Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit Review

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Summary and Comments

I went into this review thinking the HyperX 3K was more of a budget drive and honestly didn’t expect that much from it, but I was pleasantly surprised at just how good the SSD performed overall.

The HyperX 3K upgrade kit is well worth it as it performs very well overall and bests other SSDs and mechanical hard drives.

The kit itself is and what’s included is very useful in making your life a lot easier when it comes to upgrading to an SSD and transferring your data to that SSD.

The included 2.5” enclosure can be used for the data transfer process, but after that it can still be used over and over again as a nice portable enclosure.

Kingston also included a handy little tool-kit so with this upgrade kit you’ve basically got everything you need to get you data transferred and even get the drive installed in your system.

Concerning price, the HyperX 3K upgrade kit right now is going for $230 on Amazon while the OCZ Vertex 3 is also selling for $230. The big difference is that you get a whole lot more with the HyperX 3K; with the Vertex 3 you only get the drive and an adapter. If I had a choice I think I would most certainly go with the HyperX 3K as it’s just more value for the money really as the HyperX 3K performs just as well and most times faster than the Vertex 3.

DragonSteelMods gives the Kingston HyperX 3K 240 GB Upgrade Kit a 5 out of 5 score and our Editor’s Choice Award as well.

 5 edchoice

Pros:

  • +Inexpensive for an SSD surely
  • +Includes everything you need to upgrade to an SSD in notebook or desktop
  • +Includes 2.5” to 3.5” adapter
  • +Includes handy 2.5” USB enclosure
  • +Nice tool kit included
  • +Very fast drive
  • +Excellent read and write speeds

Cons:

  • -None really

 

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