HyperX Savage 512GB USB 3.1/3.0 350MB/s R, 250MB/s W (HXS3/512GB)

These pen drives keep getting bigger, better and faster. I previously bought a 256 GB unit from this earlier Kingston line Kingston Digital DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 (DTHX30/256GB) . While I didn't run any benchmarks Ihis unit seems noticeably faster (I use both models on USB 3.0) and has twice the storage. Mechanically it seems better designed too. The last one had a big head so a couple times I walked by my PC when it was plugged in the front of and accidentally shoved the pen drive sideways. This bent the USB connector and eventually it started flaking out. This USB connector seems more rugged and solidary with the rest of the body. One gripe with most pen drives, this one included, is it's easy to lose the cap if you carry the pen drive back and forth. There is no good solution, the kind with a retractable USB plug introduces more mechanical problems than it fixes. I would like to see a thin cord that ties the cap to the other end, which you can remove if you don't like. You can't improvise that yourself here as the cap doesn't have a ring like the other end.

It works great. Solid flash drive. The design is pretty cool and the cap has stayed on solid for me. The speeds are super fast and consistent and I've had no issues with this drive at all. It's definitely my best flash drive I have at the moment. A little bit pricier than other USB 3.0 flash drives with the same capacity, but the speed is solid and faster than several of the others I've had. I would recommend this drive.

Updated review after having it for a few months. Today, once again, this thing takes forever to write files.. True story here, I copied a folder with about 2800 small files onto this drive, it took several minutes. When the dialogue box closed saying the copy was done, Windows or the device itself was still writing the files, so I could not pull the thumb drive out for risk of losing data. It wrote the files for so long that I had time to put in a regular old slow thumb drive, copy all the files and eject the 2nd thumb drive BEFORE this "fast" one was done writing the files. Now, this "may" do good with huge files, but with a bunch of small ones it stinks and I won't buy another because of it. For this money, I would rather buy an external drive adapter for an SSD and use that. Initial review: The extra cost is worth it if your sick of waiting for your huge files to finally get written to your USB drive. This is significantly faster than any other that I have tried. I can't say if reads are much faster, I didn't really time it since reads have never been the issue for me.

468 GB usable space. Same maximum file size as other flash drives (roughly 4 GB). “3.1 generation 1” simply means "3.0". It works fine in black 2.0 ports, but faster in blue ones. Although some cheap extreme-space drives are said to crash, this one’s legitimate. The size is larger than others, pushing the drives in adjoining ports slightly out of straight. It’s long and surprisingly heavy, as if the red X is thick steel. I’m worried that all this pushing and prying might shorten the life of the port, the drive next to it, and/or itself – especially since my computer’s ports are on the side instead of the top. The old style cap lets you insert and remove the drive without having to reach a lever, or otherwise hold the connector out. For most people, the better deal would be to get two or more smaller-storage drives. I got this out of the need to have a single high-storage drive. Although costly, it mostly satisfies my need. I wouldn't mind having a cheap terabyte USB flash drive that works, and has no restriction on file sizes.

This is a great, great, great product. A fine device for backing up 512 gb of files. I have zero complaints and nothing but the highest praise. Especially if you have many photos, this is extraordinarily useful. I'd give it 100 stars if I could.

This thing is fast for flash drive. Mine benches at 268 MB/S read and 220MB/S write. A bit less than that what was advertised, but for a flash drive, it's very fast. It's not the cheapest flash drive you'll buy, but it's much faster than the other $50 128GB 3.0 drives I have, it's easily more than twice as fast as the cheaper PNY Turbos I have. Seems well constructed too.

I'll be honest, I got this for the aesthetic only, and the USB 3.1 speed. The performance of the device seems to be fine, but what concerned me more was the physical quality. I've had this drive no longer than a month and the handle that attaches to a key-chain already broke after an accidental 2 feet fall. The paint on the red X is already wearing off as well.

Kingston is a trusted brand for USB drives. Maybe not the "bleeding edge" in performance, but reliable and they work. After 2 bad drives from another manufacturer (rhymes with horsehair) had to be sent back I bought this drive and have no complaints. This USB stick is fast and has 256GB capacity, which is great for such a mobile device.

サイズは大きいけれど、アクセススピードも速く機能的には大満足です。

Une clé hyper rapide (d’où son nom! ;)), pour transférer des gros fichiers. En moyenne, elle copie plus de 40Go en 5min, ce qui est excellent. J'avais le modèle 64GB (acheté en 2017) mais il n'était pas aussi rapide. Ce modèle en 256GB est un vrai confort pour copier des films en 4K ou autres sauvegardes volumineuses...quel bonheur de copier tous ces data à la vitesse de l’éclair sans attendre plusieurs 10e de minutes. La robustesse est la finition sont au rendez-vous également. Seul bémol, cette clé est un peu cher...mais, au final, vous ne serez pas déçu de votre acquisition puisqu'elle vous servira très longtemps.

worth the price, good product

Für den universellen Einsatz benötigen wir USB Speichersticks mit größerer Speicherkapazität und hoher Zuverlässigkeit. Mit Kingston haben wir bisher auch sehr gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Nach Tests haben wir festgestellt, dass dieser USB 3.1 Gen 1 Speicherstick unsere Anforderungen im Hinblick auf flexiblen Einsatz, Zuverlässigkeit und Geschwindigkeit erfüllt und sogar übertrifft. Dieser Speicherstick überträgt sehr schnell. 4k Videoübertragung ist kein Problem. Eines muss jedoch beachtet werden, die Speichergeschwindigkeit ist von der jeweiligen Hardware (Platte, Controller, USB Version usw.) abhängig. Wir hatten festgestellt, dass bei SSD- und SAS-Platten in Verbindung mit neuen 64-Bit Rechnergenerationen und 64-Bit Betriebssystemen die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit sehr hoch ist, während sie bei älteren Rechnern und langsamen SATA-Platten deutlich niedriger liegt. Die Hardware Geschwindigkeit und Übertragungskapazitäten der einzelnen Hardware-Komponenten sind daher sehr wichtig. Bei älteren Geräten kann auch eine Formatierung des Sticks durch das Gerät selbst manchmal zur Verbesserung beitragen. Der Stick war FAT32 formatiert, sodass wir ihn für unsere Zwecke zuerst auf NTFS Format bringen mussten. War jedoch kein Problem. Die Größe von mindestens 256 GB ist für uns wichtig, weil wir diese USB-Sticks auch für System-Speicherabbilder von ganzen Rechnern verwenden. Die entscheidenden Merkmale für uns: + Top Qualität und Verarbeitung. + Sehr schnell. + Zuverlässig, strapazierfähig, robust. + USB 3.1 Gen 1. + Große Kapazität von 256 GB. + Die Kappe kann hinten auf den USB-Stick aufgeschoben werden, sodass man sie nicht verliert. + Wurde problemlos erkannt. Von PCs, Tablets bis hin zu Ultra HD Geräten und 4K Fernsehern. + Die 5 Jahre Herstellergarantie ist natürlich ein zusätzlicher und markanter Qualitätsbeweis. Ein sehr gutes Produkt. Sehr zufrieden.

Venía del modelo anterior(el azul y negro) que era de 64 y se me ha quedado pequeño y como estaba contento pues he comprado el modelo nuevo, decir que es rapidísimo más de 250 de escritura, el tamaño es más o menos como el anterior pero más delgado que se agradece, decir que es un pendrive grande, es el precio a pagar por la gran velocidad que tiene, la construcción se nota robusta aunque la x roja es metálica y da la sensación de que se puede rayar fácilmente. De relación precio-rendimiento está muy bien, recomiendo su compra.