Kingston announces USB 3.0 SSD, HyperX Max 3.0

Matthew DeCarlo

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Portable SSDs continue to trickle onto the market today with the launch of Kingston's HyperX Max 3.0. Being a solid-state drive and all, the HyperX boasts some impressive speeds. In fact, Hexus says the HyperX is basically a Kingston SSDNow V+ repackaged with an external casing and USB 3.0 connectivity. Kingston cites maximum read and write rates of 195MB/s and 160MB/s when used with USB 3.0, or about 1 minute 12 seconds to transfer a 10GB movie file.

Those figures seem to hold up in Hexus' benchmarks. During testing, the HyperX Max 3.0 transferred a single 8GB file in 50/46 seconds (read/write) when using USB 3.0. By comparison, it took about 4 minutes to perform the same actions when using USB 2.0. A similar speed differential is seen in the read/writes of a 5.5GB mixed file transfer, and Hexus mentioned that Kingston's new drive is the quickest portable storage solution they've ever tested.


The HyperX Max 3.0 measures 2.89 x 4.67 x 0.47 inches, which is only a bit larger than 2.5-inch SSDs without an enclosure. Kingston is preparing models in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacities, which are priced at £125, £220 and £440 (roughly equivalent to $200, $350 and $700). All capacities are expected to ship sometime soon and drives are backed by a three-year warranty as well as 24/7 service -- you know, in case you can't find your USB port.

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princeton said:
No thanks. As far as I'm concerned when it comes to SSDs eSATA always beats USB3.

Princeton are you talking speed?
eSATA I = 1.5GB/s
eSATA II = 3.0GB/s
eSATA 6.0GB = 6.0GB/s

USB3.0 = 4.8GB/s

Unless its a 3rd generation USB3.0 should be faster. And also cable length for eSATA is like 6ft? Can you clarify Princeton?
 
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