WD Black SN7100 2 TB

[Chris34]

Proper drive with afaik DRAM Cache.

Kingston KC3000 2 TB Specs

2 TB, TLC, PCIe 4.0 x4, M.2 2280

www.techpowerup.com

Of course, always buy the initial batches of a nvme drive close to the initial review of that nvme drive. Before the manufacturer makes it worse or changes components for the nvme drive.

edit: WD = Sandisk, is questionable, like SAMSUNG in regards of firmware quality for past drives over the years

edit: only WD drive I would buy is the 850X - assuming they did not made the components worse.

You're comparing this newly released drive to a drive that launched at $400. I quote the review you linked "The 2 TB Kingston KC3000 is currently listed online for $450."

WD doesn't pull old Sandisk, or Kingston, or ADATA Shenanigan like changing core components and calling it the same drive.

From that KC3000 Specs page you linked:

Multiple hardware versions found.
Performance could vary due to unannounced flash/controller changes.

Hardware Versions:	Kioxia BiCS5 HDR 1Tb 4 TB Kioxia BiCS5 HDR 512Gb 1 TB 2 TB Micron B47R 512 GB 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB

 

[notanin]

Is it a new drive? Yes it is. Is that special? No it is not.

Sure, it’s just an SSD after all — though it’s the fastest among PCIe 4.0 drives in terms of relative performance.
I’m not sure why you mentioned the KC3000. It has certainly aged well and is still quite strong, but many drives have already overtaken it.
If a some specific metric is more important to you than relative performance, then sure, your top choice could be different.

I came to the conclusion to not buy any DRAM less drives again.

In this thread I’ve also learned that DRAM can be important if the drive is purchased to be used as an external one, attached via a USB enclosure. Otherwise...

 

[starfals]

2TB... 2025... i just cannot anymore. If they dont serious with the SSD drives, i wont be buying anything anymore.
All the 4TB drives here are out of stock too, so idk. I wont buy a SATA SSD from Samsung, thats for sure. Thats soo 2016. Btw, i do have 1 already, 4TB too.

 

[529th]

How often does HMB become corrupt when someone is overclocking memory and tightening primary and secondary timings?