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
(83%)
220 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
184 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Great overall performance, Good quality asthetics, Affordable to the masses, 3 years warranty
Write performance suffers in some benchmarks
Whilst there are obvious performance benefits to upgrading to a 6Gbps SSD many enthusiasts still struggle with the matter of pricing - but thanks to Kingston this no longer needs to be an issue.Kingston have taken their popular HyperX performance SSD ...
Great compressible data performance, bargain price, strong 4k random IOPS throughput, 3 year warranty with Kingston,
suffers with incompressible data, stiff competition, Vertex 4 is only £20 more, Kitguru says: A high value for money drive, ideal for a wide audience of enthusiast user. Less than £1 per GB, well done Kingston, Rating: 9.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
We have reviewed around 30 Solid State Drives powered by the Sandforce 2281 controller in the last year and it is becoming increasingly difficult to talk about the same controller in so many reviews. Thankfully Kingston are realising that to get noticed i...
Kingston has always strived to strike a good balance between price and performance with their SSDs, and they certainly upped the game with their HyperX line. So what is the HyperX 3K SSD and how does it differ from the original HyperX? Well, the 3K in the...
The best thing about owning SSDs is that the operating system (Windows in our case) boots up in under one second right to the desktop. A couple of years back this kind of technology can only bein your hands for a couple of thousand ringgit, but as techno...
The Kingston HyperX 3K is a good performing SSD. It's read and write speeds are consistent even when handling incompressible data. However the HyperX 3K is an old SSD already. There are newer SSD in the market that offers a faster and better performance a...
Abstract: The performance benefits of SSDs over traditional mechanical hard disks are obvious and have long been extolled on our sites. For the most part, and in terms of raw performance, even the most average, mainstream SSD will leave the fastest 10,000rpm mechan...
With the 2nd generation controller from SandForce, Kingston has finally caught up with the brands that has once selling SSDs at premium price. With their entry, it makes choosing the best priced/performance SSD easier as we won't just be comparing perform...
Speedy performance, lower barrier to entry for high performance SSDs,
Nothing, really.
The Kingston HyperX 3K without a doubt performs exceptionally well. The relatively low-life NAND Flash doesn’t hurt the performance in the least. In fact, not only is it able to stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the best SSDs in the market, but t...
Abstract: Analizamos en esta oportunidad uno de los discos de estado sólido de la serie HyperX ideal para usuarios entusiastas que buscan el mayor rendimiento en almacenamiento para su sistema operativo y aplicaciones.Los discos de almacenamiento son una pieza de h...
Published: 2013-03-14, Author: Jose , review by: ozeros.com
Tras haber realizado todas las pruebas vistas anteriormente, es oportuno dar un veredicto final de lo que ha sido el paso del SSD Kingston HyperX 3K de 90GB por nuestros laboratorios. A continuación nombraremos lo más relevante. La controladora, como la ...
