Testseek.com have collected 220 expert reviews of the Kingston 2.5 inch HyperX 3K SSD Series SATA600 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Kingston 2.5 inch HyperX 3K SSD Series SATA600.
May 2012
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220 Reviews
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The editors liked
Minimal performance impact with lower-grade NAND (faster in some cases)
Offered as a lower cost alternative without replacing existing higher-endurance model
Very low response times in our new fixed I/O latency test
Great performance
Great Price
Excellent bundle of accessories and software
Available in 90GB
120GB
240GB and 480GB capacities
SandForce SF-2281 processor with DuraClass
DuraWrite and RAISE technologies
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Synchronous 3000 P/E cycle NAND flash
Supports SMART
TR
Build Quality (Intel NAND
Enclosure)
Performance (Almost Identical To The 5k Model)
Upgrade Bundle (3.5" bracket/2.5" USB Enclosure)
Price (For Some)
24/7 Support
3 Years Warranty
Excellent installation kit
Snazzy-looking shell
An outstanding package
Excellent operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential read/write speeds and access times
Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths
SATA 6Gbps support
External case to ease the cloning process
TRIM supp
Inexpensive for an SSD surely
Includes everything you need to upgrade to an SSD in notebook or desktop
Includes 2.5” to 3.5” adapter
Includes handy 2.5” USB enclosure
Nice tool kit included
Very fast drive
Excellent read and write speeds
High performance
Supports TRIM
3 -year warranty
Nice accessories included (in the kit version)
USB enclosure is of high quality
Great Performance and Capacity at a reasonable price
Acronis True Image HD Migration Software Included
USB External Drive Bay for easy cloning
SATA 6.0Gbps Compatibility with SandForce SF-2281 Controller
2.5'' to 3.5'' Bracket
Extra accessories included for easy upgrade
Top-notch performance
Good price/performance
Nice upgrade accessory bundle
Stylish HyperX appearance
Lightning fast speeds
TRIM Support
Three year warranty
Upgrade kit
3 year warranty
Kingston made it more affordable
The editors didn't like
Slips behind slightly in our gaming trace
3000 P/E cycles instead of 5000 P/E cycles
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Not as fast when writing incompressible data
3k Cycles (Not For Professional/Enterprise Use)
Pricey
Given its performance in our tests
Less capacity out of the box compared to competing drives
Small-file performance lagged a bit behind the pack
None.
None really
A bit more expensive than other options
USB 2.0 Enclosure
USB 3.0 would have been nicer.
None
3k P/E Cycles instead of the 5k P/E Cycles found on the earlier HyperX SSD
Kingston pulled out all the stops on this Enthusiast Line of SSD and has made the transition from using an old spinner Hard Drive to the speedy Solid State Drive very easy. Kingston also typically includes one of the best accessory packages on the mark...
One of the first things we noticed when unboxing the Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD is the gold and black color of the SSD which was attractive and a little more fancy than most other drives we’ve seen. Kingston pulled out all the stops on this Enthusias...
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Published: 2012-06-14, Author: First , review by: zdnet.com
Abstract: The SSD business is becoming ever more competitive: even in the niche high-capacity end of the market, drives are coming in under the magical £1 per gigabyte level as manufacturers try to cut costs to make their products more appealing. The latest high-ca...
Inexpensive for an SSD surely, Includes everything you need to upgrade to an SSD in notebook or desktop, Includes 2.5” to 3.5” adapter, Includes handy 2.5” USB enclosure, Nice tool kit included, Very fast drive, Excellent read and write speeds
Published: 2012-06-06, Author: Ali , review by: wccftech.com
Despite its lower rated NAND and a rather sparse set of goodies, the drive performs as advertised. When compared to its elder (and more expensive brethren), it offers a competitive performance. For light work load environments this is an ideal drive, but ...
Great performance, Upgrade kit, 3 year warranty, Kingston made it more affordable
None that I found
The solid state drive market is continually growing and as prices keep on dropping more and more people are getting their hands on these incredibly fast drives. Kingston is now making this even easier with their HyperX 3K drive. Using the less expens...
Published: 2012-05-25, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: After the success of its SF-1200 (1222) controller, virtually every SSD maker was eager to climb aboard the SandForce express. That bandwagon continued trucking through last year, as the second-gen SF-2200 (2281) powered many of 2011's noteworthy flash dr...
Kicking off the conclusion with performance, the HyperX 3K is among the top performing drives we've tested so far. Whereas most companies would opt to use slower asynchronous NAND in all their budget SSDs, both Kingston's HyperX and HyperX 3K models use I...
As you can see by the test results, Kingston has managed to provide a high performing SSD at a substantially reduced price. This is music to the ears of budget minded gamers and enthusiasts who have been looking to add the performance gains a SSD adds to ...
The HyperX 3K competed well in the tests used for this review. Transfers were high, up to 546 MB/s in reads and 521 MB/s writes in ATTO Disk Benchmark. The maximum IOPS I experienced with the HyperX 3K in IOMeter 2008.6.18 were 81,172 in reads and ~60,0...
