About kingston a2000

[Mitico]

Im planing to get an kingston a2000 as my main drive, but reading in some forums I noticed that it could have compatibility issues with the gigabyte B450 aorus elite.. Has anyone used this combo before? it will work?

[Tom_nerd]

there is a high chance that the SSD will work, although if you want to be on the safe side then go for another SSD, the A2000 isn't a great deal anyway

[minibois]

21 minutes ago, Mitico said:

Im planing to get an kingston a2000 as my main drive, but reading in some forums I noticed that it could have compatibility issues with the gigabyte B450 aorus elite.. Has anyone used this combo before? it will work?

The SSD should be compatible with the board; don't see any reason why not.

5 minutes ago, Tom_nerd said:

there is a high chance that the SSD will work, although if you want to be on the safe side then go for another SSD, the A2000 isn't a great deal anyway

which SSD would you suggest as a better deal than the A2000 and why?

[Tom_nerd]

2 minutes ago, minibois said:

which SSD would you suggest as a better deal than the A2000 and why?

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/250gb-seagate-barracuda-510-m2-2280-pcie-30-x4-nvme-ssd-3d-tlc-3100mb-s-read-1200mb-s-210k-280k-iops?msclkid=238ac12af5231ea8b1439e7e2e32fafc&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Catchall - Low priority - Low Margin Label - Shopping&utm_term=4574655568555954&utm_content=Ad group #1

reasons:

1. cheaper
2. better performance
3. longer warranty 
4. has higher shock rating

[minibois]

29 minutes ago, Tom_nerd said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/250gb-seagate-barracuda-510-m2-2280-pcie-30-x4-nvme-ssd-3d-tlc-3100mb-s-read-1200mb-s-210k-280k-iops?msclkid=238ac12af5231ea8b1439e7e2e32fafc&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Catchall - Low priority - Low Margin Label - Shopping&utm_term=4574655568555954&utm_content=Ad group #1

reasons:

1. cheaper
2. better performance
3. longer warranty 
4. has higher shock rating

Looks good, didn't look into this drive yet, thanks for the link

But no need to oversell it;

1. maybe I am missing something, but at least on the UK, US and Italian (where OP seems to be from) PCPartPickers, the A2000 is cheaper:

UK:

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Storage	Kingston A2000 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£34.95 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£57.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£53.49 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£77.99 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£95.49 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£130.97 @ Laptops Direct
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£450.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 14:12 BST+0100

 

US:

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Storage	Kingston A2000 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$40.49 @ Staples
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$69.67 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$79.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$116.49 @ Staples
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$149.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$521.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 09:13 EDT-0400

 

IT:

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Storage	Kingston A2000 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€35.99 @ Amazon Italia
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€90.12 @ Amazon Italia
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€111.00 @ Amazon Italia
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€99.99 @ Amazon Italia
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 510 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€174.65 @ Amazon Italia
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€511.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 15:14 CEST+0200

 

2. Sure, the Barracuda 510 has more performance, but that is expected for the higher price

3. the Kingston A2000 and Seagate Barracuda 510 both have 5 years warranty according to their datasheets

4. 'shock rating' is barely a thing to brag about on an SSD for in a desktop. Everything else would probably break in the PC before the SSD

 

To visualize for OP the differences between the Kingston A2000 and Seagate Barracuda 510:

The 500GB and 1000GB variants of both, compared.

 

So in conclusion, it's a more expensive drive with more performance.. Makes sense.

[Mitico]

1 hour ago, Tom_nerd said:

there is a high chance that the SSD will work, although if you want to be on the safe side then go for another SSD, the A2000 isn't a great deal anyway

Here in italy, the kingston a2000 is the cheapest ssd of that type, which can be found for like 43$ while the one that you suggested is about 91$ (both with 256gb).. Availability blows here in italy, so we have to get what we can..

55 minutes ago, minibois said:

The SSD should be compatible with the board; don't see any reason why not.

So I'll get the kingston a2000, I always can return it if it doesnt work..

Thanks for the help guys!