With its combination of excellent performance and a generous accessories package, the original Kingston HyperX original Kingston HyperX was-and still is-a great choice for enthusiasts who wanted cutting edge performance and are willing to pay a premium for the privilege.

Is forking out the premium for an SSD worth it? Generally we'd say it depends on your needs, but the Kingston Hyper X is really worth the spend. The packaging and presentation makes you feel like you spent your money wisely, and the increase in performance is really worth it.

Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD is an excellent buy, particularly the kit version. Here's our Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD review.

Kingston promised a less expensive SSD in the HyperX 3K, with the same performance as the original HyperX. They delivered on both counts, lowering the price threshold for enthusiast-grade SSD performance.

Minimal performance impact with lower-grade NAND (faster in some cases; Offered as a lower cost alternative without replacing existing higher-endurance model; Very low response times in our new fixed I/O latency test

Minimal performance impact with lower-grade NAND (faster in some cases; Offered as a lower cost alternative without replacing existing higher-endurance model; Very low response times in our new fixed I/O latency test; Slips behind slightly in our gaming trace

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