There used to be a time when Apple was selling two years old graphics cards at the price of two months old graphics cards and guess what? Their strategy worked like a charm. All I am trying to say here is that, on me, personally, that kind of strategy never did work. Nothing more, nothing less. I will let others decide for themselves why that is...One of the things I started to figure out after ten years of PC building was that "newer" is not necessarily better. After another ten years I knew it to be a fact. In fact, "newer" is commonly worse quality, less dependable, and designed to go obsolete. By the time the 3 year Kingston warranty runs out both the Crucial and the Kingston will both be prehistoric artifacts. Based on personal experience one will likely be good for the trash bin and the name on that item will be Kingston. There's a slight chance that Kingston might replace it, but I rather doubt it. Micron, on the other hand, would honour their product even long after the warranty expired. Now that has been my personal experience and I have little else to go on.

My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- 11 Home
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Asus TUF Gaming F16 (2024)
- CPU
- i7 13650HX
- Memory
- 16GB DDR5
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
- Sound Card
- Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
- Screen Resolution
- 3840×2160
- Hard Drives
- 512GB SSD internal
37TB external
- PSU
- Li-ion
- Cooling
- 2× Arc Flow Fans, 4× exhaust vents, 5× heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K800
- Mouse
- Logitech G402
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbit/s up, 250Mbit/s down
- Browser
- FF
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- Operating System
- 11 Home
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Medion S15450
- CPU
- i5 1135G7
- Memory
- 16GB DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel Iris Xe
- Sound Card
- Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
- Screen Resolution
- 3840×2160
- Hard Drives
- 2TB SSD internal
37TB external
- PSU
- Li-ion
- Mouse
- Logitech G402
- Keyboard
- Logitech K800
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbit/s up, 250Mbit/s down
- Browser
- FF