Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/240G 240GB $140

[techboydino]

Good deal on a fast drive. Easily on par with the Samsung Evo speeds.

Tigerdirect - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/240G 240GB Solid State Drive - 2.5" Form Factor, SATA III, 6Gb/s $139.99 after instant coupon NOP117352

 

[/dev/null]

How do these compare these days to the M500 and the sandisk extreme ii ? They have both been (near) this price as well.

 

[missalaire]

If you use Bitcoin, this should end up being $120.

 

[AudiTuner]

If you use Bitcoin, this should end up being $120.

Yes, TigerDirect is running a promo through February 26th - $20 off $100 or more if paying with Bitcoin:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1807431

 

[DejaWiz]

Great drive. First SSD I ever bought and it's been in my laptop for over a year now. Zero issues, fast, and pretty low power draw. I was leery when I was shopping due to the Sandforce controller, but Kingston has one hell of a great Firmware in this drive.

Do it.

 

[techie81]

Excellent deal, in for one!

 

[DPI]

good price. I have a couple of the 120GB model, good speeds no complaints.

DO NOT TOUCH anything other than the HyperX models when it comes to Kingston. That means if you see a suspiciously low price for a Kingston V300: run the other way.

 

[techie81]

Has anyone's shipped yet?

 

[chizow]

Good deal on a fast drive. Easily on par with the Samsung Evo speeds.

While these are nice drives at a competitive pricepoint, especially during the X-mas season 2 years ago (2012) when other SATA3 (6G) drives were still much more expensive, they are definitely not on par with the Samsung 840 EVO. Read speeds are good, but these are SF-2281 SSDs and like all non-Intel SandForce controller SSDs these are much slower for incompressible write speeds. Samsung 840 and Sandisk Extreme II drives are also slightly faster for random I/O speeds as well.

Solid drives for sure, but if you can get an 840 EVO for similar money I would personally go with that.

 

[DejaWiz]

While these are nice drives at a competitive pricepoint, especially during the X-mas season 2 years ago (2012) when other SATA3 (6G) drives were still much more expensive, they are definitely not on par with the Samsung 840 EVO. Read speeds are good, but these are SF-2281 SSDs and like all non-Intel SandForce controller SSDs these are much slower for incompressible write speeds. Samsung 840 and Sandisk Extreme II drives are also slightly faster for random I/O speeds as well.

Solid drives for sure, but if you can get an 840 EVO for similar money I would personally go with that.

Well, yeah, the Evo would be a better choice if the price was the same. But this is still a reputably performing SSD, so it's already a win-win for someone wanting to get their first or add an additional to their system on the cheap.

 

[chizow]

Well, yeah, the Evo would be a better choice if the price was the same. But this is still a reputably performing SSD, so it's already a win-win for someone wanting to get their first or add an additional to their system on the cheap.

The 250GB EVO was on sale just a few days ago for a few bucks more; there have been similar deals for the Crucial M500 and Sandisk Extreme II in the last few weeks as well, all of which are better drives for nearly identical money.

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/390322

Sure it's a solid drive, just saying it is definitely not in the same class as these other drives especially when it comes to writes. I have 3 of them so I'm not hating or anything, just saying when 3 of them in RAID0 are still slower in seq. writes than a single one of my higher end SSDs, it's definitely not the same class.

 

[DejaWiz]

The 250GB EVO was on sale just a few days ago for a few bucks more; there have been similar deals for the Crucial M500 and Sandisk Extreme II in the last few weeks as well, all of which are better drives for nearly identical money.

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/390322

Sure it's a solid drive, just saying it is definitely not in the same class as these other drives especially when it comes to writes. I have 3 of them so I'm not hating or anything, just saying when 3 of them in RAID0 are still slower in seq. writes than a single one of my higher end SSDs, it's definitely not the same class.

I'm not arguing the fact there are better drives when they are on sale, but the "good" SSD go on sale too few and far between nowadays, it seems.

For a mobile (tablet, laptop, etc), this is one hell of a bargain...especially since it has amazingly low power consumption and I would certainly take this over the inferior performing and higher power consuming M500. Hell, this is $10 less than I paid during the great SSD Black Friday of 2012 blowout.

Besides, you have 120GB models....this 240GB is a wee bit faster.
(not that it matters much...any decent synchronous flash SSD is going to boost overall system responsiveness over a spindle drive)

 

[chizow]

I'm not arguing the fact there are better drives when they are on sale, but the "good" SSD go on sale too few and far between nowadays, it seems.

For a mobile (tablet, laptop, etc), this is one hell of a bargain...especially since it has amazingly low power consumption and I would certainly take this over the inferior performing and higher power consuming M500. Hell, this is $10 less than I paid during the great SSD Black Friday of 2012 blowout.

Besides, you have 120GB models....this 240GB is a wee bit faster.
(not that it matters much...any decent synchronous flash SSD is going to boost overall system responsiveness over a spindle drive)

120GB and 240GB are actually the same speed: http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/sh103s3_us.pdf

But again, rated specs aren't the problem, the problem is as with all non-Intel SF-2281 based drives, poor write speeds for incompressible data.

Again, great drives in 2012, decent drives today. There are certainly better deals on faster drives to be had, simple as that.

 

[DejaWiz]

120GB and 240GB are actually the same speed: http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/sh103s3_us.pdf

But again, rated specs aren't the problem, the problem is as with all non-Intel SF-2281 based drives, poor write speeds for incompressible data.

Again, great drives in 2012, decent drives today. There are certainly better deals on faster drives to be had, simple as that.

Nope...actual measured speeds from independent review sites show the 240GB a smidge faster than the 120GB, which is very typical when measuring performance for varying capacity SSDs within the same brand and family...even drives such as the 840 Pro or M5P.

And I wouldn't exactly scoff a whole lot at the HyperX 3K's incompressible write speeds as they are still quite respectable, especially for someone coming from a slower SSD or a spindle drive.

If you are seeing so many better deals for faster drives, please start posting new threads about them all here in the Hot Deals subforum. :/

 

[chizow]

Nope...actual measured speeds from independent review sites show the 240GB a smidge faster than the 120GB, which is very typical when measuring performance for varying capacity SSDs within the same brand and family...even drives such as the 840 Pro or M5P.

It only matters significantly in cases where one drive uses less channels or uses asynchronous configurations, neither of which is the case with these drives. In fact, the 120GB is actually faster in some metrics due to lower density, lower latency NAND.

And I wouldn't exactly scoff a whole lot at the HyperX 3K's incompressible write speeds as they are still quite respectable, especially for someone coming from a slower SSD or a spindle drive.

I would, when sequential write speeds are generally no better than a 64MB cache 7200RPM mechanical HDD for large file transfers at ~150MB/s. Bottom line is if someone is expecting 510MB/s writes with these drives, they are going to be sorely disappointed. I knew about the incompressible write issue with these drives before I bought them and I was still disappointed, which is why I moved off of them ASAP for my main drives. The same cannot be said for a faster drive that does not use these SF-2281 controllers, and given they can now be had for the same money, it's really a no-brainer if you can find one of the other drives for the same price.

If you are seeing so many better deals for faster drives, please start posting new threads about them all here in the Hot Deals subforum. :/

I have in the past thanks, but I figured HardOCP members would be savvy enough to find the deals if they are posted on the front page of all the biggest tech buying sites (TechBargains, SlickDeals etc.)

But this isn't about posting existing deals, this is about allowing someone in the market for an SSD to make an informed decision, and knowing these drives do not give you the advertised 510MB/s write speeds for incompressible writes is going to be a key factor when deciding over other drives, plain and simple.

 

[John**]

While these are nice drives at a competitive pricepoint, especially during the X-mas season 2 years ago (2012) when other SATA3 (6G) drives were still much more expensive, they are definitely not on par with the Samsung 840 EVO. Read speeds are good, but these are SF-2281 SSDs and like all non-Intel SandForce controller SSDs these are much slower for incompressible write speeds. Samsung 840 and Sandisk Extreme II drives are also slightly faster for random I/O speeds as well.

Solid drives for sure, but if you can get an 840 EVO for similar money I would personally go with that.

Any SSD controller will have different algorithms to handle compressible/incompressible data. As you rightly said Intel Sandforce drivesare great in handling data no matter what kind they are. I assumue it is mostly limited to the manufacturers that use the sandforce controllers as it is up to them to roll out the final product.

imo not everyone uses a SSD to store tons of MP3s and HD videos. A lot of users simply want their OS to feel fast and quick boot up and most want it to improve loading speeds in games. well thats what i use them for anyway

I have been using intel 530 and corsair force 3 and both have the sf controller and they seem to work great for me.