Review PNY CS3150 1TB SSD review: A dual-fan, RGB marvel

[Admin]

The PNY CS3150 is yet another PCIe 5.0 SSD, setting itself apart with a dual-fan cooler with optional RGB lighting. Performance is good and the dual fans aren't loud and help the drive stay very cool. However, it offers little new and tends to be expensive, and we can't currently find the 2TB model for sale.

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[Pierce2623]

Call me crazy but it seems to me like requiring someone to give up a fan header or usb header to cool a single SSD isn’t exactly a recipe to sell millions of units.

 

[ezst036]

Call me crazy but it seems to me like requiring someone to give up a fan header or usb header to cool a single SSD isn’t exactly a recipe to sell millions of units.

I don't see why not. In pretty much every computer I've seen, there are three USB headers on the mobo but only two headers are ever used by the USB ports on the front of the case. This is because one header is for the more generic USB 2.0, but the USB 3.0 header isn't even used by this SSD at all.

Granted I haven't seen any of the super high end cases, maybe there are PC cases out there that have 10 or more USB ports on the front and require three headers to fully operate? And RGB fans get power through fan headers, right?

Here is a recent board review: (It has 3 headers in the photos)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...gigabyte-x670e-aorus-pro-x-motherboard-review

What am I missing?

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Call me crazy but it seems to me like requiring someone to give up a fan header or usb header to cool a single SSD isn’t exactly a recipe to sell millions of units.

To be fair, it's only the RGB version that uses a USB header, which allows control of the RGB lighting. The non-RGB just uses a more typical 4-pin fan header, and as @ezst036 points out, a lot of motherboards have several USB 2.0 headers that often aren't used.

I still think the lack of availability (right now) for 2TB and even 4TB variants is far more problematic. "Yes, I'd like a really high-end and expensive SSD, the fastest drive possible! But I only want 1TB of capacity." Said no enthusiast in the past several years.

 

[Pierce2623]

I don't see why not. In pretty much every computer I've seen, there are three USB headers on the mobo but only two headers are ever used by the USB ports on the front of the case. This is because one header is for the more generic USB 2.0, but the USB 3.0 header isn't even used by this SSD at all.

Granted I haven't seen any of the super high end cases, maybe there are PC cases out there that have 10 or more USB ports on the front and require three headers to fully operate? And RGB fans get power through fan headers, right?

Here is a recent board review: (It has 3 headers in the photos)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...gigabyte-x670e-aorus-pro-x-motherboard-review

What am I missing?

That’s a fair take I guess but as someone who sim races and has an AIC with more USB ports that plugs into the third header, it would never work for me. Also, all my computers have more than one NVME in them. With modern software, even two 8TB NVMEs doesn’t even feel like you have endless storage.

 

[Neilbob]

Seems like a lot of extra faffing about for what'll more than likely amount to a speed increase of about 1.2% here in 'generic consumer world' </curmudgeon>

 

[evdjj3j]

Call me crazy but it seems to me like requiring someone to give up a fan header or usb header to cool a single SSD isn’t exactly a recipe to sell millions of units.

I doubt you would have even thought about it if it wasn't for that little bit of rage bait in the sub heading.

 

[jlake3]

Call me crazy but it seems to me like requiring someone to give up a fan header or usb header to cool a single SSD isn’t exactly a recipe to sell millions of units.

It might not set sales records, but I'm sure there's a pretty healthy number of people out there who would take that tradeoff in return for having the fastest drive on the market.

...if they offered higher capacity options.

And the moment that it's no longer the fastest drive on the market, I can see the USB/4-pin connection becoming much more of an issue. Tiny fans like that are usually pretty loud and high-pitched, and that's gotta add a not-insignificant cost over a plain heatsink.

 

[Notton]

I clicked on the amazon link for this drive.
I looked at the price and thought it was 2TB... nope, it was 1TB
In fact, it was so expensive, that I could buy a low end Kingston NV2 4TB for less.