Kingston Fury Renegade
Kingston
95 Overall Score
vs
Samsung PM9A1
Samsung
50 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Kingston Fury Renegade
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
Samsung PM9A1
No customer feedback yet
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Specifications
| Kingston Fury Renegade | Samsung PM9A1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | 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★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Kingston Fury Renegade
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
Samsung PM9A1
- Strong speed (78th percentile)
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)14th %ile
- Below average social proof (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
Verdict
Winner: Kingston Fury Renegade
Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.