Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD review

 

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Review: Kingston
HyperX Fury
Reviewed by: ANTONIS
SAPANIDIS

Provided by: Kingston EU
Model: HyperX Fury 240GB SSD

Firmware version: 583ABBF0

 

 

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The introduction to the HyperX series was
done back in 2012, when I was looking at the Kingston HyperX 3K SSD, and from
that time up until now a few things have changed. The HyperX 3K continues to be
the fastest drive that you can get from Kingston but at the same time Kingston
has decided to expand the line up that carries the HyperX name, from USB flash
drives and RAM, to gaming headsets and peripherals. You can find out more about
the HyperX products simply by visiting their website.

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It’s been a long time since I had the
opportunity to review a Kingston SSD, so when I saw the arrival of the Kingston
HyperX Fury I thought that this would be a very interesting drive to review.
The drive is not as fancy as the HyperX 3K, or the same speed, but it should be
fast enough to improve loading times when it comes to gaming. The HyperX Fury
SSD has a very simple look and it should be good value for its money. So
everything is looking good for the new Kingston SSD, now let's start the review
by taking a close look at the package and its contents.


Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD

As always I will be first examining the
packaging and its contents.

Packaging

As we can see the front of the Kingston
HyperX Fury SSD is very simple. The SSD is displayed and also some of the basic
information that you need. This packaging is fine though for a drive that needs
to be low cost and still not compromise much on performance.

Here is the back of the Kingston HyperX
Fury SSD, inside you will also find a HyperX sticker and also an adaptor to
make the drive 9.5mm high.

A closer look at the Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD

The top of the Kingston HyperX Fury SSD is,
as we can see, very simple and less colourful than the HyperX 3K but this is
something that we can expect from a value drive. Keep in mind that the drive looks
much better in real life than in pictures.


Drive underside, nothing to say, other than the screws appear to be on the top
side of the drive under the sticker.

Now let’s look at what’s inside the SSD.

Here
is a quick look at the HyperX Fury SSD.

Looking
at the top of the Kingston HyperX Fury SSD we find eight NAND chips.

On
the back of the SSD we find the Sandforce controller and another eight NAND
chips.

A
closer look at the NAND,

and
here is a look at the Sandforce controller.

Specifications

The following specifications are taken from
the official Kingston website, to find out more click here.

CrystalDiskInfo

In
the above screenshot we see all the available info for the Kingston HyperX Fury
SSD.

 


Let’s head to the next page where we
take a look at our testing methods and the review PC.

 

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