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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TitanX - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
i have an asus x470 prime..it has a turn off lights thing in the bios.mr_tawan - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
I'm looking for a new SSD for my laptop. This might be a good fit ...Oh wait, my laptop has no glass panel.
Lolimaster - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Blame your laptop manufacturer for not making the mobo pcb and you keyboard clear :Ddcole001 - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
All Flash and I recommend to Pass!! Just go with the Samsung 860 Series SSD Drive and you will have the best SSD Drive you can get for Desktops.jabbadap - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Or crucial mx500, at least it's cheaper than samsung where I live.Lolimaster - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
On amazon the difference is about $10-20. EVO's got twice the endurance.But MX500 got hardware powerloss protection (physical capacitors).
TitanX - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
man, unless you are doing enterprise workloads or 4k video edit, that whole endurance thing on 500gb+ SSDs is a moot point now. i had a 5 year old Mushkin Chronos deluxe 240GB SSD as a primary drive and only wrote 37 TB in that time. i have a 1TB crucial M2 now and its endurance is multiples of that..i'll replace with with the next big thing or whatever long before it konks out on endurance.casperes1996 - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
I really don't get the RGB thing... It really isn't even pleasant to look at, and in a lot of cases you lock it away in a non-see-through case anyway. I'd much rather just have a sleek and simple design like the old Cheese Grater Mac Pro than pay extra for flashing lights on everything. I'm willing to pay extra for a great, simple design. But not for lights that ruin the aesthetic. Red lights would disturb my peripheral vision. Keyboard backlighting I can get behind since that serves a good purpose and can look good in the dark when the purpose is there. RGB on GPUs, SSDs, RAM etc. I don't understand.seamonkey79 - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
I'm not huge on RGB, but it's kind of funny that you would mention buying a Mac of any type, which is going to cost more than anything (I've seen) that uses RGB in the Wintel world (for the same hardware).rpmurray - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
I'm waiting for them to include a radio receiver so that the lights can pulse to the beat of your favorite FM station.