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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Dragonstongue - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
what a stupid mofo drive design...have to use a 4 pin 12v power instead of just allowing the drive to use the power that it is given etc etc..Bravo Kingston, you get a reward for one of the dumbest moves to join the RGB disco light show craze and fail miserably at it.
olafgarten - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
It's so stupid when they put LEDs on everything.My Strix GTX980 has a white Led that can't be disabled and stays on even when the computer is shut down, I had to cover it up with tape as it was disturbing my sleep!
PeachNCream - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
Strix-branded products are stupid anyway. They are part of that immature gamer-in-the-basement segment of the PC market. That doesn't justify the stupid LEDs, of course. Does your PSU have a physical switch it? You could use that or turn off power at the surge suppressor to shut the LED lights off without bothering with tape. Flipping the physical switch is a good idea anyway to reduce vampire draw from active devices to marginally reduce your electrical power bill while also cutting back on the risk of losing hardware to spikes caused by thunderstorms.MadAd - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
woohoo, all i need now is some LED cables, an LED optical drive and some LED thermal paste and im all set!!MrSpadge - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
> LED optical driveNope, you really want that light source to be a laser!
mobutu - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
yuckranran - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
So, this is like those people that buy the little Civic's or Corolla's and then pump tons of money into crazy wheels, air foils, noisy exhaust, and speaker systems that together probably cost more than the car is worth........... totally useless...Lolimaster - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Over 22cents per GB when better SSD's from Crucial and Samsung are jumping around 16cents per GB :Dzodiacfml - Monday, September 24, 2018 - link
Thanks for the useful title, I don't have to read the review. I clicked on your ads thoughqlum - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
I feel for the poor guy who is inevitably going to put this in his laptop.