Because it seems necessary to have to pay more and more attention to the technical sheets when buying a SSD
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Although among the first manufacturers in the world in quantities (as in value) of RAM or SSD sold across the world, Kingston is not however immune to controversy, as evidenced by the quack we are hearing today TechPowerUp.
Precedents in the competition
Remember, last August, we talked about the fact that Western Digital had changed the type of NAND used on its best-selling SSD, the WD Blue SN550.
The manufacturer did not hide it and explained that it had to diversify its sources in order to be able to meet demand. He had explained that ” for greater transparency, if we make any changes to our internal SSDs, we are committed to introducing a new model number […]. We value our customers, and are committed to providing the best possible solutions for their data storage needs. “
In fact, and unlike some of its competitors, Western Digital had been relatively transparent in indicating changes to its hardware. For his part, Kingston seems a little less considerate.
Two different controllers
The NV1 is an NVMe M.2 SSD that can be found for less than $ 85 in a 1TB version. We did not have the opportunity to test it at Clubic, but the echoes of American journalists are rather favorable.
Alas, things seem a little more complicated than they looked, and Kingston may well have played with several references that it markets under the same label. TechPowerUp underlines that the version passed on its test bench combines a Silicon Motion SM2263XT controller (without DRAM) and the Micron QLC 96 layers flash. These specifications go against what had been published so far. The NV1 was instead presented as a combination of Phison E13T controller and NAND TLC or QLC, depending on capacity.
Our colleagues do not highlight any particular differences in the performance observed on the two variants of the NV1 SSD. Still, such an approach, carried out without informing the consumer, is not very elegant, especially for a brand famous in Kingston.
TechPowerUp ends by reporting a comment from his community. Looking at the packaging of the SSD, the two variants are identifiable: a very shiny controller chip in the case of Silicon Motion while the Phison E13T is black and hidden by the label.
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Source: TechPowerUp
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