Kingston's HyperX 3K SSD is positioned at a more affordable price level than its blue non-3K sibling. Our performance testing reveals surprising numbers: the drive actually ends up being faster than the regular HyperX.

High performance; Supports TRIM; 3 -year warranty; Nice accessories included (in the kit version; USB enclosure is of high quality

A bit more expensive than other options

Since the solid state drive first came to market we have seen both the capacities and performance soar to remarkable levels whilst the price has dropped considerably, making them now the drive type of choice for many users.

Affordable price point; Sought after performance; Reliable brand; Strong IOPs performance; HyperX branding

SandForce controller does result in low performance when handling incompressible data

Solid State Drives are becoming more and more common. I think I big reason for this is because

– Great performance; – Upgrade kit; – 3 year warranty; – Kingston made it more affordable

– None that I found

Kingston built its reputation on its memory and flash storage technology. This knowledge and experience has help make their SSD (solid state drives) some of the best performing ones on the market. Their first enthusiast based SSD the HyperX was the fastest SSD we have tested at TestFreaks.

Stylish HyperX appearance; Lightning fast speeds; TRIM Support; Three year warranty

3k P/E Cycles instead of the 5k P/E Cycles found on the earlier HyperX SSD

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points below: I therefore give the excellent and safe buy awards to the Kingston HyperX 3K SSD. You may comment on this review below.

An outstanding package; Excellent operation as a system drive; Excellent sequential read/write speeds and access times; Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths; SATA 6Gbps support; External case to ease the cloning process; TRIM support under Windows 7; Fast operating system start-up...

None

TRIM Performance: While SSDs offer many benefits, there are some downsides to using flash memory. One of the biggest issues people run into is performance degradation. Over time, an SSD will run out of fresh blocks and will have to write over data the file system has marked as deleted.

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; TRIM and Garbage Collection; Available as...

Not as fast when writing incompressible data

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.

Great performance; Great Price; Excellent bundle of accessories and software

3000 P/E cycles instead of 5000 P/E cycles

The Kingston HyperX 3K SSD delivers impressive performance at an excellent price point. It's the fastest SATA 6Gbps SSD I've tested to date and I have no problem recommending it. The HyperX 3K is a very nice alternative to the original, more expensive HyperX with 5000 p/e cycles.

The HyperX 3K series is the enthusiast and gamers choice when it comes to Kingston. The drive is offered in four sizes ranging from 90GB to 480GB. Driven by the SATA III protocol and controlled by the ever popular SandForce SF-2281 read and write times are pretty impressive.

October 21, 2012 by Lawrence Lee Product Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" SSD Manufacturer Kingston Technology Street Price US$100 A year ago, a decent 120GB solid state drive cost around US$200 , about twice what you would pay today.