Cruel! Stable and very fast! Had intel before like this better!

The SSD market is changing rapidly for enthusiasts. Low prices for 120GB models and the introduction of RAID 0 TRIM for Intel Z77 based systems means it's now possible to spend roughly $200 and get 1000MB/s sequential read and write performance.

The second generation SandForce SF-2000 series controller is coming up on its third year in production. It's a venerable yet still viable solution for low-cost solid state drives that performs well in a consumer grade environment.

Kingston has realized tremendous success with their original HyperX line of premium SSDs for enthusiasts. With the SSD market becoming more value-driven, Kingston has responded with a new HyperX 3K model. Today we will look at the performance of the newest member of the Kingston family.

If you've been keeping up with our SSD reviews, you should be familiar with this section of the article where we point out the level of overprovisioning and the logical allocation available to the user for the drive in question.

With Kingston's latest performance is, thankfully, unharmed. The HyperX 3K performs just as well as the 5K rated HyperX drive: Kingston's SF-2281 implementation has always been extremely fast and the HyperX 3K is no exception. You are looking at one of the fastest drives we've ever tested.

This is the Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB is truly the real deal. With the price lowered and no sacrificed performance, what more can you ask

A good-looking and reasonable-value drive, but there are cheaper and quicker rivals