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PNY XLR8 CS3140
NVME · 2TB
A Phison PS5018-E18 controller and onboard DRAM cache put the XLR8 CS3140 at the top of PNY's lineup, with PCIe 4.0 sequential speeds rated at 7,500/6,850 MB/s read/write. Endurance is rated to 1,400TB written on the 2TB model, backed by a five-year warranty — figures that put it in flagship gaming and creator-workstation territory rather than mainstream builds. Anyone loading large game libraries, working with 4K/8K media, or running scratch disks for heavy multitasking gets the headroom a DRAM-backed Gen4 controller provides.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 2TB
- Interface
- NVME
- Sequential read
- 7500 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 6850 MB/s
- PCIe generation
- 4
- Form factor
- M.2 2280
- NAND type
- TLC
- DRAM cache
- Yes
- Controller
- Phison PS5018-E18
- Endurance (TBW)
- 1400 TB
- Warranty
- 5 years
Capacities
| Capacity | Part number |
|---|---|
| 1TB | M280CS3140-1TB-RB |
| 2TB | M280CS3140-2TB-RB |
| 4TB | M280CS3140-4TB-RB |
Sources
Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.