THE NV3 2TB

Once again Kingston uses a blister package which allows you to see the drive itself from the front.

Warranty information along with several certifications and of course the drive serial number and barcode are all printed at the rear.

The NV3 follows the typical M.2 2280 factor and as expected has a long sticker at the top with the company and model names, capacity, electrical requirements, country of manufacture and several certifications.

Removing the sticker reveals the Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 NAND controller and two KIOXIA BiCS6 162-layer 3D QLC NAND flash modules.

The opposite side of the PCB is empty and is probably going to be populated in the 4TB version (with two extra NAND flash modules).

Unfortunately, even the latest version of the Kingston SSD Manager doesn't recognize the NV3 (still you can use it to download the latest Acronis True Image Software for Kingston drives).