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Kingston HyperX SSD Series SATA600

The Kingston HyperX SSD has a slim 2.5" design, measuring 10.1 x 6.9 x 9.3mm and weighing 94 grams. It consumes 2.0 watts of power when in use and just 0.455 watts in standby. The HyperX touts read and write speeds of 550MB/s and 520MB/s using SATA 6Gb/s.

Based on 30 reviews

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Bad:

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Pros

Fast.
Great accessory package.
SATA 6 Gbps support.
Supports TRIM.
3 year warranty.
Nice looking, rugged metal case.
Migration software included.
3.5" adapter included
Performance.
Stability.
Upgrade kit includes USB enclosure & appropriate tools.

Cons

Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best.
High price.
Not as fast when writing incompressible data.
USB enclosure uses USB 2.0 interface.

By TechSpot on September 01, 2011

Kingston's HyperX came out of the gates swinging and delivered an impressive show, gnawing on the Vertex 3's ankles every step of the way. The new arrival had little trouble meeting, and occasionally exceeding the performance of OCZ's SF-2281-

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By APH Networks on August 17, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, a number of us were away for our church summer conference held at Olds College, Olds, Alberta. For those who don't know, the town of Olds is about an hour's drive away from Calgary. Despite being there numerous times in...

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By Tech2 on March 21, 2012

Kingston has priced the HyperX SSD 120GB at Rs.13,999 but you can find it in stores for as low as Rs.12,900. This makes it about Rs.3,000 more expensive than the SSDNow V+ 200 90GB but for this, you get more storage capacity and a much, much faster...

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By APC Magazine on March 14, 2012

Kingston is one of the few companies that doesn't just pack its SSDs in with a two-page flyer; this pack is a complete SSD upgrade kit. Along with the important bit -- the SSD drive -- it includes a load of goodies, but whether...

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By CDRinfo on February 28, 2012

Today we will put under testing the 'enthusiast' SSD made by Kingston, the HyperX SSD 120GB. The drive is combines the latest SandForce controller technology (SF-2281with Intel 25nm MLC NAND Flash. It provides high-speed SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s)...

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By PCQuest on February 02, 2012

A high-speed SSD which is useful for people with heavy data transfer needs. Page(s) 1 I am interested in more information about this productI am interested in buying this productPrintCommentEmailDiggDel.icio.usRedditTwitter Solid State Drive:...

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By X-bit Labs on January 17, 2012

Unfortunately, our today’s tests do not provide a clear answer to the question if building a RAID0 out of modern SSDs makes sense. This solution has its highs and lows and we can only do as much as lost them all and let you be the decision maker....

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By techPowerUp! on January 10, 2012

Kingston's HyperX SSD really deserves the prominent name, originating from their high-end system RAM. In our testing the SSD is the fastest we've ever seen, beating the competition by quite big margins in some benchmarks. It seems the...

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By Rbmods.com on December 21, 2011

This drive sells for around 230$ I think at the moment, but they go on sale quite often. I suggest taking a look at sites like slickdeals, etc… for good deals. I think the numbers speak for themselves; the drive performs excellent! It beats out...

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By Bit-tech.net on December 08, 2011

Despite its excellent performance, the Kingston HyperX 240GB finds itself in an incredibly crowded market, not just for SSDs, but also for the SandForce controller. OCZ, Corsair, Patriot, ADATA and half a dozen other partners also offer near identical...

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