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The Kingston 512GB SSD arrives in a similar box to the 128GB unit we looked at a few months ago. The distinctive ‘Kingston' red head on the left and specifications on the right.
The drive is protected inside by a very tough plastic surrounding. The ‘upgrade' bundle is great, there is a USB cable, SATA power and data cables and a drive rail system for installation in a 3,5 inch drive bay, if needed. There is also a CD including software and information on the drive. There is also a copy of Acronis True Image HD – which is a very capable drive backup software suite.
The drive has been assembled in Japan and information on the specific unit is detailed on the front, at the bottom. The chassis is nicely designed and has all the relevant mounting locations for fitting into a variety of systems.
The insides of the drive chassis are lined with thick, heavy duty thermal transfer material which is the first time we have seen this. It is a great idea to help keep temperatures of the components lower as heat will be transferred to the case.
The majority of the internals are Toshiba based with a T6UG1XGB drive controller on the PCB as well as a 128mb DDR Micron chip handling the caching. As this is a 512GB drive we expect to find flash memory on both sides – a total of 16 chips, which are BGA and single stacked.
Trim support will certainly be welcomed as it will help performance to stay at a constant level throughout months of everyday use. Windows 7 is the Operating system of choice for TRIM support so if you haven’t yet upgraded, now would be a good time.
Drive reliability has been stated to be around 1,000,000 hours which means well in excess of 110 years if you used it 24/7. Realistically we can assume that the drive should not fail within a standard operating lifetime.
