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If you are in the market for a new Solid State Drive today you are literally spoilt for choice. Any of the Sandforce 2281 powered drives are stellar products, delivering fantastic performance both with synthetic benchmarks, and more importantly in the real world.
The Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD uses the same Sandforce 2281 controller as many others, but manages to perform at the top of the pile, thanks to some smart ‘behind the scenes' tweaking.
The latest Sandforce drives really are in a class of their own and have no problems with any of the tests in our review suite. 4k performance in particular is exceptional, with this specific drive attaining one of the highest ever 4k QD32 write figures, at 375.5MB/s.
Right now drive availability is scarce, but it is due to hit stores within the next week. Overclockers have it listed for £409.99, which should include the same extensive accessories bundle as listed earlier in our review.
You certainly can't go wrong with any of the new Solid State Drives and there is no doubt that the Kingston HyperX 240GB is one of the best on the market today.
Pros:
- Performance is class leading.
- looks great.
- extensive bundle.
- software is useful.
Cons:
- 240GB drives are only for the wealthy audience.
Kitguru says: A first class entrance into the new market for Kingston.
Impressive bundle, price isn’t bad for the size. Will they be releasing a 128GB? Obviously I would expect so.
Excellent, although they are all so good, its really down to the best deal. This one seems actually very competitive.
OCUK dont seem to have the bundle with theirs though? unless its listed badly.
First time ive ever seen a company give away a screwdriver, cool idea.
How much cheaper is the non bundle deal version?
They put a lot of work into the bundle. I like that software, I bought it last year and its great for switching out drives.
For those of us with a tighter budget, the Kingston HyperX 120GB 2.5″ SATA-3 Solid State Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-017-KS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427
Thanks fisshy, thats much more realistic. for me anyway.
I like their products, good to see them moving out of the value sector in with the big players like OCZ.
this will drop to under £400 for christmas., probably £370.
Its too muich for me, but power users will probably buy 2 for raid 0. I think kingston are trying hard to get rid of their stuffy appearance and its working.
SOmeone else said it, but it is all about price in this sector. they are all very close as can be seen, so the best deal is the one id go for.
IOMeter results would have been interesting, too, given that Kingston claims the highes IOPS values of any of these sandforce drives.