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The Kingston HyperX 240GB Packaging is very attractive, finished in a predominately black coloured box, with an angled shot of the drive on the front.
The box rates the drive speed statistics as 525 MB/s read and 480 MB/s write.
Inside, the drive is protected between foam, with the disc and accessories separated in another section underneath.
The bundle really is impressive, with a screwdriver, cables, software CD and mounting plate supplied in the package. Kingston also include an external chassis if you wish to use it externally. We like the Acronis True Image HD software, as you can connect the drive via USB and mirror the internal boot up drive, then replace.
The drive itself is styled in traditional Kingston colours, with blue accents at the edges. It is one of the more attractive looking SSD drives we have received in recent months. Inside is the PCB which is controlled by the Sandforce SF-2281 controller chip. Unfortunately it appears Kingston have sealed this drive with an unusual locking mechanism and I didn't want to break it by opening.
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.