Time For Alternatives! The KLEVV CRAS C925G And MaXio MAP1602A‑F3C Controller

Seeing As How LLMs Have Stolen All The Drives Already This Year

We know Seagate and Western Digital have already sold out of HDDs for the year and flash based storage has become incredibly rare and even more expensive.  It is possible that some of the smaller drive manufacturers which also use less popular controllers might retain at least a bit of stock which is why NikKTech’s review of the KLEVV CRAS C925G 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD.

The CRAS C925G family of drives use the MaXio MAP1602A‑F3C PCIe 4.0 controller which is a little less popular that Phison and other controllers, though it still relies on 238-Layer 3D TLC NAND from SK Hynix which we know is in high demand.  It is DRAMless, which is on less overpriced piece to pay for but it does limit you to around 7400 MB/s sequential reads and 6400 MB/s writes.  That may seem limited compared to other flagship drives from popular people but you really aren’t going to notice the difference when gaming. 

At the time of posting, the 2TB KLEVV CRAS C925G will run you $300, obscene compared to last year but better than a lot of the competition.