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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
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PNY

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability | Total |
|---|
MemoryC | $78.90 | $0.316 | In Stock | $78.90 | Buy |
Newegg | $189.99 | $0.760 | In Stock | $189.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The PNY CS1030 is a budget-oriented M.2 NVMe SSD with a PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and 250GB capacity. It offers sequential read/write speeds typical of entry-level NVMe drives, significantly faster than SATA SSDs but slower than higher-end PCIe Gen3 or Gen4 NVMe options. This drive is suitable for basic system storage or as a secondary drive for less demanding applications.
Verdict
βGood for budget builds or as a secondary drive for non-critical data.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
2,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,100 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
150 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
No
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