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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 |
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Newegg | $174.99 | $0.175 | In Stock | $174.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The PNY CS3150 RGB is a 1TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe SSD. It offers high-speed storage suitable for demanding applications and gaming, leveraging the latest PCIe 5.0 interface. While its PCIe 5.0 performance is cutting-edge, its current price point places it among premium Gen4 drives, offering a future-proof option for users with compatible motherboards.
Verdict
βIdeal for early adopters seeking future-proof PCIe 5.0 storage with RGB aesthetics.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
11,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
8,500 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
700 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.38 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.6M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (1024 MB)
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