Kingston Shrinks Its Gen4 NVMe SSD To 30mm

Introducing a shortened 2230 version of its NV3 SSD pits Kingston’s NV3 SSD against mobility market masters like Crucial (see its P310 in action) and Sabrent (with its Rocket 2230 NVMe 4.0). Already a well known quantity in the 2280 M.2 market, the low heat and power use of its tech should particularly suit compact devices such as netbooks, tablets and handheld gaming PCs.

The biggest restriction caused by the shrink is that the 2230 flavor has less thanhalf the space for NAND and is therefore limited to a max capacity of 2TB. That sounds like plenty to us!

Specifications

Form factor	M.2 2230
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Capacities3	500GB, 1TB, 2TB
Sequential read/write1	500GB – 5,000/3,000MB/s 1TB – 6,000/4,000MB/s 2TB – 6,000/5,000MB/s
NAND	3D
Endurance (Total Bytes Written)4	500GB – 160TB 1TB – 320TB 2TB – 640TB
Storage temperature	-40°C~85°C
Operating temperature	0°C~70°C
Dimensions	22mm x 30mm x 2.3mm
Weight	500GB – 2.6g 1TB – 2TB – 2.8g
Vibration non-operating	20G (10-1000Hz)
MTBF	2,000,000 hours
Warranty/Support5	Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

Find it at Newegg

(click for availability)