another review hit out of the ballpark HH. these are the reviews i count on so much when system building. you have shined a light into every nook and cranny and added relative data. thank you. i have a preference for sourcing my memory products from the OEM, not who they sell it to. mainly because it comes down to price on new releases, but also there's one less party to deal with in troubleshooting. there isn't much worse than having issues then being told by the vendor they don't make it and check with the OEM. but that's just me. and Kioxia's one of the biggest OEM's.