Kingstons new 3K SSD HyperX coming soon to OcUK!

[Andrew Moore]

Hello


The fantastic HyperX SSD now comes in a really nice gun metal and black finish using the new 3K NAND. Performance remains the same but the price does not, its MUCH cheaper


Take a look below at the new 3K vs the old


Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) * Pre-Order Price * @ £118.99 inc VAT

The all new Kingston HyperX 3K SSD featuring the Sandforce SF-2281 controller for blistering fast reads and writes and industry leading IOPS.


- 95k IOPS
- Capacity: 120GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 555MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 510MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 95000 IOPS (4KB File, READ)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Included in the box
- SSD 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor in metalic blue
- Mounting screws

Only £118.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW







Kingston HyperX 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Drive (SH100S3/120G) @ £167.99 inc VAT

The all new Kingston HyperX performance SSD featuring the Sandforce SF-2281 controller for blistering fast reads and writes and industry leading IOPS.


- 95k IOPS
- Capacity: 120GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 555MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 510MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 95000 IOPS (4KB File, READ)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Included in the box
- SSD 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor in metalic blue
- Mounting screws

Only £167.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW








Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) * Pre-Order Price * @ £235.99 inc VAT

The all new Kingston HyperX 3K SSD featuring the Sandforce SF-2281 controller for blistering fast reads and writes and industry leading IOPS.


- 95k IOPS
- Capacity: 240GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 555MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 510MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 95000 IOPS (4KB File, READ)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Included in the box
- SSD 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor in metalic blue
- Mounting screws

Only £235.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW







Kingston HyperX 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Drive (SH100S3/240G) @ £299.99 inc VAT

The all new Kingston HyperX performance SSD featuring the Sandforce SF-2281 controller for blistering fast reads and writes and industry leading IOPS.

- 95k IOPS
- Capacity: 240GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 555MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 510MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 95000 IOPS (4KB File, READ)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Included in the box
- SSD 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor in metalic blue
- Mounting screws

Only £299.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Andrew Moore]

Different NAND and Firmware mean you cant Im afraid. It would be like raiding a Vertex3 with an Force GT

 

[Andrew Moore]

The drives are no different really. One used 34nm toggle, the other 25nm NAND.

One is a 3K write cycle, the other is 5K however this would take around 15years to hit so the 3K is more than enough write cycles.

 

[Andrew Moore]

Out of interest, why would that not work? Unless I'm mistaken, the physical drives are not aware they're part of an array, so provided they match capacity-wise and perform roughly on par, the raid controller isn't going to care.

THis is where im confused, I know in "timing" terms its good to match platters, aerial density and spindle speed in mechanical drives, but Im unsure if there are such requirements in the SSD world.

You've explained the criteria of mechanical drives now think of it in SSD terms, the NAND is different, 34nm toggle vs 25nm... The Firmwares are different not to a level of date but a level of brand etc which would include coding to handle raid etc, you then had the NAND running at different speeds with different internal bandwidths. Its probably more complicated than mechanical drives.