Kingston Launches USB 3.0 HyperX Flash Drive – 225MB/s Read Speeds!

Kingston today announced the DataTraveler HyperX 3.0. The DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 is designed for enthusiasts and gamers, and features the fastest speeds and largest capacities that Kingston has to offer in a USB Flash drive. Its high-speed eight-channel architecture provides USB 3.0 data transfer rates of up to 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write. Users can save time associated with opening, editing and copying large files and applications between devices. The fast write speeds also allow users to work on large files or applications directly from the USB 3.0 drive without performance lag. This is the first new HyperX Flash drive since the original came out back in 2008! We did a review on the 8GB version and it was found to have data transfer rates of 30MB/sec. read and 20MB/sec. write! As you can see this is a huge jump in performance! Back in 2008 the 8GB HyperX Flash Drive was $198! Today thhe Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 64GB drive (DTHX30/64GB) has an MSRP of $193! Not a bad deal considering what you got in terms of performance and capacity back then. The 128GB drive (DTHX30/128GB) has an MSRP of $377 and then later down the road Kingston will be releasing a 256GB version, but pricing has yet be determined.