Testseek.com have collected 234 expert reviews of the Kingston 2.5 inch HyperX Savage Series SATA600 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Kingston 2.5 inch HyperX Savage Series SATA600.
April 2015
(86%)
234 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
404 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great Aesthetics
Low Profile
Great Overclocking Capabilities.
High Performance Phison S10 Controller
560MB/S Read
Excellent RAID Performance
SATA 6 Compliant
Solid Enclosure
Great Outward Style
Available in Four Capacities
Exceptional Value
Bundle Price is Equal to most other prices for Single Drive
Eye Appealing Design
Acronis Software
MultiBit Screwdriver
USB 3.0 Enclosure
7mm design
3.5" Backplate
7 to 9mm extender
Enthusiast level performance
Gorgeous red enthusiast design
240GB and 480GB relatively affordable
Available in 120GB
240GB
480GB and 960GB capacities
Phison PS3110-S10 controller
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
Very good random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
SATA 6Gb/s inter
Quality (Toshiba A19 Toggle NAND Flash)
Very Good Performance
Feature Set
1.000.000 Hours MTBF
3 Year Warranty
Bundle
Color Combination (For Some)
Price (For Some)
Lifetime Warranty
Unique Looks
Tight Timings
High performance
Looks great
Free cloning software
3.5″ bracket
Three year warranty
A return to the premium accessory package. Looks good with HyperX Savage RAM
Very fast sequential-read and -write speeds
Distinctive outer shell
Upgrade-kit version available with adapters
Software
And external drive enclosure
Reasonable pricing
High synthetic sequential performance
7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible
3.5" adapter included
3 year warranty
Acronis cloning software included
Great performance
Sleek and stylish design
Available as SSD upgrade kit or standalone drive
Outstanding 566/547 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
Phison controller supports TRIM
NCQ
And Microsoft eDrive
TCG Opal 2.0 security with automatic 256bit AES hardware encryption
3Year Kingston product warranty support
Offered in 120/240/480/960GB sto
Well FleshedOut Bundle
Blazing Speed
Long Life Cycle
Phison S10 Controller
Kingston's Great Tech Support
Fast
Really fast
Bundle Kit includes everything for quick installation
Threeyear warranty
Includes Acronis migration software
USB 3.0 Enclosure for 2.5” hard drives
The editors didn't like
No other Color Options
Uses planar NAND
No USB 3.0 Cable
3 Year Warranty
1.000.000 MTBF
Does not support DEVSLP
Constant Performance (For Some)
Limited Overclocking
None worth to mention
Price
Real World Performance (what really matters)
Verdict
Disappointing speeds with small files
Costly per gigabyte
Especially at higher capacities
Competing drives have better performance
Price/performance
And lower price/GB
Only average performance
Only a 3 year warranty
Less impressive IOPS performance
Some manufacturers offer 5years of warranty support
High Performance Phison S10 Controller, 560MB/S Read, Excellent RAID Performance, SATA 6 Compliant, Solid Enclosure, Great Outward Style, Available in Four Capacities
Uses planar NAND
In this review I looked at the HyperX Savage SSD drive and how that drive reacted in a RAID configuration. As many enthusiasts know RAID is a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks and has been around since the dawn of storage technology. Some have chosen t...
PCMark 8: The Home and Creative test suites will be used for the purposes of this review. The ratings displayed for each test suite will be the total score. Geekbench: This benchmark aims to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance...
Abstract: Kingston is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products, which includes solid state drives. They have SSDs with features and capacities for just about any application, but for those looking for the ultimate in performance, they have th...
Abstract: When solid-state drives advance, we all win. Can everyone put a 1TB+ PCIe 3.0 AIC SSD in their system? No, of course not. But as companies release better and faster drives, midrange SSDs drop in price to the point that even thrifty builders can get a resp...
We were not really expecting this level of performance or quality from the Kingston HyperX Savage. Not that we expected a lacklustre performance or maybe even mildly exciting, we just never expected to be so wow'd. There is an ouch on the way, it is curre...
Abstract: I was warned about this. Other tech head people I know told me that once I got my hands on a Solid State Drive that I’d never want to go back to using standard mechanical drives. I also should have known something like this would happen when...
Looking at the Hyperx Savage you have to be impressed, and as always everything start with the package and its contents. Something that sets an example as to how to give everything that anyone would want. After that comes that design of the drive, somethi...
The HyperX Savage 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz memory kit is a good offering from Kingston. The tight timings allow for a good performance advantage over other kits with looser timings. Overclocking was not as good as we expected, but still was satisfactory...
Kingston's HyperX Savage SSD is a drive that takes extreme performance and turns it into an extreme performer for any user that may find themselves looking for an upgrade. Its raw power matched by the stylish red gaming design makes it a desirable drive e...
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Published: 2015-08-24, Author: Mark , review by: Bjorn3d.com
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We aren't here to drag platter drives through the mud, but on a daily basis we hear “My laptop/desktop is so slow. Can you take a look at it?” 90 percent of the time we look at the desktop or laptop and it's running a less than capable platter-based hard...
