Testseek.co.uk 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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184 Reviews
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The editors liked
Great overall performance
Good quality asthetics
Affordable to the masses
3 years warranty
Affordable price point
Sought after performance
Reliable brand
Strong IOPs performance
HyperX branding
Enthusiastgrade performance
Available with an excellent upgrade bundle
Cheaper than the original HyperX
Decent performance
Price per gigabyte
Great compressible data performance
Bargain price
Strong 4k random IOPS throughput
3 year warranty with Kingston
The editors didn't like
Write performance suffers in some benchmarks
SandForce controller does result in low performance when handling incompressible data
Pricing needs to be even more aggressive
3K memory instead of 5K
Sandforce not the fastest anymore
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
Now you may be asking yourself, what is a program erase cycle? Simply put, it is when data is written to a NAND flash memory cell, then erased, then rewritten. PE cycles are a measurable number to determine the lifespan of flash storage. Kingston's firs...
One area of concern with this SSD is the pricing, and we might as well jump out with it here. The HyperX 3k is selling right now at very low prices, and easily outstrips the price of the other drives tested in all capacities. We will compare the prices of...
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
Not as fast when writing incompressible data
If you're looking for the best bang for your buck, Kingston's new HyperX 3K SSD just might be it. This new solid state drive combines premium 3,000 P/E cycle synchronous NAND with LSI's SandForce SF-2281 controller to deliver impressive performance at...
Published: 2012-07-03, Author: Tony , review by: proclockers.com
I for one really like what I saw in the Kingston HyperX 3K drive. The performance that we saw over the past week or so with the fact should that it is one of the fastest we have tested. Is that stating a lot? Maybe not as it was just marginally faster and...
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Published: 2012-07-02, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Abstract: Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD made a very good impression on me & since Corsair Force GT 120GB and Kingston HyperX 120GB well within Rs. 10,000/-, things are looking pretty good for end users and few are seriously considering to buy an SSD. And then comes Kin...
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Published: 2012-06-25, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Leave it to Kingston to take one of the fastest drives on the market and make it even more attractive by increasing affordability simply by cutting back the drive endurance - something the majority of consumers won't even notice. ...
Published: 2012-06-21, Author: Jason , review by: bigbruin.com
Great performance, Great Price, Excellent bundle of accessories and software
3000 P/E cycles instead of 5000 P/E cycles, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions
The Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB solid state drive is definitely an impressive unit. It offers excellent transfer rates, an appealing price, and a bundle of accessories that will make installing the drive in to any system extremely convenient. During testing...
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...
