The Kingston NV3 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is now available for EUR 135 at Newegg, a 27% discount from its usual EUR 186 price. That works out to roughly 15.7 cents per gigabyte, and it also marks the lowest price the drive has reached in the past 30 days. With the ongoing AI boom driving worldwide memory shortages, deals on RAM and storage have grown scarce, making this markdown worth a look for anyone planning a storage upgrade.
Launched in late 2024 as a budget PCIe Gen 4 NVMe option, the 1TB NV3 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 6,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 4,000 MB/s. Those figures make it capable of handling everyday office tasks, gaming, and demanding file transfers.
What You Get for the Price
The NV3 is a DRAM-less drive that relies on Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology instead of onboard DRAM. As a result, performance can vary depending on the workload. It carries a rated endurance of 320TBW, which sits slightly below the recommended level, and comes backed by a five-year limited warranty.
This is not a drive built for heavy workloads or as the primary storage in a high-end workstation. For secondary storage, however, it holds up well. In 3DMark’s Storage Benchmark it delivered respectable results, and in PCMark 10 it outperformed the Corsair MP600 Elite while coming reasonably close to several pricier SSDs.
Efficiency and Everyday Use
If your main goal is storing games, photos, videos, or other important files, the NV3 is more than adequate. It also draws very little power and stays cool during operation, with a maximum recorded temperature of just 48°C on one of its sensors during testing.
At its discounted price of EUR 135, the 1TB Kingston NV3 stands out as an affordable way to expand a PC’s storage. It may not be the fastest or most capable SSD on the market, but the combination of solid PCIe 4.0 speeds and a low per-gigabyte cost makes it a practical pick. The deal is currently live at Newegg.
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