“The cast aluminum enclosure was very well made and does an excellent job of protecting the internals, as well as dissipating any heat generated by the Toshiba HG2 controller during sustained write operations. Fit and finish was excellent and the drive performed well in our testing. While the HG2 may not be the fastest SSD controller out there, it has proven to be a good match for this application.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- ADATA N004 – SATA & USB 3.0 SSD @ AnandTech
- Zalman N Series 128GB SandForce SF-1222 SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Solid State Drive Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0 @ TechARP
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station Review @ ThinkComputers
- Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB Portable USB 3.0 HDD @ SPCR
- G.Skill Phoenix Pro 40GB & 120GB Solid State Drives Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Chaintech Apogee FlashSSD A-series 64GB @ Rbmods
- Intel X25-M 120GB @ Tweaktown
- Super Talent UltraDrive 480GB SSD EXCLUSIVE Review @ The SSD Review
- OCZ RevoDrive 50GB PCI-E Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
- OCZ RevoDrive 50GB PCIe SSD Review @ Neoseeker
- Quick Look: Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0, A USB 3.0 V+100 SSD @ AnandTech
- Samsung S2 Portable 3 – 500Gb USB3.0 @ Funky Kit
- ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB Water & Fireproof HDD System @ Tweaktown
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G HDD Docking Station Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Corsair Force 60GB & Nova 64GB @ Legion Hardware
- Icy Dock MB973SP-B 3 in 2 SATA Backplane Module Review @ Tweaknews
- Seagate Freeagent GoFlex Home Networking Storage System Review @ OverclockersHQ
- Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB @ TechARP
Extreme external storage from the Kingston HyperX USB 3 drive

The Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 128GB USB 3 SSD combines the two fastest ways to transfer data externally, inside lies an SSD based on a Toshiba controller which takes advantage of the bandwidth that USB 3.0 offers. This adds up to transfer rates that never dip below 180 MB/s in HDTach tests. Allyn was suitably impressed with the performance and when it hits shelves in the next week or two it should be priced about $2.19/GB.