[...] Trotz der starken Crucial-Fressfeinde muss sich die Kingston HyperX 3K nicht verstecken, auch sie ist eine insgesamt noch gute SSD. [...]

Although the new drive uses NAND with reduced program/ erase cycles than the original HyperX drives, in practice most people will come nowhere near the drive's write limits. What it does do, however, is put a drive with enthusiast performance at a price point in reach of a lot more people.

Sehr gut ausgestatte 120-GByte-SSD. die sich vor allem in den Praxis-Tests toll schlägt. Wer unbedingt ein externes USB-Gehäuse dazu haben will, greift bei der Kingston HyperX 3K für faire 140 Euro zugreifen.

The SSD business is becoming ever more competitive: even in the niche high-capacity end of the market, drives are coming in under the magical £1 per gigabyte level as manufacturers try to cut costs to make their products more appealing. The latest high-capacity drive to hit the shelves is Kingston's 480GB HyperX 3K.