Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Technical Details
Size: 120 GB
- No moving mechanical parts gives it longer life and ability to handle rougher conditions
- Backed by Kingston's three year warranty and 24/7 tech support
- 550MB/sec read and 510MB/sec write speeds
- And HyperX colored SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) cable
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
Size: 120 GB
Kingston's HyperX SSD combines the latest SandForce controller technology with premium NAND Flash, reducing load times while increasing performance and endurance. It provides high-speed SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) transfer speeds for larger bandwidth, which power users require for advanced gaming, multitasking and multimedia computing power. Kingston's HyperX SSD lets users load games and applications faster, increase frames per second (FPS) and quickly transfer and edit large media files. It's cool, silent and requires less power with no additional cooling requirements. When configuring the HyperX SSD partition, the user can choose between having the maximum available capacity for data storage, or give up a little space to increase performance and endurance. This additional space is called over provisioning1 on an SSD. The amount of performance and endurance increase depends upon the type of data being stored on the HyperX SSD. The more data that is MPEG, JPG, ZIP, ARC, file types, the greater the benefit for this increased over provisioning. HyperX SSD is covered by a three-year warranty and backed by 24/7 live technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. Kit includes Acronis Migration Software, HyperX 3.5" Desktop mounting plate, HyperX USB External Drive Bay, HyperX Multi-head Screwdriver and HyperX colored SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) cable.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:120 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
The good:
I got this SSD to be my boot drive and installed it in my cpu with no problems. Windows 7 went on without a hitch. It increased my windows experience index for hard drive, ram and processor and it seems very fast. The packaging was very good and the build quality seems very solid. With a newer main board capable of sata 6 it would be great. Customer service promptly answered my call with almost no hold time and they spoke good english!
Now for the bad:
I get random BSOD (blue screen of death error screen) since installing. After the BSOD the BIOS does not recognize the SSD in the hardware. In order for it to work again the computer needs to power completely off then back on, reset does not work. Apparently there is a known issue with the Sandforce SF-2281 SSD Controller which runs the drive. Sandforce has apparently released a firmware fix for the issue (version 3.3.2) but Kingston has not updated the firmware for the drive yet. I spoke with customer service at Kingston and was told that a firmware update is in the works and should be live within two weeks or so. (update) Kingston released an update for the firmware and so far it seems to have fixed my problem! I will upgrade the review to a 4.
The adventure:
Take a picture of the label of any product you install in your computer so you do not need to remove it to find info. Kingston requires a number off the drive itself, not just the box to get support. Would be nice if they put a sticker with that info on it in the box also. I have a tech support e-mail sent in and will update once I hear from them. A note on their website letting customers know about the issue and informing us they are working on it with an ETA would have saved hours and hours of wasted time troubleshooting.
I got this SSD to be my boot drive and installed it in my cpu with no problems. Windows 7 went on without a hitch. It increased my windows experience index for hard drive, ram and processor and it seems very fast. The packaging was very good and the build quality seems very solid. With a newer main board capable of sata 6 it would be great. Customer service promptly answered my call with almost no hold time and they spoke good english!
Now for the bad:
I get random BSOD (blue screen of death error screen) since installing. After the BSOD the BIOS does not recognize the SSD in the hardware. In order for it to work again the computer needs to power completely off then back on, reset does not work. Apparently there is a known issue with the Sandforce SF-2281 SSD Controller which runs the drive. Sandforce has apparently released a firmware fix for the issue (version 3.3.2) but Kingston has not updated the firmware for the drive yet. I spoke with customer service at Kingston and was told that a firmware update is in the works and should be live within two weeks or so. (update) Kingston released an update for the firmware and so far it seems to have fixed my problem! I will upgrade the review to a 4.
The adventure:
Take a picture of the label of any product you install in your computer so you do not need to remove it to find info. Kingston requires a number off the drive itself, not just the box to get support. Would be nice if they put a sticker with that info on it in the box also. I have a tech support e-mail sent in and will update once I hear from them. A note on their website letting customers know about the issue and informing us they are working on it with an ETA would have saved hours and hours of wasted time troubleshooting.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:120 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
My drive came in Firmware 320XXXX and the most recent one is 322XXXX, which Kingston labels as an Urgent update. This meant that I had to upgrade the firmware out of the box. It didn't give me problems with the firmware it came with though, and actually my Windows 7 x64 installed easily without a hitch on the previous firmware. Remember guys, to fully access its potential you must enable AHCI (not IDE mode) in BIOS and your motherboard must support 6gb/s SATA 3, although it can still run on IDE and SATA 2 albeit slower than its potential. In fact, this drive is plug and play when installing Windows 7 32 or 64 bit.
PROS:
Incredibly fast read speeds. CrystalDiskMark shows 500MB/s average for me. I get WEI rating of 7.9 for Disk Transfer Rate.
CONS:
Write speeds is not as advetised for me. I'm getting 160MB/s average. I've tried upgrading my BIOS, newest Intel Rapid Storage, enabling cache writing, etc. and still no luck. My board (Asrock extreme4) also has a Marvell controller, and that too gives 160MB/s write speeds.
This is what Kinston specifies as their advertised speed for this drive:
Sequential reads 6Gb/s 3 -- 555MB/s for all capacities
Sequential writes 6Gb/s -- 510MB/s for all capacities
For the typical user, this is crazy fast. But it is just hard to accept much lower write speeds than advertised when spending top dollar for the best computer parts.
UPDATE 12/20/2011**********
Ok, I've done some research and it turns out that my results are normal. First of all, Kingston's claims are based on ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.41 results, which uses compressible data. CrystalDiskMark uses incompressible data by default, which are more closer to real-life applications. When transferring videos, pictures, songs, zip fils and the such, its closer to incompressible data. After retesting using ATTO, I get 550MB/s max read and 510MB/s max write, which is pretty much the top claim. Lots of manufacturers, especially those who use SandForce controllers, like to use ATTO because it favors its performance. Comparing other review sites I see similar 170Mb/s write speeds using CrystalDiskMark. One more thing to note, the 240gb hyperx version does almost twice as better for write speeds at 300Mb/s versus 170Mb/s for the 120gb version. My rating technically is now 5 stars, but I'm leaving 4 stars because I still feel a little decieved. Dont get me wrong, this drive IS one of the fastest out there right now equal or better to the likes of Crucial M4's, Intel 510 series, or OCZ Vertex 3.
UPDATE 1/26/2012 *******
I do not know what happened, but somehow this drive has reduced its incompressible write speed from 160MS/s to roughtly 130MB/s and the WIndows WEI hard drive score is down to 7.8 rating. Weirdly enough, the compressible write speed is still a blazing 510 MB/s. I spent several days of my time and numerous reformats trying to figure it out but its still a mystery to me. I retested using AS SSD benchmark and I also discovered the Access Read Time is a paltry .200ms on avg which is like mechanical disk speeds. To be honest, I am being a little nitpicky here but again, the purpose of paying top dollar for a Sata 3 SSD was to get Sata 3 speeds. And I'm not feeling completely satisfied with this one. I'm tempted to reduce the rating to 3 stars to "It's OK" status, but if you can find a deal where its about 1 dollar per GB then its still a good buy in my opinion.
PROS:
Incredibly fast read speeds. CrystalDiskMark shows 500MB/s average for me. I get WEI rating of 7.9 for Disk Transfer Rate.
CONS:
Write speeds is not as advetised for me. I'm getting 160MB/s average. I've tried upgrading my BIOS, newest Intel Rapid Storage, enabling cache writing, etc. and still no luck. My board (Asrock extreme4) also has a Marvell controller, and that too gives 160MB/s write speeds.
This is what Kinston specifies as their advertised speed for this drive:
Sequential reads 6Gb/s 3 -- 555MB/s for all capacities
Sequential writes 6Gb/s -- 510MB/s for all capacities
For the typical user, this is crazy fast. But it is just hard to accept much lower write speeds than advertised when spending top dollar for the best computer parts.
UPDATE 12/20/2011**********
Ok, I've done some research and it turns out that my results are normal. First of all, Kingston's claims are based on ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.41 results, which uses compressible data. CrystalDiskMark uses incompressible data by default, which are more closer to real-life applications. When transferring videos, pictures, songs, zip fils and the such, its closer to incompressible data. After retesting using ATTO, I get 550MB/s max read and 510MB/s max write, which is pretty much the top claim. Lots of manufacturers, especially those who use SandForce controllers, like to use ATTO because it favors its performance. Comparing other review sites I see similar 170Mb/s write speeds using CrystalDiskMark. One more thing to note, the 240gb hyperx version does almost twice as better for write speeds at 300Mb/s versus 170Mb/s for the 120gb version. My rating technically is now 5 stars, but I'm leaving 4 stars because I still feel a little decieved. Dont get me wrong, this drive IS one of the fastest out there right now equal or better to the likes of Crucial M4's, Intel 510 series, or OCZ Vertex 3.
UPDATE 1/26/2012 *******
I do not know what happened, but somehow this drive has reduced its incompressible write speed from 160MS/s to roughtly 130MB/s and the WIndows WEI hard drive score is down to 7.8 rating. Weirdly enough, the compressible write speed is still a blazing 510 MB/s. I spent several days of my time and numerous reformats trying to figure it out but its still a mystery to me. I retested using AS SSD benchmark and I also discovered the Access Read Time is a paltry .200ms on avg which is like mechanical disk speeds. To be honest, I am being a little nitpicky here but again, the purpose of paying top dollar for a Sata 3 SSD was to get Sata 3 speeds. And I'm not feeling completely satisfied with this one. I'm tempted to reduce the rating to 3 stars to "It's OK" status, but if you can find a deal where its about 1 dollar per GB then its still a good buy in my opinion.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:240 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had been researching SSDs for a while and picked this one for several reasons:
- It got great performance reviews and was at the higher end on several review sites.
- While it wasn't the king of the hill; it was (I feel) the best bang for your buck. It was in the top 10% of drives like it.
- It uses the new SATA 3.0 bus, and this drive is able to utilize the 6Gbps link.
- I chose Kingston over OCZ and others because I trust the name a bit more, and know that if I have a problem and must return it under warranty, it will be less of a hassle.
Only one note to Mac Mini owners planning on installing this: It's a tight fit. The case is just ever so slightly bigger than a typical 2.5" drive. It'll fit, but it'll be a squeeze.
Also, the top has a raised "Kingston" logo on it, made out of what looks to be metal. If you have a Mac Mini with 2 drives in it, you might want to put something between the drives to keep the raised metal from touching the circuit board of the 2nd drive under it.
- It got great performance reviews and was at the higher end on several review sites.
- While it wasn't the king of the hill; it was (I feel) the best bang for your buck. It was in the top 10% of drives like it.
- It uses the new SATA 3.0 bus, and this drive is able to utilize the 6Gbps link.
- I chose Kingston over OCZ and others because I trust the name a bit more, and know that if I have a problem and must return it under warranty, it will be less of a hassle.
Only one note to Mac Mini owners planning on installing this: It's a tight fit. The case is just ever so slightly bigger than a typical 2.5" drive. It'll fit, but it'll be a squeeze.
Also, the top has a raised "Kingston" logo on it, made out of what looks to be metal. If you have a Mac Mini with 2 drives in it, you might want to put something between the drives to keep the raised metal from touching the circuit board of the 2nd drive under it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent SSD
Have used this SSD for 5 months now without any problem.
Fast, stable and reliable. Upgraded from VelociRaptor.
Worth every penny.
Fast, stable and reliable. Upgraded from VelociRaptor.
Worth every penny.
Published 1 month ago by Mambo
Great SSD
This is my first SSD. Installation was a breeze. Installing Windows 7 was the fastest I have ever seen. Accessing programs are fast. I love this drive.
Published 1 month ago by Ronald Lee Brinkley
so far so good...
5 weeks and counting, so far so good ... Dell laptop with Intel HM67 chipset, which I heard works great with Sandforce SSD controllers before buying it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Hg
Fast, but faulty
I bought my first SSD for a new rig I was building. After the operating system install, I was completely happy with the new speed over a hard drive. Read more
Published 2 months ago by KevinC
I'm very pleased with this drive
This kit's quality is AMAZING! I'm running this drive in an Early 2011 15" MacBook Pro (8,2) with OS-X 10.7.3 (Lion). You want to make sure you leave trim disabled in the OS. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ash
Incomplete Kit
I bought this kit thinking that it includes everything you need to hook up to a desktop PC.
The description and photos shows a complete kits with everything you need. Read more
The description and photos shows a complete kits with everything you need. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Daniel Boudreault
Overall very Sylish
Comes with much when ordering i didnt realize it came with external SSD case so you can use it via USB or bring it around with you and a Aluminum mounting bracket, little Screw... Read more
Published 2 months ago by D
BEST IMPROVEMENT TO MY ALIENWARE M17X
To begin, let me tell you for what I got these SSDs for:
I just recently purchased an Alienware M17x R3, and it has been upgraded to the maximum, except for the Hard... Read more
I just recently purchased an Alienware M17x R3, and it has been upgraded to the maximum, except for the Hard... Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Petkovic
Hyper-X incredible drive - Perfoms above expectation
I bought this drive to install in a Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M6400 (BIOS A12) that had a 128 GB Corsair in it for about a year. Read more
Published 2 months ago by taloncc
High-performance SSD with good looks, in a great bundle
SandForce-based SSDs are dominating the SSD market right now, because of their terrific read/write performance. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ed R.
Related Items
- Most Popular
- Service & Replacement Plans
- Computer Memory
- Computer Motherboards
- Computer Graphics Cards
- Internal Fans & Cooling Components
- Computer Cases
- Computer CPU Processors
- Internal Optical Drives
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192250339_.gif){kind=small}
Look for Similar Items by Category
Size: 120 GB
