Kingston’s KC1000 solid-state drive is a high-performance PCIe NVMe™ solution that is over 2x faster than SATA-based SSDs & 40x faster than a 7200RPM hard-disk drive*. Using a PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 interface & an 8-channel Phison PS5007-E7 controller, this drive features 8 cores & 2x the DRAM to help power users blaze through even the toughest projects with high-speed data transfers of up to 2500MB/s*. KC1000 uses native OS drivers & is NVMe 1.2 compliant which allows users to take full advantage of the high throughput, IOPS & low latency that is available to systems that support NVMe. This protocol was designed specifically to support Flash-based storage versus SATA, which was developed for traditional spinning disks. It removes performance bottlenecks & provides the system with instant access to the device once the SSD is installed. KC1000 is easily installed in either a standard M.2 or PCI Express socket using the M.2 2280 or the optional half-height, half-length add-in card for greater design-in flexibility when used by system builders. There is a range of capacities available from 240GB to 960GB**, & the KC1000 is backed by a limited five-year warranty*** & legendary Kingston support.