Overview
- PNY’s CS3250 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4 drive is on sale in the U.S. with claimed peak speeds of 14,900 MB/s read and 14,000 MB/s write.
- Pricing lands at $125.99 for 1TB and $219.99 for 2TB through PNY and Amazon, with a 4TB model listed as coming soon.
- PNY bills the CS3250 as the first consumer SSD in the U.S. to use Phison’s E28 controller.
- The 2TB SKU carries the top ratings at 14,900/14,000 MB/s, while the 1TB version matches the read speed but posts roughly 4% lower writes.
- The drive includes a thermal‑coated controller and a five‑year warranty, but PNY has not published endurance (TBW) or random I/O figures pending independent tests.