Customers express satisfaction with the XLR8 CS3040 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe's reliability and speed, noting seamless integration and consistent performance. The affordable price point is also frequently praised. Many appreciate it as a solid and cost-effective NVMe drive. No significant drawbacks were reported by customers.
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Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
PS5 Compatible!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this for extra storage on my PS5. Can confirm it works! 5637 MB/s read speeds whereas Playstation recommends 5500 MB/s. I transferred Astro's Playroom to the SSD and did not noticed any performance issues with the game. I do recommend getting a separate low profile heatsink for this from Amazon. The model that comes with a heatsink might work but you will not be able to use the cover to close up the area.
This uses TLC NAND which is the cheaper and slower version of NAND. I don't plan to play my games on the SSD much and will mainly use this as storage so I'm ok with it. The best performance for games, IMO and in theory, will be on the PS5 console storage. Some 4th gen M.2 SSDs have read speeds of 7000+ so I could be wrong.
Reliability is hard to determine since it's so he, but this has a mean time before failure (MTBF) of 2,000,000 hours so I'm hoping this will outlast the 5 year warranty or even the PS5 generation.
1 month update: TBD
3 month update: TBD
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price, Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Affordable and reliable storage
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
One of the most affordable gen 4 NVME drives you can get. Installed it in my PS5 and I am not disappointed. Fast load times and integrated seamlessly with the console. No issues so far! Just had to purchase a separate heat sink. Would buy this brand again!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love this NMVE. I cant wait to upgrade my motherboard to support more than 2. Im definitely getting more of these for my mext PC build and my soon upcoming upgrade.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Storage is more important than you think
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
If the applications and boot-up time on your PC are slow, consider getting better storage AND having your operating system moved to that new drive. It can potentially save a ton of money over getting other hardware upgrades.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great price, great speed
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very fast boot time. Comes with something on it to help dissipate heat, so don't rip it off. Fit into motherboard fine, but the motherboard had a cover that was only for the longer version of these. I left the cover off and there has been no problems with the heat.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent value!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got this at a great price point, probably the cheapest 4 x 4 NVMe 1TB drive I have found. Install was a snap and the access time is amazing, great addition to my desktop PC - made it my boot drive and it is now super fast to boot!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
PS5 READY
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
One of the cheapest m.2 i found for the ps5. So much easier to install console storage then PS4/PS3. Awesome!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast. Cheap
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Dont overspend on M2 drives. You likely dont need (or wont achieve) max advertised speeds on most drives.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Keep looking older speeds
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great product for the time I got it out of date now move on
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great with my PS5!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I wanted to upgrade the internal storage for my PS5 but didn’t want to double the cost of the console. This baby basically doubled my storage for a very affordable price. I haven’t noticed any performance hit at all. Would highly recommend!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast and reliable.
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Super fast and reliable. PNY has always been a brand I go to because I know it will last for a long time and I'll get my money's worth.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Solid price
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great price and product. I've had no issues what so ever. Highly recommended for people okay not buying into a particular brand.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great on PS5.
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this for my PS5 and it works perfectly. The SSD more meets the minimum requirements.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works with ps5
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
In case you wonder: works just fine inside ps5 as long as you add a heat sink.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ps5 internal ssd
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought for internal ps5 hdd. Works great and gives more storage space.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good SSD
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great SSD. Works as described in my custom PC build.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ps5 capable
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Cheapest option i found at the time for my PS5 memory expansion. So far so good! And best buy price matched amazon on it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
For PS5
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got it for PS5, barley meets the minimum specs. Works fine and I do not notice any difference when playing games.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.