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Kingston Unveils First PCIe SSD: 1800 MB/s Read Speeds

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Lookie what we found at Kingston's booth!

Kingston is showing off something special at CES this year. The company today demonstrated a prototype HyperX drive in its ballroom at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The drive is the company's fastest SSD and its very first PCIe SSD.

The HyperX SSD, which doesn't yet have a name, utilizes the LSI SandForce SF3700 Flash controller and will off read speeds of up to 1800 MB/s. The photo you see below is an early one, (courtesy of Kingston because official shots weren't available at the time of writing) and, as we mentioned above, this is just a prototype, so the final name, color and look have not yet been determined. One thing we do know is that it will carry the HyperX branding.



Though Kingston hasn't yet commented on availability, the company said it will be the first of many offerings that will 'revolutionize' Kingston's SSD portfolio. We're excited!

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    Sakkura , January 7, 2014 8:14 AM
    Pricing is what I'm wondering about here. Needs to be reasonably close to SATA SSD pricing to be relevant for consumers, 1800 MB/s speeds notwithstanding.
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    lunyone , January 7, 2014 8:19 AM
    Yeah this will probably be 2x SATA SSD prices, IMHO. I could be wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was 2x the normal SSD price.
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    josejones , January 7, 2014 8:26 AM
    Is that SATA Express? Jan 3, 2013 - Speedy 8Gbit, 16Gbit SATA Express systems coming this yearhttp://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235229/Speedy_8Gbit_16Gbit_SATA_Express_systems_coming_this_year
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    biohazrdfear , January 7, 2014 8:41 AM
    GOTTA GO FASTGOTTA GO FASTGOTTA GO FASTER, FASTER, FASTER-FASTER-FASTER
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    brandonjclark , January 7, 2014 8:46 AM
    It doesn't have a name? It reads Predator on the side, no?
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    Sakkura , January 7, 2014 9:20 AM
    Quote:
    Is that SATA Express? Jan 3, 2013 - Speedy 8Gbit, 16Gbit SATA Express systems coming this yearhttp://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235229/Speedy_8Gbit_16Gbit_SATA_Express_systems_coming_this_year

    No, look at the picture. Clearly PCI Express.
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    jdlobb , January 7, 2014 9:44 AM
    shut up and take my money! If this thing is only 2x normal SSD price I will be preordering.
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    ssdpro , January 7, 2014 11:08 AM
    LSI SandForce SF3700 folks. Durawrite (compression optimization) is still present. This is the old "you need to use this type of data and this benchmark" to see the max numbers scheme. I am much more interested if OCZ/Toshiba/whatever they are get to releasing the PCIe solution based on Barefoot 3.
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    goodguy713 , January 7, 2014 11:39 AM
    if its anything like the revo drive series you should plan on paying about 560 for a 240GB ..
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    gordostacoshop , January 7, 2014 11:44 AM
    I wonder what boot time is gonna be with this thing. I wonder if that will even be relevant when this finally hits shelves....and yes, I'm one of "those" people who bought an SSD solely for quick boot up of Windows. I booted my laptop (HDD) the other day and it felt like an eternity to the splash screen. Even the start up chime played in slow-mo.
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    maza90210 , January 7, 2014 11:51 AM
    hexus did an article on this ssd as well, and it showed the PCI E ssd in red, just sayin'
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    gggplaya , January 7, 2014 12:28 PM
    @gordostacoshop:Bootup time is already pretty low for windows, from pressing the button to fully loaded is less than 20 seconds with my SSD. Shaving say 25% off of that is still only 15 seconds. Fairly negligible to most people. Now for gaming and loading large levels, or people working with large video files. I can see where there would be a real need for this drive. In many games, developers are creating virtual worlds, huge and vast. Maps are getting way to big. Loading times are getting continuously longer.
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    Tanquen , January 7, 2014 1:14 PM
    That’s the rub though. My new fast CPU and SSD are just as slow as my old CPU and HD when loading most games. My friend I play side by side and most times you can’t even tell. The GPU and RAM are doing things that the games must wait for anyway. Supper fast SSDs above (True) 200MB/s aren’t worth much in day to PC use and gaming.
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    goodguy713 , January 7, 2014 3:19 PM
    Quote:
    I wonder what boot time is gonna be with this thing. I wonder if that will even be relevant when this finally hits shelves....and yes, I'm one of "those" people who bought an SSD solely for quick boot up of Windows. I booted my laptop (HDD) the other day and it felt like an eternity to the splash screen. Even the start up chime played in slow-mo.


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    That’s the rub though. My new fast CPU and SSD are just as slow as my old CPU and HD when loading most games. My friend I play side by side and most times you can’t even tell. The GPU and RAM are doing things that the games must wait for anyway. Supper fast SSDs above (True) 200MB/s aren’t worth much in day to PC use and gaming.


    not sure i agree with this because i know for a fact that loading bf3 and especially bf4 is way faster. get the best vehicles.
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    Tanquen , January 7, 2014 4:44 PM
    [/quotemsg]

    not sure i agree with this because i know for a fact that loading bf3 and especially bf4 is way faster. get the best vehicles. [/quotemsg]

    There are a few reviews around, Toms has one and BF3 is one of the few that it makes a difference but it's just not enough to make up for the price gap. Get a 2.7TB disk drive for $130 or a 0.45TB SSD for $375 and not see much difference in most all tasks or save that $250-ish towards a better GPU or CPU. At this point SSDs are still kind of a waste.
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    maza90210 , January 7, 2014 11:37 PM
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    not sure i agree with this because i know for a fact that loading bf3 and especially bf4 is way faster. get the best vehicles. [/quotemsg]

    There are a few reviews around, Toms has one and BF3 is one of the few that it makes a difference but it's just not enough to make up for the price gap. Get a 2.7TB disk drive for $130 or a 0.45TB SSD for $375 and not see much difference in most all tasks or save that $250-ish towards a better GPU or CPU. At this point SSDs are still kind of a waste. [/quotemsg]

    I'm planning on my next build to use an SSD as a boot drive, and a SSHD as my main drive
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    bochica , January 14, 2014 9:26 PM
    Considering Intel's 800 GB offering at 2 GB/s speeds is about $4,000, it would depend on the price point that Kingston is aiming for.