KLEVV CRAS C910 Lite 2TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review

How Much Does it Cost?

Unfortunately, I couldn’t see UK stock of the KLEVV CRAS C910 Lite 2TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD at the time of writing, but this drive is available on Amazon US for a very reasonable $109.99 for the 2TB, $51.99 for the 1TB and just $33.99 for the 500GB version, making it pleasantly affordable. Even looking at the Amazon reviews, it’s sitting at 4.5/5 stars, so people are largely very happy with these drives after 300+ ratings. Honestly, so am I, for a DRAM-less drive, and such a low price, you would be fooled into thinking it’s not all that… but it’s plenty fast and constant, and I really couldn’t ask for much more at this price range.

Overview

I’m sure we’d all love Gen5 RAID drives delivering 10,000 MB/s+ but honestly, not all of us need that, can afford that, or even more so, have systems that can run drives at those speeds. When it comes to getting your games to load faster and your OS to feel snappier while you’re working, a PCIe Gen4x4 drive is hardly technology from the dark ages. This drive is very quick, and read speeds of over 5000 MB/s make it about 8-10x faster than the fastest 2.5″ SATA SSDs, and a great entry point for those looking to get into the world of M.2 storage, or just to expand their current storage without spending a small fortune.

There’s not a lot in the way of features here, but there’s certainly enough. The drive features an ultra-slim single-sided design. If you’re putting this in your PC, that likely won’t make much of a difference. However, if you’re fitting it into a notebook or similar slim design, it can improve compatibility.

It features 3D NAND, albeit that’s pretty standard for an M.2 these days, but with good NAND and the Phison PS5021-E21T controller, it features SLC Caching, SMART monitoring, Data Protection, CRC Parity, SRAM error detection, LDPC ECC and global wear levelling, and AES 256-bit Encryption. The only other one is the Advanced Thermal Throttling Algorithm, but throughout our testing, we were running the drive pretty hard and didn’t encounter any scenario where the drive got so hot it had to throttle.

Should I Buy One?

With a Gen4 architecture, the KLEVV CRAS C910 Lite 2TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD delivers consistent and reliable performance at an affordable price point. It promised to hit up to 5000 MB/s read and 4200 MB/s write, and in some scenarios, we found it exceeded that in our testing. For gamers, professionals, or just those who just want a nice performance boost or more storage, it does tick all the right boxes.