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Kingston adds M.2 2230 form-factor to the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD lineup (www.fudzilla.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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The new Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 2230 is a single-sided M.2 2230 (22x30mm) form-factor SSD that will be available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities, reaching sequential read and write speeds of up to 6,000MB/s and 5,000MB/s. The Kingston NV3 is also available in the standard M.2 2280 form-factor.

Look, I'll be the first to admit that this is a not-even-glorified press-release rewrite.

That out of the way, it's pretty amazing that 2230 has become viable at large capacities while still hitting PCIe 4 speeds. Sure, it's not the latest gen in the wild, but my guess is you'd need active cooling for PCIe 5 in this form factor.

My first NVMe drive was shockingly tiny -- like, I know millimetres and all, but I'm old enough that our first (20MB) hard drive was full-height 5¼". Being able to get this kind of throughput in such a small space makes a 2280 look like an SD card adapter for a 2230 microSD.

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[–] xylol@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Very cool I was just looking at a crucial 2tb 2230 on prime, hoping for a 4tb

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am hoping for a 4TB TLC 2230 will come out soon haha

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's obviously technically possible by going double-sided, but the cooling again becomes an issue.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe only the controller needs cooling, not the dies.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Not sure where you're deducing that from ... anything one applies a voltage to produces heat. Even microSD cards can get absurdly hot, and the controller is on the host end.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

This is awesome! More options at 2230 is great for Steam Deck users, and even some laptops (my Framework 16 for example) have 2230 slots where a 2280 would be too long.