Budget-minded gamers and enthusiasts will benefit from the lower price of Kingston’s new HyperX® 3K SSD. This solid-state drive combines premium 3000 program-erase cycle synchronous NAND with the second-generation SandForce® controller. Its lower price means more users can experience ultra-responsive gaming, multitasking and multimedia computing power. HyperX 3K loads games and applications faster, increases frames per second (FPS) for an improved gaming experience and allows for quick transfers and edits of large media files. HyperX 3K provides high-speed SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) performance and blazing fast random and sequential read/write speeds. SandForce DuraClass™ technology provides the latest data integrity protection for ultimate endurance over the entire life of the drive. The new USB 3.0 external enclosure offers up to 10 times faster transfer speeds when upgrading to an SSD. HyperX 3K SSD comes in a sleek, black and aluminium case design, accentuating the look of any power user’s system. For added peace of mind, HyperX 3K SSD is backed by a three-year warranty and legendary Kingston® reliability. FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS > Form factor 2.5" > Interface SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev 2.0 (3Gb/s) > Capacities 1 120GB, 240GB, 480GB > Controller SandForce® SF-2281 > Sequential Read/Writes 2 SATA Rev. 3.0: 120GB/240GB – up to: 555/510MB/s 480GB – up to: 540/450MB/s > Maximum 4K Read/Write 2 120GB – 86,000/79,000 IOPS 240GB – 86,000/73,000 IOPS 480GB – 74,000/32,000 IOPS > Random 4K Read/Write 2 120GB – 24,000/79,000 IOPS 240GB – 45,000/69,000 IOPS 480GB – 50,000/22,000 IOPS > PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite Score 120GB / 240GB / 480GB: 66,000 > Additional Features Supports S.M.A.R.T., TRIM and Garbage Collection > Total Bytes Written (TBW) 3 120GB – 290TB 2 DWPD 4 240GB – 765TB 3 DWPD 4 480GB – 1,785TB 3 DWPD 4 > Power Consumption 0.455 W Idle / 0.6 W Avg / 1.58 W (MAX) Read / 2.11 W (MAX) Write > Operating temperatures 0°C ~ 70°C > Storage temperatures -40°C ~ 85°C > Dimensions 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm > Weight 97g > Vibration operating 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz) > Vibration non-operating 20G Peak (10–2000Hz) > MTBF 1,000,000 Hrs. > Warranty/support 3-year warranty with free technical suppo
