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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
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Will It Run?
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PNY

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability |
|---|
| Total |
|---|
Newegg | $149.99 | $0.300 | In Stock | $149.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The PNY CS2230 is a 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe Gen3 x4 interface. This drive offers standard NVMe performance suitable for general computing tasks and as a boot drive. While it provides faster speeds than SATA SSDs, it will be slower than current generation PCIe Gen4 or Gen5 NVMe drives.
Verdict
βA budget-friendly NVMe SSD for basic systems and general computing tasks.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,300 MB/s
Sequential Write
2,500 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
280 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.31 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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