A Closer Look
The Renegade looks pretty much like any other M.2 drive, it’s pretty humble in terms of packaging design, but as you can see, we have the massive 8TB version, and it supports the flagship PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe interface. Of course, do ensure you have a motherboard that’s capable of accepting this drive if you want to get the best speeds.
It’s an M.2 2280 form factor, which is pretty much the standard size we see on almost all motherboards now, so compatibility with modern motherboards is going to be rather excellent.
The drive is also fantastically slim, with it deploying modern processes and hardware such as a 6nm controller to massively reduce power consumption. This means lower temperatures, even under extended loads, reducing the need for a built-in heatsink.
Furthermore, its slim design means it’ll easily sit under the heatsink you more often than not find on modern motherboards, which will further improve the cooling performance.
While the drive is available in 1,024GB, 2,048GB, 4,096GB, 8,192GB capacities (1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB, obviously, the prices go up quite a lot from the lowest capacity to the highest. However, they all use the same 3D TLC NAND for exceptional performance and reliability.
The flagship capacity promises read and write speeds of 14,800 MB/s and 14,000 MB/s, putting it in a pretty exclusive club that can rival or exceed the flagship drives from any other big-name storage brand.
Backed up by a staggering 8 Petabytes Written level of endurance, and a competitive, limited 5-year warranty, this drive may not be cheap, but it certainly comes with a level of peace of mind and confidence from Kingston.
