Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB PCIe Gen2 x4 (M.2) Solid State Drive (SHPM2280P2/240G)

I love it! Blazing fast. It arrived in perfect condition and works as expected. Easy install. I won't post any benchmarks as there are plenty out on the internet you can find. I use it as a boot drive and windows 10 pops open in less than 10 seconds...I'm amazed. I installed a few games on it, Witcher 3, Pillars of Eternity, and Bioshock Remastered and the load screens are no more than 5 seconds and sometimes even just 1 or 2 seconds...never going back to mechanical drives again. Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB is my new best friend :) I highly recommend it to anyone willing to pay a little extra for that premium quality speed and durability. You won't regret it.

This SSD is fantastic. It benched at READ: 1228.36 MB/S and WRITE: 880.54 MB/S with USBFlashSpeed tester. That about 170 below the stated READ speed and 280 over the stated WRITE speed. I'll take that. I used this on a recent build using an i7-6700k processor, 32GB DDR4-2400 MHz Skillz Ripjaws RAM, ASUS RoG MAXIMUS VIII GENIE MOBO, with the Kingston HyperX Predator SSD as primary drive, 2x Western Digital 3TB media drives in RAID 0, MSI Nvidia GeForce 970 GTX graphics card, and Corsair H100i GTX liquid cooling system. Using the built-in overclocking 'tweaker', the processor overclocks by 15% and the RAM overclocks to 2500 MHz. This SSD is a beast and makes the whole Windows 10 PC scream. Benchmark test using Performance Test 8.0 come in overall at 6620 - which is five stars in every rated category. From off to Windows loaded is 8 seconds (minus the three second POST delay built in). Be warned - the M.2 SSD format ties up two SATA slots (1 and 2 out of six on my MOBO) but is completely worth it for the read/write times.

Runs fast just like the SM-951 just slower by a 1000 Gigs or so LOL . Runs fine on Legacy UEFI Drivers unlike the SM951. Don't expect any help if you buy from RAMCITY but mine came from Amazon I think ??CON: on my X99 Asus Deluxe this drive run in the MB M.2 Slot keeps my Drive light on all the time. Better read this statement again as this is a real bummer. Kingston told me it is their drive causing the problem. however, if you run it in an interface board and use a X2 slot the drive light works fine. Kingston says they will fix this drive light thing, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Kingston - Samsung and most, get your money you can pound sand as far as they are concerned, they are doing nothing but we keep buying their stuff. BEWARE.

I recently bought this product for my gaming pc and I'm really happy. I already had a ssd (type m sata) 480gb brand Crucial, and my computer was already fast, then, when I put this one, it was a world of difference the performances of my computer have doubled (has you can see my normal SSD read speed is around 377mb/s on the Kingston hyper X Predator it's around 1205.7 mb/s), it's the first time I have a computer so fast, windows 10 run really smooth, and reactive. If you are looking for a ssd faster than normal to double your performance, do not hesitate, buy this one. Excellent product

I bought the M.2 one. It probably is really fast, but there is no screw for installing it. I mean, what the heck? Where am I supposed find a tiny screw???

Youtube reviews really gave the impression that this was blazing fast, the truth is that you only notice it when starting up and when doing the obnoxious windows 10 software updates.Skyrim with mods is the biggest test of your hard drive's capabilities to deliver lots information. Many large texture files, lots of small mod files. The combination results in a ton of reads. I have 16 GB DDR 4 RAM and 2 GTX 980s along with this SSD and I've noticed only a small decrease in load times with Skyrim.Is it enough to justify the cost of this device over a standard SSD? I'd say that as an enthusiast builder of a gaming computer: yes. As a person building a budget gaming computer: save your money for a different SSD or to ensure to put it into a CPU upgrade.

I have a home-built desktop PC. I'm using an Asus Z97-A motherboard. This M.2 SSD snapped into place with very little effort. Win 10 boot up recognized the drive and it's functioned flawlessly. I use it to hold my Win10 page file, the Google Chrome cache files, Internet Explorer temp files, and any other applications that require the use of "temp" files (Word, Excel, Pinnacle Studio, Google Earth, et al). Dramatic performance increase. It's capacity is small enough to keep the price down but large enough to handle all of my temporary file requirements. VERY glad I have this little drive.

This is an awesome SSD; exactly what I expected. However, it does not ship with the single screw needed to affix it to a motherboard or adapter card. Some motherboards and cards that sport an M.2 connection come with the screw, but my Asus 970 Aurora board unfortunately did not. I had to pilfer a screw from an old laptop, and my drive is sitting at a noticeable incline which I hope is normal.You will need an M2.0 x 3mm machine screw.

not as good as a Sammy but for people with older chipsets its a must excellent speed on a z77 mobo

Oggetto di ottima fattura e dalle prestazioni impeccabili, unico neo è il prezzo (la differenza cambio dollaro euro non viene mantenuta affatto) costando il doppio esatto di quanto si trova in altri paesi extra UE ed essendo un SSD AHCI e non NVME (per la gioia dei poveri utenti di Mac Pro). Per il resto fa il suo dovere ed è arrivato a tempo record (spedizione gestita con Prime ovviamente).

Esta SSD M.2 es muy potente tiene unas tazas de lectura y escritura superior a cualquier SSD tradicional, instale windows en tan solo 3 minutos comparado un HDD mecánico algunos 15 o 20min es muy notoria la velocidad, para los que tengan la duda de si un SSD ayuda a mejorar los FPS en juegos la respuesta es No, un SSD te ayudara en los tiempos de carga de tus juegos u otros de mundo abierto como GTA V la carga de vistas lejanas en el juego sera mas rápida y fluida. la velocidad prometida por esta SSD es de 1400MB/S lectura y 600MB/S escritura el cual al realizar un test fue de 1026MB/S y 751MB/S. Pues existe un pequeño balance entre ambas por los 151MB/S adicionales a la escritura como muestra el test. En conclucion estoy muy contento con los resultados de esta SSD y exelente tiempo de respuesta y entrega de amazon.

Ssd rapido e performante in tutte le sue sfaccettature, arriva in una scatola molto bella e perfetta per evitare alcun danno, l'ho associato alle ram: Kingston HX421S13IBK2/16 16Gb Kit 2X8Gb DDR 4 Pc 2133 Hyperx Impact e ora il mio dell 5470 va come un missile

Bin sehr zufrieden mit der Predator Ssd 240 GB Festplatte, tolles Produkt.Ist sein Geld wert. Schreib & Lesegeschwindigkeit schon sehr beeindruckend.Hab mir jetzt einen PC zusammengebaut und die Hyper-X würde ich immer wieder nehmen.Mit meinen Arbeitsspeicher Hyper-X Beast 4x8 GB /AMD Prozessor FX 9590 /Deepcool Captain 360 Wasserkühlung / ASRock Mainboard 990fx Extreme 9 /Netzteil 1000 Watt BeQuit / Thermaltake Silent Gehäuse hab ich jetzt ein LeistungsfähigenRechner der meine Erwartungen übertroffen hat.