Conclusion
...a worthy competitor to pricier offerings in a number of our benchmarks.Kingston is establishing itself as a frontrunner in the mainstream SSD segment. Following on from the SATA-based KC600, the PCIe-driven A2000 does an equally impressive job of delivering strong all-round performance at a competitive price.
Employing an SM2263 controller, 96-layer 3D TLC and a DDR4 cache on a single-sided M.2 form factor, the drive delivers on its promise of sequential read and write speeds of over 2,000MB/s, and proves a worthy competitor to pricier offerings in a number of our benchmarks.
With a five-year warranty and hardware encryption, there's ultimately very little not to like. Pricing needs to remain competitive - the cost of the 1TB model has fluctuated from £120 to £150 - but at the lower end of that spectrum, Kingston's A2000 is both a fine entry point into SSDs and an attractive upgrade from an older SATA drive.
Competitive pricing
Five-year warranty as standard
Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD (1TB)
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