peso) while I'm writing this comment.

[@supernotnatural]

same here in turkey. cheaper than 990 pro

[@LoLuzable]

I recently bought KC3000 2TB on sale for 123 dollars in Poland, gotta love x-kom 😍

[@tiromandal6399]

@@supernotnatural Some of the unhappy people of the west don't know how good they have it there. I won't be able to buy a GPU for at least the next 2 years despite of saving up quite a bit. Either take a huge loss or wait. Or maybe used market is the way.

[@maingun07]

I've built a few rigs when I was first getting into computers, but it's been a long time since I've done that. I've been poking a stick at building my first desktop rig in a couple of decades. Technology has changed so much since my last build in 2003 that I feel like a stroke victim learning how to walk again. The specs on this SSD look great for my game drive, but it doesn't look like the performance gain justifies the cost for my needs. Thanks for the review!

[@NarekAvetisyan]

I've built my first PC in 2007. Things have gotten significantly more complicated since those times. But the performance has gone through the roof especially in recent years.

[@maman89]

Wow can’t believe some people actually feel this way. PC building has gotten really streamlined nowadays. Most modern builds only need 3-4 cables connected from the power supply. SATA connection is a rare sight these days unless you have old 2.5inch SSD you want to continue using. Soundcards and optical drives have been rendered obsolete. Modern cases are a breeze to work in. Stupid molex is gone. So are IDE cables. No more setting master and slave drives. No more IRQ conflict errors. BIOS have GUIs. Most drivers auto detects. Heck even watercooling has been simplified. SLi and crossfire is no more. So what are guys talking about ?

[@drewedgeley2845]

You're absolutely brilliant at presenting and a joy to watch and listen to. You explain things very well. Well done. Great video of the drive 👍😊

[@michaelthompson9798]

Thanks Nada/Techtesters for this review 🥰👍🥳. Awesome performance 🥳🤩! Here in Australia 🇦🇺 Kingston drives are quite often one of the cheapest models of SSD/NVME on the market by a noticeable sum. Have to keep an eye out on this one, especially when a sale is on 🤯🤩 and very often I’ve seen Kingston drives on massive discounts here too.

[@gregciuba2172]

I picked up the 2tb on amazon sale £90 a couple of days ago! Thanks for the review

[@DragunnitumGaming]

I found this drive for 90eur for 1tb! And After watching this vid, I'm settled! It is my next drive! 😍😍

[@VaracolacidVesci]

I really enjoy your reviews. Not only are they very detailed and well though out but they are also very enjoiable to watch. You do great as a host. Keep it up

[@Spectru91]

i just love the way you say seasonic:D awesome channel...keep it up

[@allenchristiangarcia1139]

Thanks for the review! Found this drive for below $50 for 1024gb. I was planning on getting a P5 plus on Amazon... but I missed the deal, so I went around looking for alternatives both locally (SE Asia) and internationally. This looks like a drive I won't regret buying.

[@fifsa4764]

The price in my region right now, is even lower than the 980Pro, so it's a no brainer for me. Thanks for the guide.

[@tr0janvirus392]

Fr 980 pro is like 80€ and I found the Kingston at 55€

[@anandafitriananshary3312]

Congrats for 200k subscribers. Greetings from Indonesia

[@onurcil7040]

Wow your diction is great, you are speaking so clear and explaining the topic really understandable, I am not native in English nor my English level is good but I understand you easily, thank you. I subscribed.

[@anasmahajny368]

One of the best reviewers I ever seen - thank you for this review - keep going :)

[@p7272]

I was going to get the Firecuda 530 1TB, but this drive has bumped the Firecuda out of my Amazon cart and it's cheaper right now. Thanks you for your work! 😁

[@VectorAero]

Happy SN850 owner here. I run the SN850 in my primary gen4 slot and an SN750 my gen3 slot for storage.

[@JayzBeerz]

Happy Holidays!

[@FesterSilently]

Watching this review, I was nearly feeling terrible about my recent purchase (ADATA XPG Gammix S70 Blade)( *ugh* What a name...), UNTIL you got to the price of this beast! Wow! Checking Amazon at the time of my watching...2TB for $450 USD!!! I just picked up the ADATA S70 Blade and the performance (with the *most recent* firmware) quite often matches that of the KC3000...but at nearly HALF the price. I bought the 2TB model for $249 USD. I am definitely feeling better about my purchase. :D ~~~ Personal anecdotes aside: excellent review, as always. Right to the point, detailed review, great b-roll.

[@AlexMkd1984]

kc3000 no dram adata has dram

[@michaelhonormusic]

Thank you, great review. I just bought the 2TB model for around 138 euros, so it must have gone down in price since last year. Anyway, it will work great in my PS5.

[@michaelhonormusic]

Its a very good ssd, I had zero issue with it ​@@pranav6889

[@heftyharry1727]

Loving the videos ! Keep up the great concise format very good indeed. Cheers 👍🏼

[@djolexofficial]

I have MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard. Can i install this KC3000 without any disadvantages? Thanks

[@skulllever1759]

I would like to know that too...is it overkill?

[@rossishima]

8/22 the kingston kc3000 is now at the lower tier high performance drives. Only problem with the Kingston is idle watts whereas the other drives are in the miliwatts.

[@RojsaCom]

Great as always.

[@iliasiosifidis4532]

A youtuber that is not talking about oppo find N :D Great video, I ve learn some nvme facts in general Btw, I hope that you can include the Kingston NV1 SSD nvme, only because it's so cheap that it is tempting me

[@jamesp3128]

Very good info and review. thanks

[@rlltec4060]

Great video, I'm watching it, november 2022, and the price really went down, so this drive is now cheaper than the SN850X

[@V1N_574]

Is it me or this felt like you holding back from telling Kingston a piece of your mind? Hahahaha thanks for the info love your channel and straight reviews and conclusions!!!

[@kellygrant4964]

How one year changes things... This drive is now 160 canadian. Think I will be picking it up for a second drive for my video editing. 2TB for that price and performance is wonderful.

[@thestrykernet]

Thanks for the informative review. This once again proves to me that we should have kept 2.5" drives, but shifted to U.2 over the M.2 standard. Not only would you get the SSD away from the CPU/GPU area, but you'd have significantly better thermal performance. I got a SK Hynix P31 1TB M.2 SSD earlier this year, but I also got a M.2 -> U.2 adapter which also doubles as a heatsink in 2.5" form. When I checked the temperatures I'm running at load versus reviews of the same drive they're significantly cooler (10c+). It's not a cheap solution, but I'd highly recommend it if the motherboard supports U.2 ports (I believe OWC makes the only PCIe4 one, but I got the Icy Dock PCIe3 one).

[@ShivREdits]

m.2 heatsinks exist, built in to most motherboards nowadays

[@Explore_Montreal]

Valuable information. Thank you

[@TechTesters]

Thank you!

[@alfblack2]

Excellent review. very good benchmarking data. A but too much explanation given for me. But this will be great to forward to users/customers who are not as knowledgable.

[@sL1NK]

Was able to grab a 1TB model for a 100 euros, it's been a great drive since... last week. :D

[@Albarios]

Just purchased in Mexico, for my PlayStation 5, @US$190 (tax&shipp incl.) for the 2 TB model. Much cheaper than Samsung 980 Pro at this time. Its performance is amazing!

[@excelsiusprime]

Just got one for cheaper price than other top models. I think it's a great ssd to end gen 4 era.

[@fjsioewiox]

The pricing chart at 6:43 is wrong - it is 179€ for the 1 TB version as you say, but the chart says 2 TB. The 2 TB is currently on amazon at 404€. BTW I got the WD_BLACK SN850 2TB with heatsink for 400€ a few months back. I guess this drive at 400€ with a cheap heatsink might be a better deal, but the SN850 with heatsink is by far the best looking SSD I think :)

[@TechTesters]

You're right. The graph wasn't updated correctly. It shows the prices for the 1TB version of each SSD. I've pinned a comment to clarify.

[@NarekAvetisyan]

Excellent review! Q: So because this SSD has the highest 4KB Read speed (373MB/s), does this mean it will be fastest to open every day apps, like Word, Photoshop, Resolve or Blender?

[@johnnywoolen1453]

Every time I see one of your NVMe drive reviews I have to fight off the strong urge to buy one of them. Well done Nada!

[@leonprez231]

Hi there great video. You never did so a seagate firecuda 530 review or a sebrent rocket plus review. I'm used to you dying reviews for all the top ssds. Any reason? Keep up the great work in any cases 👍

[@forthosewhodare7325]

They turn her down on the sponsor. If she doesn't get bread for it then she will not do any free advertisement or publicity for it. Considering this is most likely her main source of revenue.

[@garyhaymaker7278]

I bought the KC3000 2TB online from the Kingston website a week ago for $175. I guess I got a great deal.

[@pranav6889]

Hii how is the ssd still going after 2-3 years of use is it reliable?

[@navidimtiaz2838]

It's super low where I live rn, Malaysia, at only under 600 RM, around $120 for 2 TB! Probably getting this

[@markomarkovic5729]

Yeah, it's much cheaper now than almost 2 years ago. I found 1tb version for 59 euros, 2tb cost 107 euros

[@navidimtiaz2838]

I bought a kingston kc3000 for about that money, 2TB @@markomarkovic5729

[@JohnStopman]

Thanks to you I now understand I should buy the Kingston KC2500, instead of the WD Blue SN570 for my aging system limited to PCIe 3.0 ^^

[@TechTesters]

KC2500 is much better yes, but usually more expensive.

[@JohnStopman]

@@TechTesters Luckily, the WD Blue SN570 is only 12,- euro cheaper (in the cheapest dutch store) ;-D

[@2009kortevideos]

regarding overheating : I'm using it for gaming, making music and general use, all software open, on an ASUS b550 rog strix gaming Wi-Fi II motherboard with the mb's nvme heatshield , temp is 25-30 Celsius. secondary drive is crucial p3. Ryzen 7 5700x/ ASUS rtx 3060/ I'm not running crazy stress testing maybe that's why. so yeah, i don't see any overheating issues many are mentioning.

[@tigerbalm666]

Team group Cardea has great specs for the price, insane TBW!

[@BinggomanLive]

In my country 1TB of KC3000 is about 30 US$ cheaper than 980 PRO. A must-buy then :)

[@MrBlueBrewer]

Surprised the 500GB corsair force is holding its own with 1tb and 2tb models. Would be interesting to see what a 2tb version could do in comparison.

[@Quarky_]

Nice job Nada, explaining the tradeoffs clearly, too bad about the price :-/

[@abhinandande]

I Bought This Today For Just 150 Dollars For 2TB. Insane Value!!

[@PredalienatorX]

The 2TB models are $213.50 in my country, immediately bought 2 after watching this review.

[@lordspalse0062]

Please does this have dram cache (supposedly 2GB)

[@almanduku9043]

Did you like it? Are you glad with it still?

[@PredalienatorX]

@@almanduku9043 Still happy with it and it still performs great.

[@almanduku9043]

@@PredalienatorX Thank you for your answer 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I plan to buy one also.

[@evilqtip7098]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ PEAK PERFORMANCE I LOVE THIS TECH

[@xellaz]

Nice NVMe SSD drive but not for that price. With these kind of SSDs, you really won't 'feel' any difference unless you benchmark them and see the scores. I'm more interested in the reliability than speed... TBW to be specific as my metric when choosing SSDs nowadays.

[@Eshcole]

It's amazing how for ages it was never practical to watercool your SSDs and here we are! lol

[@ijelic1604]

Great review as always! :) Can you please also review Patriot Viper vp4300? Cheers from Croatia!

[@blackdeath4]

Hi good info👍👍, is this SSD as good as the sea gate firecuda 530 2TB SSD with built heat sink????, keep up the good work 👍👍.

[@bartterp88]

What the heck, the price of the 2TB version went down to 128,- in the EU right now. Insane price drops

[@RonaldinhoPopper]

Can you please compare TBW between SSDs in future reviews?

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Overall a good video, Curious as to why there are so many PCIE Gen 3 drives in these Test's - if this about what's the best Gen 4 drive.

[@ronm6585]

Thank you.

[@Deviantsoundz]

Im glad he prices came down ALOT on this ssd here is the states.

[@Niles-Guy]

Guys don’t let her distract you from the fact that Mr Krabs sold Spongebobs soul for 62cents 😂

[@rdr2f144]

You need to do Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe M.2 NVME SSD 1TB Review😓

[@ivo3598]

Is it worth over kc3000?? Im deciding between those two

[@rdr2f144]

@@ivo3598 Depends i dont know the prices in your country but in mine the fury is only 10$ more expensive so i went for it. The only real diffrence i can see is the FURY is supposed to be 300 Mbps faster in read and depending of what size you get the FURY are supposed to have a 200TB longer life expectancy in the 1TB version and 400TB longer in the 2TB version How much is the price difference in your country?

[@SourceBTS]

I have a question: The way you explained SLC caching - that it could write the amount of data equal to 1/3 of the total free space before slowing down - makes me believe that a 4TB model would be able to write bigger chunks of data than a 2TB of the same model, before slowing down. Did I understand correctly?

[@TechTesters]

In theory, but in reality most SSDs have a limit how much they cache. So i doubt you’ll notice any difference between those 2.

[@GamePat96]

Thanks for the review, was kinda confused when it showed up in the charts of the SN570 Review lately, but i cound'nt find a video for it on your channel😅 Edit: Also while im at it. I was wondering if these sound dampening panels behind you are the Elgato Wave Panels? Really like the design, but im not sure which once they are.

[@pascaldifolco4611]

Nice review ! I've sunk a few months ago 500EUR in a 2TB WD SN850 (they went really cheaper since), it's a blast but not worth the price, same here with the KC3000...

[@ankuro22]

I'm worried about its temperatures since I'm gonna be using it for my laptop. My other choice is the Adata XPG SX8200 Pro but I also heard that drive has a high failure rate. Is there any other SSD decision that has DRAM can has 2TB of storage and is suitable for laptop use?

[@User-12947I]

Don't buy adata

[@Kizarat]

The 3rd chapter/segment in the video is titled "WD Blue SN570 Overview" and I am sure "Kingston KC3000 Overview" was supposed to be written there lol.

[@LooNeYlv]

Kingston had a controller/memory issue back in 2010 in their first ssd's... And STILL the issue isn't fully resolved. Still after certain period of time/read-write cycles the performance degrades so much that the drive isnt usable anymore... at the point that even good old HDD is faster. And this point for kingston is just a year or two or just after warranty period so your left with half broken drive that isnt working in great speeds that it had when it was brand new. And if it happens in warranty, drive is working, health manager sayes the drive is 'good' so if you take it to warranty it is denied by Kingston! Because everything is working! WD or Samsung SSD drives maybe isnt as fast on paper, but dosent degrade as quick as Kingston. I have bunch of kingston ssd's that is 2 or 3 years old(with 8-10TB written) and copying a 10GB file takes 15-20minutes. While samsung and WD has 5+ years(with 40TB+ written) health manager sayes 'good' and the drive still have the same performance when it was brand new!

[@farmeunit]

We use several hundred A400 and probably a hundred V400 240GB drives at work and don't see any significant slowdowns. We don't bench them but it's our most widely used and reliable drives.

[@NarekAvetisyan]

Can you also test which of these SSD's boots into Windows the fastest? Thanks!

[@AnujSingh-uz5wm]

In Amazon the Kingston mentioned that there is no DRAM in the KC3000 M.2 NVMe drives especially 512GB model??

[@damightyshabba439]

I can't seem to get my transfer rates above 120MBs.... Spikes at 150, but only for a few seconds. I'm on a MSI Tomohawk Max II, SP NVme 2TB (rated at 6800) and all drives are connected at 3.2 USB... What am I doing wrong? Should I drop the USB connections and go Gb Lan? I move data all day, every day... I just cant figure out how to do it at the speeds I see online, like in YT channels... My base system is fine - 5600X, 32GB DDR4, 6800 NvME.... I just can't get high transfer rates, and I am assuming its something I am doing wrong...

[@marko83]

now 2tb 109eur in estonia

[@Eflaene]

Description chapters says "WD SN570 Blue" instead of the Kingston one here

[@aLexBeGGy]

please compare IOPS! That is basically the most important thing on a SSD. Like, can KC3000 actually reach around 1000k IOPS ? I think not since mine won't go over 700k read, 250k write...

[@HH-CA]

Best SSD in the market

[@ivo3598]

Fury one is better

[@HH-CA]

@@ivo3598 agreed, got one for myself

[@kruzty_]

Should i remove the thin layer of metal if my motherboard has an NVME enclosure?

[@Just1n_Case]

No

[@lansiman]

wonder how much better the renegade model which is one range above kc3000 perform, its also very nearly the same price in my country

[@TechTesters]

Afaik its the exact same ssd, just with gamer-sauce. I will need to see one myself to be sure though.

[@sagarjadhav6568]

What difference will it make to the normal user if it dose not have any Encryption ???

[@TechTesters]

No :)

[@twoface9622]

Would you go for 2tb KC3000 ore 1tb KC3000 and 1tb crucial p3 for gaming?

[@TechTesters]

Well, do you need 2TB? :)

[@twoface9622]

@@TechTesters not really should i go for the kc3000 ore something cheaper and if something cheaper what ssd

[@zenon3021]

should you put games on the same m.2 drive as your windows & apps? Or is it better to have a separate m.2 drive for games so the constant heat doesn't fry your windows?

[@TTROVER]

We bought a kc3000 1tb gen4 ssd. We couldn't see the final speeds alone, motherboard aorus elite b550m gen4, processor amd 5600g, 2x16gb ddr4 3600mhz kingston rams. In this system, the ssd does not reach these speeds.

[@AndrevwZA]

Add 50%+ to that price here in South Africa.

[@Bihn-d9i]

Merry XMAS & and a Happy computing 2022!! --(SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe $109.00 USA / 2TB on sale for $229.00 reg $499.00)

[@Femerenden]

That packaging for the price is troubling. Considering the performance and what not, and the price, a better packaging would have been much better.

[@JoeMama-yl1ow]

Youre sequential speeds on the sn850 are being held back bye the controller or the firmware or something my two score way over 7,000 with the same settings as youres.

[@TechTesters]

Like I say, it's the limit of what this particular setup, so motherboard mostly likely (and/or CPU maybe)

[@ma6netho]

mine worked 3 hour , lot of chkdsk errors, and now gone from showing in windows or bios

[@EJSmith-dk3yg]

It's to bad that you did not include the Samsung 970 Pro ... which uses MLC memory !

[@morbid1.]

2TB is great but pricing is still way above my capabilities

[@farmeunit]

Getting better though. They had Gen3 drives for $180 or Black Friday.

[@Z3t487]

For sure the 2 TB is the best bang for the buck. 2 TB: €300 4 TB: 800 (wtf) 1 TB: 170-180 512 GB: 100

[@brodriguez11000]

Boot drives don't need to be very big.

[@bahadirtasar]

oo amazing can i ask you? if there is any enclosure for kingston kc3000 2tb? ]

[@richardoh3666]

Kingston Fury Renegade is the fastest Kingston Nvme drive, not KC3000, why didn't you do a review on Kingston Fury Renegade instead?

[@ertai222]

It's also like $300+ for 2TB and only marginally faster.

[@ivo3598]

Yea i think it even runs cooler

[@brilliantwoon4262]

I was wondering why 500gb and 1tb was different write speed then 2tb and 4tb and the smaller size the write speed slower.

[@adds2337]

Would Thsi be a good buy for my laptop it has adequate cooling being a yoga pro i9 gen 8 or should I go with a cheaper slower drive

[@ntclpz]

Please do a review on the msi spatium ssd.

[@TechTesters]

Expect this to be covered within the next week or so ;)

[@ntclpz]

@@TechTesters thanks!

[@joefalchetto94]

What is a good cooling solution for an external enclosure?

[@lukelatin]

How can you add a heatsink to it if it has chips on both sides? Two heatsinks? How to install it with heatsinks on both sides?

[@Just1n_Case]

It's a bit late, but heatsinks have two parts. One goes on top of the ssd and the other goes on the other side

[@АртёмТрухин-с8ш]

How well will this drive fit into a laptop (I mean thermal performance)?

[@vixaa]

Kingston Fury Renegade?

[@vLarsn]

I just ordered the 2TB version for my PS5 + a 3rd party heatsink. Do I just mount the heatsink on top of the existing thin metal plate or should I remove it first?

[@TechTesters]

You mean the super thin layer on top? Just leave that on.

[@vLarsn]

@@TechTesters Yes, the graphene aluminum heat spreader. Perfect, thank you!

[@mohamadbadenjki9412]

I stay don’t know which one the best is Kingston kc 3000 or SEAGATE can give me answer tks❤

[@TechTesters]

I have a 15 SSD comparison video that includes both iirc :)

[@johnsmith-qz4bv]

would the 512gb version be good for just a os drive ..?windows is all that will be on this..i can get this m.2 for $99

[@CuongNguyen-kb1nl]

I am wavering between Kingston KC3000 and WD black SN770. Which one is cooler? Please help me.

[@TechTesters]

Kc3000 is better all round.