Packaging and Contents

The Drive

The drive conforms to the dimensions set forth by the 2.5" form factor. Unlike most recent 2.5" SSDs, the Kingston HyperX Fury RGB comes with an all-metal case and is 9.5 mm thick (which disqualifies it for use in most notebooks).


The unique selling point of this SSD is its RGB capability, which looks really really nice. Compared to just a big colored surface, Kingston has chosen to add a circular black mesh in front of the LEDs, which gives them a much nicer look.


The SATA 6 Gbps interface is used. It is compatible with any older SATA standard, but will, in such a case, work at reduced performance. Note the little micro-USB connector on the left side of the drive. This is where you attach the RGB cable from your motherboard.


All RGB color information is transmitted through this separate 4-pin cable, which connects to your motherboard's RGB headers. Do note the pass-through design here, so you can daisy chain multiple RGB-capable devices together (any kind, from any vendor, not just SSDs).


Taking a closer look at how the mesmerizing RGB setup works, we find 75 (!!) RGB LEDs installed. All of these display the same color (they are not addressable individually). The first picture shows the white diffuser, which helps spread out the light, so the individual LEDs aren't visible.


You will find the SSD controller and four flash chips on the PCB. A single DDR3 DRAM chip is also present to provide the SSD controller with operating memory for mapping tables. The other side of the PCB has no storage components.


The Marvell 88SS1074 has been on the market for a while. It supports four NAND channels and TLC flash.


The four flash chips are marked as FB12808UCT1-61, which seems to be rebranded Toshiba 15 nm TLC NAND.


A Kingston 512 MB DDR3-1600 DRAM chip provides fast DRAM storage for the controller to store the mapping tables in.