Kingston have emblazoned their Hyper X branding upon a new line of SATAIII SSDs. Do they live up to the name?
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Kingston Hyper X 240GB SSD Review
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wotevajjjj
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The 256's we reviewed not so long ago retailed at £600 ..... so £400 for those speeds is pretty epic!
dugdiamond
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i'm in lurve with this SSD
There will be more, this is just the first we have got our hands on. Probs do most brands except OCZ
Lollipop
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There will be more, this is just the first we have got our hands on. Probs do most brands except OCZ
I laughed
Rastalovich
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You can't mock it on the speed. £400, which is around £1.67 per gig I still have issues with. (I still don't like £1.33 or so, but still) Comparing it with something that's stupidly @ £2.34 just doesn't cut it for me.
I do wonder how fast these will become before anyone 'really' notices any difference irl. Benches are artificial as we learn with gaming performance benchmarks. The numbers are unarguably fantastic.
The average person saves... how big a file usually ? Copying hooky files and movies, granted the 1 minute on one SSD turns into 50 seconds on this SSD - but even then how often do most people do that ? Not only that, if you do that alot, even 240/256g isn't enough, so you're limited to you 90mbs 1TB regular drive speed.
Boot times.. your current 'mediocre' SSD boots you in 15 seconds, this one does it in 10 seconds..
I dunno, if you have the cash in abundance - splash it - there is no question what-so-ever. They do what they say on the tin at what I'd still call an alarming price, but you have it.
... just don't lemme see rig listings on here with this drive included and a freakin GTX460 as the graphics card !
How about OEM versions of these things, just IT in a box - and naff all branding ? Cos branding really is bllx. You stick these things in a rig where no-one will generally seem them. I suppose it's do-able, but it'd probably even then go down to £1.33/g.. £320 or so.. But the thing with tat is they include it to make you feel better about the package you've outlayed a lot of cash on.
I do wonder how fast these will become before anyone 'really' notices any difference irl. Benches are artificial as we learn with gaming performance benchmarks. The numbers are unarguably fantastic.
The average person saves... how big a file usually ? Copying hooky files and movies, granted the 1 minute on one SSD turns into 50 seconds on this SSD - but even then how often do most people do that ? Not only that, if you do that alot, even 240/256g isn't enough, so you're limited to you 90mbs 1TB regular drive speed.
Boot times.. your current 'mediocre' SSD boots you in 15 seconds, this one does it in 10 seconds..
I dunno, if you have the cash in abundance - splash it - there is no question what-so-ever. They do what they say on the tin at what I'd still call an alarming price, but you have it.
... just don't lemme see rig listings on here with this drive included and a freakin GTX460 as the graphics card !
How about OEM versions of these things, just IT in a box - and naff all branding ? Cos branding really is bllx. You stick these things in a rig where no-one will generally seem them. I suppose it's do-able, but it'd probably even then go down to £1.33/g.. £320 or so.. But the thing with tat is they include it to make you feel better about the package you've outlayed a lot of cash on.
VonBlade
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As mentioned in the review the CD contains Acronis backup software to allow you to migrate from your current drive to this one without losing any data.
alienware
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Rasta. I think like most products it's a great buy if you are looking to get one now, or, for other reasons (size upgrade, new build ETC).
Of course, the thing is horrifically fast but it's not really a good idea to ditch the one you have already if it's slower but the same size.
It's kinda like selling your 480 at a huge loss to rush out and buy a 580.
And I'm glad we are going to remain OCZ free tbh.
And bloody good that is too. Been my lifeline for about two years now !
Of course, the thing is horrifically fast but it's not really a good idea to ditch the one you have already if it's slower but the same size.
It's kinda like selling your 480 at a huge loss to rush out and buy a 580.
And I'm glad we are going to remain OCZ free tbh.
And bloody good that is too. Been my lifeline for about two years now !
Lollipop
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Does this also work from hdd to ssd?
Wow amazing speeds and looks, one of the few SSDs that I would want to mount near a case window for people to see.
Also I know you've had bad experiences with OCZ before Tom, but they appear to be the most popular brand of SSD atm, although considering what you said about their Vertex 2, they probably wouldn't want to lend you one
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Also I know you've had bad experiences with OCZ before Tom, but they appear to be the most popular brand of SSD atm, although considering what you said about their Vertex 2, they probably wouldn't want to lend you one
alienware
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Yes..No... but...
In the instance that I did it TRIM did not work properly. I tried enabling it by upgrading the controller or something, but even though disabledeletenotify came back with a 0 it clearly wasn't working.
Now that could be just me, but I seem to recall some one else having the same problem. I also needed to completely reinstall when flashing on the TRIM firmware (well, it was around the same time.. Basically I flashed on the firmware, TRIM didn't work so I imaged and it still didn't work).
I's guess from one SSD to another though it should be fine
Also I know you've had bad experiences with OCZ before Tom, but they appear to be the most popular brand of SSD atm, although considering what you said about their Vertex 2, they probably wouldn't want to lend you one.
Tom's opinion is well founded mate tbh. There has been two instances of OCZ issues this week alone on here. They are popular because they are usually cheap. However, they are taken to the slaughter house before being hung drawn and quartered by Crucial's drives.
