Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Gigastone Game Turbo 512GB SATA III 2.5"
What Buyers Say
Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
The Kingston FURY Renegade SSD is highly praised for its exceptional speed and performance, with users noting significant improvements in system responsiveness and gaming. It runs cool, especially with thermal pads, and is considered a great value, particularly for PS5 users. Minor complaints include poor packaging from Newegg and a missing screw, but overall, it's strongly recommended.
Pros
- Exceptional read/write speeds
- Runs cool with thermal pads
- Great value for money
- Easy installation
- Works well with PS5
Cons
- Poor packaging from Newegg
- Missing screw in box
- No heatsink included
Gigastone Game Turbo 512GB SATA III 2.5"
Overall, users are very satisfied with this SSD, praising its speed, ease of installation, and great value for money. Many used it to upgrade old computers or as a boot drive, noting significant improvements in boot times and overall performance. However, a few negative reviews mention issues like dead drives on arrival, a used drive being sold as new, and some confusion with disk formatting. Despite these, the majority recommend it as a reliable and affordable option.
Pros
- fast boot times
- great value for money
- easy installation
- reliable performance
- good for upgrading old computers
Cons
- dead drives on arrival
- used drive sold as new
- disk formatting confusion
- price increase
- slow read/write speeds in some cases
Scores
Specifications
| Kingston Fury Renegade | Gigastone Game Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 2.5" |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | SATA III |
| Protocol | NVMe | SATA |
| PCIe Generation | 4★ | — |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | No data | |
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓★ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
Gigastone Game Turbo 512GB SATA III 2.5"
- Strong social proof (79th percentile)
- Below average speed (22nd percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
Verdict
Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.