All-time low lands on PNY’s Gen5 11,500MB/s RGB heatsink SSD today at $160 shipped

Amazon is now offering its best price ever on the PNY CS3150 XLR8 Gaming Epic-X RGB 1TB Gen5 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD at $160 shipped. This limited-time Lightning deal knocks a solid 20% off to deliver the lowest price we have tracked since we featured them at launch back in November. While we did see this model fall to $185 back April, today’s offer lands as a new all-time low on the speedy gaming battlestation upgrade. Leveraging Gen5 internals, this is among PNY’s latest releases in the category, complete with RGB action and more. Our launch coverage details all of it and you’ll find more information after the jump. 

The PNY CS3150 XLR8 featured above is on the upper end of the product family, if not for any reason other than its onboard, customizable RGB action – this is where it gets its Epic-X presumably. It clocks in at up to 11,500MB/s with PCIe Gen5 x4 NVMe architecture and the built-in dual-fan heatsink – this is a patent-pending piece of tech that is said to provide “quiet” fan action to better “prevent performance throttling.” There’s also a 5-year warranty in tow on this one. 

And while we are talking SSDs, check out this portable deal we are tracking this week on Samsung’s 2TB T7 with fingerprint security. And then dive into some of the latest releases in the space below:

• PNY unveils new rugged 2,000MB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 RP60 portable SSD
• SanDisk just debuted it ‘highest-capacity external desktop solid-state drive’ yet
• Shoot 4K 60FPS Apple Pro Res directly to Lexar’s new portable SSD

PNY XLR8 Epic-X RGBGen5 SSD features:

The NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4 interface delivers performance of up to 11,500 MB/s seq. read and 8,500 MB/s seq. write speeds Plug-in the 9-pin (USB) power connector to customize your heatsink’s lighting effects and fan speed using PNY’s VelocityX software. Integrated with a patent-pending quiet dual-fan heatsink to maximize heat dissipation to keep the CS3150 M.2 NVMe Gen5 x4 SSD cool and prevent performance throttling, assuring the SSD’s performance.

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