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
(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
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
There’s no arguing that the HyperX 3K SSD is a worthy choice amung a market full of options. The 3K NAND and SandForce SF-2281 controller work together well providing a little more speed as well as added endurance. Granted, the question of endurance un...
Abstract: The Kingston HyperX 3K SSD solid-state drive is the company's budget gamer line of SSD . It combines premium 3000 program-erase cycle Toggle NAND with the second-generation SandForce controller. Its lower price means more users can experience ultra-respon...
As with the HyperX 5K drive we like the performance and compatibility that Kingston has here. Again we cannot stress enough that Kingston is still maintaining great customer service here. They parts included here are not cheap and the disk closing softwar...
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
USB 2.0 Enclosure: USB 3.0 would have been nicer.
So far at Bjorn3D, we've reviewed multiple SSD's, but one does not simply review multiple SSD's without testing them in RAID. This is exactly what we've done today with the Kingston HyperX 240GB 3K SSDs, showing the performance potential users can ge...
Abstract: With OCZ intent on moving as much volume to its in-house Indilinx controllers as possible, SandForce (now LSI) needed to expand to additional partners. OCZ has strong control over the channel so SandForce needed to turn to multiple partners to divers...
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
Slips behind slightly in our gaming trace
Kingston promised a less expensive SSD in the HyperX 3K, with the same performance as the original HyperX. They delivered on both counts, lowering the price threshold for enthusiast-grade SSD performance. Sure consumers give up write cycles, but few will...
Considering HyperX 3K 240GB has virtually the same performance as it’s more expensive sibling but comes to market with a lower price, it can be considered a success for Kingston. They wanted to release a budget-friendly drive without sacrificing perfor...
Abstract: While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...
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Published: 2014-11-01, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
Very few consumer SSDs advertise P/E cycles these days. The NAND flash makers keep this data close to the chest, and leave endurance ratings up to the drive makers since controller technology has significantly increased flash endurance through superior d...
The Kingston HyperX 3K SSD wasn't the fast SSD that we have tested but given the cost and the size, it definitely should be taken into consideration when choosing a drive. It should also be noted that the technology used to create this drive does...
