New Kingston Digital KC600 SATA SSD



Kingston Digital unveiled a new addition to their range of SSD storage today, in the form of the KC600 SATA solid state drive which is now available to purchase in capacities of 256 GB and 512 GB with larger one and 2 TB versions chipping soon. Kingston Digital Offers a five year limited warranty on the KC600 SATA SSD and free technical support when required.

The KC600 SATA SSD has been designed for use in desktop and notebook workloads, and is a full-capacity SSD that provides “remarkable performance” says Kingston and is available in a 2.5″ form factor using the SATA Rev 3.0 interface with backwards compatibility.

KC600 SATA SSD specifications:
  • Form Factor: 2.5″
  • Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards capability to SATA Rev 2.0 (3Gb/s)
  • Capacities1: 256GB, 512GB, 1024GB, 2048GB
  • Controller: SMI SM2259
  • NAND: 3D TLC
  • Encrypted: AES-XTS 256-bit encryption
  • Sequential Read/Write2:
  • 256GB — up to 550/500MB/s
  • 512GB–2048GB — up to 550/520MB/s
  • Maximum 4K Read/Write2: up to 90,000/80,000 IOPS
  • Power Consumption: 0.06W Idle / 0.2W Avg / 1.3W (MAX) Read / 3.2W (MAX) Write
  • Dimensions: 100.1mm x 69.85mm x 7mm
  • Weight: 40g
  • Operating temperature: 0°C~70°C
  • Storage temperature: -40°C~85°C
  • Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7-800Hz)
  • Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10-2000Hz)
  • Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
  • Warranty/support3: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

Total Bytes Written (TBW)4:
256GB — 150TB
512GB — 300TB
1024GB — 600TB
2048GB — 1200TB