Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
95 Overall Score
vs
Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

Team Group
49 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

86 out of 100 medium confidence 11 reviews

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
👍 Performance speed 6
👍 Thermal management 3
👍 Value for money 3
👍 Ease of installation 2
👍 Ps5 compatibility 2
👎 Packaging quality 2

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

38 out of 100 low confidence 9 reviews

This budget M.2 SATA SSD has mixed reviews. Some users find it a cheap, simple upgrade for basic storage, but several report serious reliability issues like random freezes, slowdowns, and signs of failure within a month. The lack of an onboard RAM cache and low TBW rating are also concerns for heavy workloads.

Pros
  • cheap price
  • simple upgrade
  • fast and stable (in some cases)
  • good for basic storage
Cons
  • random freezes
  • slowdowns
  • signs of failure within a month
  • no onboard RAM cache
  • low TBW rating
👎 Reliability 4
🤔 Performance 4
🤔 Value for money 3
👎 Lack of ram cache 1
👎 Tbw rating 1
👍 Compatibility 1

Scores

Workstation
Kingston
94
Team Group
49
Gaming
Kingston
92
Team Group
42
Console
Kingston
92
Team Group
21
Budget
Kingston
84
Team Group
74
Laptop
Kingston
82
Team Group
61
Portable
Kingston
24
Team Group
14

Specifications

Kingston Fury RenegadeTeam Group MS30
Drive
Capacity
2,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
550
Sequential Write (MB/s)
7,000
500
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,000,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,000
1,024
MTBF (hours)
1,800,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓★—

Pros & Cons

Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (77th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (28th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston Fury Renegade

Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.

Kingston Fury Renegade Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation