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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Billy Tallis - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
Did I mention that it also weighs 4 times what a normal SATA SSD weighs?qlum - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
Yikes,At least it's ticker so it probably won't fit
eastcoast_pete - Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - link
So, this Kingston Fury thing has lot's of LED bling that is not only useless, but negatively affects performance of the SSD, never mind the crazy price point - I guess Kingston moved officially from ridiculous to ludicrous on this one.I wonder if Kingston's marketing folks have estimated the damage this RGB turd of an SSD will do to their overall reputation as a serious player in the memory and parts world. Going forward, I will think more than once about buying RAM, drives or USB sticks from Kingston, as that company seems to be more about appearance than performance.
aiiks - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link
This thing flat out fails at post on a dell poweredge. I have 4 of them. have to reseat them when the os is running to make it work againjmthegreat123 - Saturday, May 4, 2019 - link
any solutions? i've tried removing the rgb header tho it still warms but i don't have encountered problems with system freezing yet.