Kingston HyperX Sandforce SATA3 6.0Gb/s SSD Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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910 words · ~4 min read
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Welcome to my unboxing of the Kingston
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HyperX SSD. This is their first HyperX
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branded SSD, which to me indicates that
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Kingston is fairly confident in the
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performance, excuse me. Yeah, I guess we'll just keep
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rolling then, of this particular unit. So this is featuring a sandforce
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controller. It runs controller controller. It runs on SATA 3 6 Gbit per
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second. And what they are claiming is that you can improve system performance
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by 60%. And let's find out what that asked based on PC Mark system
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performance suite. Well, I will go ahead and say that Kingston is entirely wrong
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to make that statement. Completely 100% wrong. You want to know why? because
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system performance will increase dramatically more than 60% by going from
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a hard drive to an SSD. That is a very
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conservative statement. Now, in some scenarios, you'll see 0%. This is true.
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However, in other scenarios, like for example, when you are
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uh in the middle of a of an intense task and you all of a sudden you like you
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want to do something else, it can perform double, triple, quadruple, even
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10 times faster than a system that's still relying on an ancient mechanical
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hard drive. So, this particular drive is rated for reads of up to 525 megabytes
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per second and writes of up to 480 megabytes per second. It comes with a
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three-year warranty, 24/7 tech support,
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and it also includes a bunch of accessories that other SSD manufacturers
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do not include, which I will show you when I
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figure out how to get the box open. There we go. All right. It is also by
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far the sickest looking SSD that I have
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ever seen. It is fully Kingston HyperX
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looking. It's got a big metal X on the top of it with a blue background with
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the Kingston guy and the Kingston logo. On the back, it has a SATA power
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connector as well as a SATA 3 6 Gbit per second data connector and some jumpers
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that you probably won't need to use. It has some mounting holes on this side,
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some mounting holes on this side, and some mounting holes on the bottom,
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including a warranty void if removed sticker. So, don't remove that or your
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warranty will be voided. I have no warranty on this particular drive, though anyway. It's very heavy. It's
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quite heavy. uh due to the plastic housing would be my guess and the metal
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housing. It's very thick housing, very robust feeling. Um something to bear in
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mind about those mounting holes that are on the drive is that those are standard.
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This will fit in your notebook. It will fit in your desktop with this adapter
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right here. So here is a Kingston HyperX branded 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in SSD
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adapter. So you go ahead, you put your drive on there, which will look nice and
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sharp. Look at that. See, Kingston Kingston considers things. This is smart
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because when you put the drive on, you can still see the HyperX logo on the
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adapter. Check that out. See little things. We've also got included screws.
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Included other more different screws. So, these ones are for mounting the SSD
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to the adapter. These are for mounting the adapter to your case. We have a
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solid state drive installation guide. Includes hard drive cloning software.
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Very nice. including that hard drive cloning software is a big value ad in my
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opinion because especially for notebook users, it allows you to easily move your
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OS from your hard drive to your SSD.
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They also include a screwdriver. Check that out. So, you got a flathead and two
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different Phillips heads. And it's in the convenient form factor of a pen-like
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object, which you can put the bits back in, you can close back up, and then you
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can put it in your front pocket, and it
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can sit there like that. Proud Kingston HyperX user. All right. Next, we have an
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external drive enclosure. Now, why would Kingston include this? Very good
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question, and I will provide you with the answer. The reason Kingston would
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include this HyperX branded external hard drive enclosure is so that you have
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a way when you unlock it and put your
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desktop, your old desktop drive, your hard drive in there, you will have a way
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to a transfer the data using their cloning software to your new SSD and B,
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you will have a use for your old hard drive now. So, you can just go ahead and
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put that cover back on.
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Put the cover back
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on, lock it in place, plug in the USB
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cable, which they have conveniently included, and now you have an external hard drive to go along with your SSD
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equipped notebook. They've also included a SATA cable, which if you are
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installing it in a desktop, you will need. So, it comes with everything you
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need to install it in a notebook or a desktop or even in your shirt pocket,
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which once again, I'm trying to demo and I don't have one. So, it is not working.
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