Seagate 600 480 GB vs. Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB SSD Review

The Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB

The Kingston HyperX 3K features a plastic and metal casing which is lightweight and rigid. It looks attractive and should do a good job of protecting the internal components. The bottom cover is made of metal.

Figure 6: The Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB

Figure 7: The Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB (underside)

This SSD is sold as a stand-alone drive or as a bundled kit, which comes with an useful USB 3.0 case (which you can use to save your data from the hard drive you are replacing to the SSD, and also to keep your old HDD as an external drive if you are replacing a laptop drive), a 2.5”-to-3.5” adapter, one SATA cable, screws, a screwdriver, one support CD, and a case sticker.

Figure 8: Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB accessory set

The top side of the PCB features eight 32 GiB Toshiba TH58TEG8DDJTA20 memory chips. 

Figure 9: The Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB PCB

Turning the PCB over reveals eight more 32 GiB 32 GiB memory chips alongside the SandForce SF-2281V82-SPC controller.

Figure 10: The Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB PCB (underside)