240GB Kingston HyperX 3K Series Rev 3.0 SSD SATA 3 + Mounting Bracket @ Scan £124.97

Saw this earlier and thought "damn, if only Scan weren't banned from HUKD.

...then come here and see this. Rejoice! Looking forward to finding some good deals on PC components again!

Remember folks to upgrade the firmware on this to 5.03 from Kingston's website to fix the TRIM issue on this drive:

kingston.com/en/…win


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sbc001

The prices will keep going down, my prediction is 256GB will be £70+vat … The prices will keep going down, my prediction is 256GB will be £70+vat by January. Then you will be talking about 512GB SSD's for £150+vat. Can we have a break from SSD deals please. Don't get me wrong I think they are great, but do we really need a post everytime they drop £10 or £20.Read lessRead more

Can you post a deal for the crystal ball you just used?

Also, would you rather not be informed when products can be bought for less than they were previously? If so, it's quite simple - don't visit HUKD any more.

I thought Scan do free delivery over £50 to all now.

And I've shopped with them for ages, good retailer.

EDIT: Buy this from the TodayOnly page and save 5 quid.

scan.co.uk/tod…spx
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Originally I did plan on getting a 64GB for my OS, but after speaking to someone who has a 256GB who has all his main programmes installed to it made me change my mind, I'll get mine on Friday and install on Sunday when I have a day off and report back, looking forward to my first SSD experience.

I have the 120GB version and it's a fast drive (and looks awesome!) but I should point out that the '3K' bit means each memory chip is only capable of being written to 3,000 times before likely failure (probably an MTBF figure), this is in contrast to the normal 5,000 times that most manufacturers are using. Obviously over the lifetime of an SSD you're unlikely to hit this but if you are thrashing it you could come foul of this in the future, I suppose it's offset by the time it's due to upgrade you'll be able to pick these up for next to nothing.

It's something to do with SSD memory chips being manufactured on a smaller process node (sub-34nm I think). I'll try and find an article on it.

Here you go (first few paragraphs explain it better than I do!):
bit-tech.net/har…w/1

Also another edit, but the '3K series' are silver/grey drives, not silver/blue like the photo shown above - the silver/blue ones are the 5K rated drives (as far as I know).
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might as well be HotSSDdeals.com X)

plewis00

I have the 120GB version and it's a fast drive (and looks awesome!) but I … I have the 120GB version and it's a fast drive (and looks awesome!) but I should point out that the '3K' bit means each memory chip is only capable of being written to 3,000 times before likely failure (probably an MTBF figure), this is in contrast to the normal 5,000 times that most manufacturers are using. Obviously over the lifetime of an SSD you're unlikely to hit this but if you are thrashing it you could come foul of this in the future, I suppose it's offset by the time it's due to upgrade you'll be able to pick these up for next to nothing.It's something to do with SSD memory chips being manufactured on a smaller process node (sub-34nm I think). I'll try and find an article on it.Here you go (first few paragraphs explain it better than I do!):http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/08/08/kingston-hyperx-3k-120gb-review/1Also another edit, but the '3K series' are silver/grey drives, not silver/blue like the photo shown above - the silver/blue ones are the 5K rated drives (as far as I know).Read lessRead more

Yeh I had read about this, but as you mentioned it doesnt really worry me as 3000 cycles will last around 8 years (on normal PC usage) and by that time i'll have a nice 5TB SSD in its place

never had a problem with scan over the many years ive bought from them .. service is excellent in particular returns .. recently returned a dead samsung hard drive over 2 years old and they swapped it for a brand spanking new one (new model as it was an old model)

polly69

Was going through the payment page then flipped back to HUKD's and … Was going through the payment page then flipped back to HUKD's and noticed the rants about the 3k versus the 5k, this stopped my purchase dead. Ive had words over another deal on Scan about a PC case that Scan have put on today only twice at 2 different prices, i wouldn't trust this to be the 5K that's why ive not bought it, for someone like me who downloads from the newsgroups if you have the download location set as this drive those 3k writes will go very fast and the whole point of a SSD is to speed things up. At the minute i already have 2 but have been wanting a 250+ for a while to go in my server but i want something that's going to last as its for my server and im afraid this isn't the drive. For the normal user for a few programs and games this drive will be great and last a few years but if you do loads of writes deletes and writes the drive will fail quickly and i don't trust Scans description. In the past ive had 2 issues with Scan that they wouldn't sort till i went on the Scan care at Hexus and made a post which i shouldn't of had to do, that caused them to take notice.At this price im afraid theres only one drive and thats the Samsung 830, with cashback its the same price and is regarded as a fantastic robust drive, if i knew for sure this was the 5k version i would of had one but scan dont tend to get things like that wrong meaning the picture is probably wrong not the description. If it is a 5k version it will be on today only again and i will grab one then, id appreciate someone posting which drive they get on Friday so we all know.Either way a good deal.HotRead lessRead more

So what you're saying is you've decided against ordering the 3k version, labelled as the 3k version, because there's confusion that the 3k version might not actually come as the 5k version by mistake? And mainly because for some reason you'd set a download folder as one on an SSD? If my desk was cleaner I'd find room to bang my head on it

WOW . What a price . Cheers OP .

norm1

I thought Scan do free delivery over £50 to all now.And I've shopped with … I thought Scan do free delivery over £50 to all now.And I've shopped with them for ages, good retailer.EDIT: Buy this from the TodayOnly page and save 5 quid.http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/index.aspxRead lessRead more

Didn't realize I hadn't put the today only price (that's where I saw it) I've adjusted the price

rwlabs.com/art…=15

Good to have read of a few reviews, they speak very highly of this particular drive
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120GB is £64.98 as well.

Kerch

120GB is £64.98 as well.

Is there any advantage in having 240gb over the 120gb apart from the extra capacity for a desktop?
Browsing through some of the SSD deals I assume that a SSD is only beneficial as a boot drive, in which case is 128gb not big enough?

mushys

Is there any advantage in having 240gb over the 120gb apart from the … Is there any advantage in having 240gb over the 120gb apart from the extra capacity for a desktop? Browsing through some of the SSD deals I assume that a SSD is only beneficial as a boot drive, in which case is 128gb not big enough?Read lessRead more

I think it's beneficial for everything, just in varying amounts. Any programs you install on the SSD should load faster.

Heat added, this is a great deal, so far the cheapest I've seen (and I've been looking) but I spent my money on the HP server recently advertised will have to wait until I have more money...

plewis00 - The silver/blue is usually associated with the 5K model, I guess the got they pic wrong, happens time to time.

For those interested here is another review: storagereview.com/kin…iew
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Hmm the picture shows the non 3K series as plewis00 has mentioned.

I had the 240GB HyperX (non 3k) version myself and it was blistering fast and I never had any issues with it at all.

Ulti

Hmm the picture shows the non 3K series as plewis00 has mentioned.I had … Hmm the picture shows the non 3K series as plewis00 has mentioned.I had the 240GB HyperX (non 3k) version myself and it was blistering fast and I never had any issues with it at all.Read lessRead more

I think its probably a picture error on scan, as stated above, the 3k series is black and grey and the 5k is blue and grey.... so if we get a blue/grey one its all good

How reliable is the software that estimates your disk life remaining?

I wouldn't mind the slightly shorter life of these as long as I could monitor my usage.

Damn good deal, heat added!

yawn at the mis-information on here about how long these drives last. Should last 8 years + taken from anandtech:

anandtech.com/sho…iew

3K P/E Cycles

NAND Capacity 100GB
Writes per day 10GB
Write Amplification 10x
P/E Cycles per Day 1
Total Estimated Lifespan 8.219 years

Assuming you write 10GB to your drive every day (on the high end for most client workloads), and your workload is such that the controller sees an effective write amplification of 10x (due to wear leveling/garbage collection the controller has to write 10x the amount of data to NAND that you write to host), you'll blow through one p/e cycle per day. For 25nm 3K p/e cycle NAND that works out to be 8.219 years, at which point your data will remain intact (but presumably read-only) for 12 months. Heavier workloads come with higher write amplification factors, but for client use this math works out quite well.



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My atto benchmarks for this drive. 5 months and it's been faultless.

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BigBuds

My atto benchmarks for this drive. 5 months and it's been faultless.

Can you do an AS-SSD result as well please?

It's right at the bottom of this page if you don't already have it...

alex-is.de/PHP…d=9

Cuddy

Can you do an AS-SSD result as well please?It's right at the bottom of … Can you do an AS-SSD result as well please?It's right at the bottom of this page if you don't already have it...http://alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9Read lessRead more

Not possible, I don't even have my laptop with me. That picture was the one I published on amazon a few months back.

this is the type of drive im waiting to drop to the £100 mark, which obv a lot of people are. I am slightly tempted at this price i wont deny! Glad the SSD are really coming down now in price, they were just ridiculous for such a long time. Tempted to pick up a 120gb for an old laptop to just give it a boost for messing around with.

Does anybody know of a good tool to diagnostic test Kingston SSD's? I think my V200+ may be playing up.

Are Scan deals allowed to be posted on HUKD again now? oO

Will29j

Are Scan deals allowed to be posted on HUKD again now? oO

Yup

The prices will keep going down, my prediction is 256GB will be £70+vat by January. Then you will be talking about 512GB SSD's for £150+vat. Can we have a break from SSD deals please.
Don't get me wrong I think they are great, but do we really need a post everytime they drop £10 or £20.

sbc001

....but do we really need a post everytime they drop £10 or £20.

Yes, as it's a deals site

Saw this on the scanshot, really nice drive.

Just bought one, great value for money especially since it's newer and seems slightly quicker than the M4, but cheaper.

Was going through the payment page then flipped back to HUKD's and noticed the rants about the 3k versus the 5k, this stopped my purchase dead. Ive had words over another deal on Scan about a PC case that Scan have put on today only twice at 2 different prices, i wouldn't trust this to be the 5K that's why ive not bought it, for someone like me who downloads from the newsgroups if you have the download location set as this drive those 3k writes will go very fast and the whole point of a SSD is to speed things up. At the minute i already have 2 but have been wanting a 250+ for a while to go in my server but i want something that's going to last as its for my server and im afraid this isn't the drive. For the normal user for a few programs and games this drive will be great and last a few years but if you do loads of writes deletes and writes the drive will fail quickly and i don't trust Scans description. In the past ive had 2 issues with Scan that they wouldn't sort till i went on the Scan care at Hexus and made a post which i shouldn't of had to do, that caused them to take notice.

At this price im afraid theres only one drive and thats the Samsung 830, with cashback its the same price and is regarded as a fantastic robust drive, if i knew for sure this was the 5k version i would of had one but scan dont tend to get things like that wrong meaning the picture is probably wrong not the description. If it is a 5k version it will be on today only again and i will grab one then, id appreciate someone posting which drive they get on Friday so we all know.


Either way a good deal.
Hot
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polly69

Was going through the payment page then flipped back to HUKD's and … Was going through the payment page then flipped back to HUKD's and noticed the rants about the 3k versus the 5k, this stopped my purchase dead. Ive had words over another deal on Scan about a PC case that Scan have put on today only twice at 2 different prices, i wouldn't trust this to be the 5K that's why ive not bought it, for someone like me who downloads from the newsgroups if you have the download location set as this drive those 3k writes will go very fast and the whole point of a SSD is to speed things up. At the minute i already have 2 but have been wanting a 250+ for a while to go in my server but i want something that's going to last as its for my server and im afraid this isn't the drive. For the normal user for a few programs and games this drive will be great and last a few years but if you do loads of writes deletes and writes the drive will fail quickly and i don't trust Scans description. In the past ive had 2 issues with Scan that they wouldn't sort till i went on the Scan care at Hexus and made a post which i shouldn't of had to do, that caused them to take notice.At this price im afraid theres only one drive and thats the Samsung 830, with cashback its the same price and is regarded as a fantastic robust drive, if i knew for sure this was the 5k version i would of had one but scan dont tend to get things like that wrong meaning the picture is probably wrong not the description. If it is a 5k version it will be on today only again and i will grab one then, id appreciate someone posting which drive they get on Friday so we all know.Either way a good deal.HotRead lessRead more

I don't think anyone was expecting this to be the 5k version, its listed as 3k in the title on the scan webpage (granted its not on the today only page, but when clicked it links to the 3k version) I download a lot of tv shows so it'll be interested to see how it copes, although I don't foresee it being a problem for a long time to come

When mine arrives on Friday I'll confirm the model (although I'm expecting the 3k)

At the end of the day the general consensus is that for general office and home PC use a 5K can last around 13 years, and a 3K 8 years, personally even if im classed as a heavy user and it only lasts 6 I'll have probably upgraded by then so it really doesn't worry me

check this one out too before you buy
amazon.com/OCZ…1HG

hyenadog

never had a problem with scan over the many years ive bought from them .. … never had a problem with scan over the many years ive bought from them .. service is excellent in particular returns .. recently returned a dead samsung hard drive over 2 years old and they swapped it for a brand spanking new one (new model as it was an old model)Read lessRead more

I find that very difficult to believe. I bought a monitor from scan, found quite a few dead pixels on it and requested a return within 24 hours which they rejected and they we're also quite rude over the telephone.

bestpricebob

I find that very difficult to believe. I bought a monitor from scan, … I find that very difficult to believe. I bought a monitor from scan, found quite a few dead pixels on it and requested a return within 24 hours which they rejected and they we're also quite rude over the telephone.Read lessRead more

Yeah, I've also found that Scan are only good until you have a problem. They pretty much hate you if you have a single issue with something you've bought from them. I try to not buy from them but when I do I tend to look at the items as having the warranty with the manufacturer only.

Valad

Yeah, I've also found that Scan are only good until you have a problem. … Yeah, I've also found that Scan are only good until you have a problem. They pretty much hate you if you have a single issue with something you've bought from them. I try to not buy from them but when I do I tend to look at the items as having the warranty with the manufacturer only.Read lessRead more

I had an item that failed within 3 months, replaced on site, no problems.
The item then failed again a month later. When I explained that I was in Australia, and wouldn't be back in the UK unitl a few weeks after the 12 month warrranty ran out, they insisted that I would have to return the item before then. No flexibility.

Don't defrag any SSD as this reduces the life of the drive.