The Kingston HyperX Fury RGB SSD Review: Bright Idea, Dimmed Performance
by Billy Tallis on September 24, 2018 8:35 AM ESTIdle Power Measurement
SATA SSDs are tested with SATA link power management disabled to measure their active idle power draw, and with it enabled for the deeper idle power consumption score and the idle wake-up latency test. Our testbed, like any ordinary desktop system, cannot trigger the deepest DevSleep idle state.
With the LEDs defaulting to red and drawing about 2.3 W on their own, the Kingston HyperX Fury RGB can't come close to matching an ordinary SATA SSD's idle power. But even excluding power on the 12V rail that is used just for the lighting, the Fury RGB has a pretty high active idle power draw and more than twice the slumber state power draw of typical SATA SSDs.
The Fury RGB has a fairly quick wake-up latency, but not as quick is typical for drives with broken power management. If the Fury RGB didn't have the lighting and as a result had lower operating temperatures and better idle power, then it might come across as having fairly decent power management that could be used quite aggressively thanks to the quick wake-up time.
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Amandtec - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Samsung sneakily dropped prices on the 860 EVO's to make them the cheapest SSD's with a dram cache on the market (per pcpartpicker, at least).MrSpadge - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
The MX500 is still cheaper in Germany, but not by a lot.Death666Angel - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Especially the M.2 SATA versions. Not contest there, really.Impulses - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
SanDisk Ultra is also cheaper, at least at 2TB & SATA... I've got three Samsung drives in my desktop right now (256GB SM951 & 2x 1TB 850 EVOs) but the next one will likely be a 2TB Crucial/WD based on pricing alone.DanNeely - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
So, if I understand this correctly, the only forms of chemotherapy for the RGB cancer in this drive are to buy a mobo that is also suffering from RGB cancer so I can plug into it and use it's software to disable the lights, or to use a sata power cable that has been modified to disconnect the 12V rail?melgross - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
No, you just don’t buy gamer oriented goods. Pretty simple.mjz_5 - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Find me a high end AMD motherboard without LEDs?29a - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Just don't turn them on. I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it and want it.eddman - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
That statement only applies to useful tools, like a wrench, or a hammer, or a knife, etc. These LEDs have ZERO functional use, except for producing light pollution and being an eyesore.melgross - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Well, they all have LEDs, the question is whether they’re diagnostic LEDs, or there for decoration. I don’t follow every mono out there (or most of them, thuthfully) so I don’t know what they all have.