Kingston KC3000 Review
2,296The new Kingston KC3000 promises to be the fastest Gen4 NVMe SSD, but is it?
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Full list of SSD Tested:
Aorus 7000S - https://geni.us/eO50
Corsair MP600 - https://geni.us/wVMyDn
Kingston A2000 - https://geni.us/ghOxl2
Kingston KC2500 - https://geni.us/QWSyFJ
Kingston KC3000 - https://geni.us/czu8
MSI Spatium M480 - https://geni.us/4P3bGz
Patriot VP4100 - https://geni.us/SyKI7Jm
Sabrent Rocket 4 - https://geni.us/mCPY
Sabrent Rocket Q4 - https://geni.us/kmD4
Samsung 870 EVO - https://geni.us/GKWB7c
Samsung 980 - https://geni.us/nDz1b
Samsung 980 PRO - https://geni.us/LXpQKhQ
Seagate FireCuda 520 - https://geni.us/0qiSzjR
Transcend 240s - https://geni.us/XOINcj
WD Blue SN550 - https://geni.us/FSgBgy
WD Blue SN570 - https://geni.us/3pVL0y
WD Black SN850 - https://geni.us/Xdrv
XPG S50 Lite - https://geni.us/0B1e
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:39 - Seasonic 4tw!
1:02 - Kingston KC3000 Overview
1:56 - Hardware Encryption
2:16 - PC Mark 10 - Light Use (For use as a secondary drive)
3:14 - PC Mark 10 - Heavier Use (OS Drive, Video Editors, etc)
3:56 - Consistency Test - Stress Test
4:18 - SLC Caching, Sequential Read & Write Performance
5:42 - Thermal Discussion - Always cool your Gen4 SSD!
6:34 - Pricing & Final Thoughts
Test Bench - (with affiliate links)
CPU - Intel Core i9-12900K - https://geni.us/8ew3
Motherboard - ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero - https://geni.us/rMCmKs
Memory - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5-5200 - https://geni.us/eqYpBgw
Cooling - Corsair H150i Elite LCD
GPU - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 - https://geni.us/Jn2x
PSU - Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W - https://geni.us/hqKXxw
Disclosure:
- This product was provided by Kingston for the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video or any of my other reviews. It's not sponsored by them, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. My reviews reflect my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
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