1 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:14,080 Welcome to my unboxing of the Kingston 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:17,279 HyperX SSD. This is their first HyperX 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:21,240 branded SSD, which to me indicates that 4 00:00:17,279 --> 00:00:23,080 Kingston is fairly confident in the 5 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:28,080 performance, excuse me. Yeah, I guess we'll just keep 6 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:32,800 rolling then, of this particular unit. So this is featuring a sandforce 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:37,680 controller. It runs controller controller. It runs on SATA 3 6 Gbit per 8 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:42,000 second. And what they are claiming is that you can improve system performance 9 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:45,520 by 60%. And let's find out what that asked based on PC Mark system 10 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:51,440 performance suite. Well, I will go ahead and say that Kingston is entirely wrong 11 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:57,039 to make that statement. Completely 100% wrong. You want to know why? because 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:03,879 system performance will increase dramatically more than 60% by going from 13 00:01:00,559 --> 00:01:06,479 a hard drive to an SSD. That is a very 14 00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:11,280 conservative statement. Now, in some scenarios, you'll see 0%. This is true. 15 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:16,000 However, in other scenarios, like for example, when you are 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,520 uh in the middle of a of an intense task and you all of a sudden you like you 17 00:01:17,759 --> 00:01:23,759 want to do something else, it can perform double, triple, quadruple, even 18 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:27,920 10 times faster than a system that's still relying on an ancient mechanical 19 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:33,119 hard drive. So, this particular drive is rated for reads of up to 525 megabytes 20 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:37,759 per second and writes of up to 480 megabytes per second. It comes with a 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:39,119 three-year warranty, 24/7 tech support, 22 00:01:37,759 --> 00:01:43,079 and it also includes a bunch of accessories that other SSD manufacturers 23 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,759 do not include, which I will show you when I 24 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:53,840 figure out how to get the box open. There we go. All right. It is also by 25 00:01:50,479 --> 00:01:57,439 far the sickest looking SSD that I have 26 00:01:53,840 --> 00:02:00,240 ever seen. It is fully Kingston HyperX 27 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:04,640 looking. It's got a big metal X on the top of it with a blue background with 28 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:09,360 the Kingston guy and the Kingston logo. On the back, it has a SATA power 29 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,959 connector as well as a SATA 3 6 Gbit per second data connector and some jumpers 30 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:16,560 that you probably won't need to use. It has some mounting holes on this side, 31 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:20,400 some mounting holes on this side, and some mounting holes on the bottom, 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,520 including a warranty void if removed sticker. So, don't remove that or your 33 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,560 warranty will be voided. I have no warranty on this particular drive, though anyway. It's very heavy. It's 34 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:32,959 quite heavy. uh due to the plastic housing would be my guess and the metal 35 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:37,280 housing. It's very thick housing, very robust feeling. Um something to bear in 36 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,239 mind about those mounting holes that are on the drive is that those are standard. 37 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,560 This will fit in your notebook. It will fit in your desktop with this adapter 38 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:50,000 right here. So here is a Kingston HyperX branded 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in SSD 39 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,920 adapter. So you go ahead, you put your drive on there, which will look nice and 40 00:02:51,680 --> 00:03:01,040 sharp. Look at that. See, Kingston Kingston considers things. This is smart 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:05,360 because when you put the drive on, you can still see the HyperX logo on the 42 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:09,680 adapter. Check that out. See little things. We've also got included screws. 43 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,800 Included other more different screws. So, these ones are for mounting the SSD 44 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:17,120 to the adapter. These are for mounting the adapter to your case. We have a 45 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:20,879 solid state drive installation guide. Includes hard drive cloning software. 46 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:25,280 Very nice. including that hard drive cloning software is a big value ad in my 47 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:31,840 opinion because especially for notebook users, it allows you to easily move your 48 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,680 OS from your hard drive to your SSD. 49 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,920 They also include a screwdriver. Check that out. So, you got a flathead and two 50 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:43,440 different Phillips heads. And it's in the convenient form factor of a pen-like 51 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:48,959 object, which you can put the bits back in, you can close back up, and then you 52 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:51,200 can put it in your front pocket, and it 53 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:58,720 can sit there like that. Proud Kingston HyperX user. All right. Next, we have an 54 00:03:55,959 --> 00:04:01,840 external drive enclosure. Now, why would Kingston include this? Very good 55 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,920 question, and I will provide you with the answer. The reason Kingston would 56 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:11,120 include this HyperX branded external hard drive enclosure is so that you have 57 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,040 a way when you unlock it and put your 58 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:17,199 desktop, your old desktop drive, your hard drive in there, you will have a way 59 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:24,320 to a transfer the data using their cloning software to your new SSD and B, 60 00:04:22,479 --> 00:04:30,600 you will have a use for your old hard drive now. So, you can just go ahead and 61 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,600 put that cover back on. 62 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,680 Put the cover back 63 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:39,199 on, lock it in place, plug in the USB 64 00:04:37,759 --> 00:04:45,440 cable, which they have conveniently included, and now you have an external hard drive to go along with your SSD 65 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:49,440 equipped notebook. They've also included a SATA cable, which if you are 66 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:53,759 installing it in a desktop, you will need. So, it comes with everything you 67 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:59,120 need to install it in a notebook or a desktop or even in your shirt pocket, 68 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,560 which once again, I'm trying to demo and I don't have one. 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