Kingston goes SandForce: HyperX 240GB SSD review

[Julio Franco]

Read the full article at:
https://www.techspot.com/review/431-kingston-hyperx-ssd/

Please leave your feedback here.

 

[Burty117]

I have an Asus Crosshair IV Formula which has Sata-III 6Gbps, does anyone know if the chipset on this board is actually designed to support that or did asus do it using a third party controller?

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_IV_Formula/

 

[Burty117]

Never mind, wasn't reading the Asus website properly!
SB850 Chipset
6 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10

Guess I can get a proper SSD after all!

 

[Guest]

I wish TechSpot had used only the ~120GB sized drives for the testing. I bet Kingston's HyperX would've been on top in nearly every single test then. I think most people go for the ~120GB sized drives anyway. You can have your OS and a modest bunch of games on a drive that size. It's just big enough for "actual use."

I would never, ever pay what they want for a ~240GB SSD. That's around $600 where I'm from (Norway). The way I understand the manufacturing costs involved with making a SSD drive (atm) is that they're barely making a profit right now. So, a 240GB SSD is actually worth $600, but I just wouldn't shell out that much for "just a drive," ya know?

I paid about $300 for my Intel 320 Series 120GB SSD, which I consider to be fairly cheap for an SSD on the Norwegian market, considering the ridiculous prices 1-2 years ago. The Kingston HyperX 120GB goes for $296 here now, and that's cheap for a high performer like this. I will absolutely get me a HyperX, very soon!

The only reason I went for the Intel 320 Series a while back was Intel's famed stability. Luckily I never got the 8MB bug, and I've got the updated/fixed Firmware now. It's fast as lightning compared to my old mechanical drive, but still, it seems like a turtle compared to this HyperX.

 

[Archean]

+1 With the guest on that 120GB size remark. Overall very nice review, it is interesting to see SSD Now V+ beating 510 in the booting test.

I think price range of 200-300$ for an SSD, is where most people would be looking at.

 

[Burty117]

+2 as well, I am looking for a 120GB because of the price range

 

[Guest]

SSD are getting to the limit of SATA 6 so quickly, can they get SATA 12 out before they hit the peek again.

 

[Guest]

If the stability and reliability holds, this is a good step for Sandforce drives. But its probably too late... nobody dares buying their SSDs any more.

 

[Guest]

i've bought the kingston hyperx 240gb and so far so good, havn't had any problems or bsod so far.
i did not do any official speed test but its definitly fast...of course my last system had a 10k rpm raptor so it wasn't really hard to see a diffrence.
set on ahci mode, it was detected automaticly. Installed windows 7 64 bits without any problems
Mobo is sabertooth p67

 

[3DCGMODELER]

Thinking of investing in a SSD 120 or a 240 gig..
Is it true.. ???
For better performance to have programs and the temp files and Document file locations on a secound drive..not the SSD..??
Did some reading and researching the SSD performance and Stability stuff for awhile now..
Been holding off ..
I have a new system and I have a Antec Case with the SSD mount on top od the unit..
Been thinking of getting a SSD to put in there..

Any thoughts ...??
Mike

 

[Guest]

Make sure you get one with a SF-2281 controller firmware version that addresses the following issues that were first confirmed as having being fixed in the last few days (18th October):

http://www.ssdflashdrivereviews.com/flash-drive-article/Sandforce-SF-2281-BSOD-Performance-Issues.php

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SandForce-SF-2200-Firmware-bsod-update,13738.html

http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/ocz-releases-ssd-firmware-to-fix-sandforce-sf-2281-blue-screen-of-death/

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2173899

http://techgage.com/news/sandforce_pins_down_firmware_bug_behind_bsod_issues/GB

http://techinsidr.com/is-a-recall-brewing-at-ocz/