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Kingston KC600
SATA · 2TB · Released October 22, 2019
As a 2.5-inch SATA drive, the KC600 tops out at 550/520 MB/s — the ceiling the SATA III interface imposes regardless of controller — but its Silicon Motion SM2259 controller, DRAM cache, and 1200TB TBW rating exceed what typical SATA drives in its class carry. That endurance figure and 5-year warranty read closer to a workstation-grade drive than a basic boot-drive upgrade, useful for anyone replacing an aging HDD or SATA SSD in a system that can't take NVMe. It fits users prioritizing drive lifespan and reliability over the raw throughput only PCIe NVMe can offer.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 2TB
- Interface
- SATA
- Sequential read
- 550 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 520 MB/s
- Random read
- 90000 IOPS
- Random write
- 80000 IOPS
- Form factor
- 2.5-inch
- NAND type
- TLC
- DRAM cache
- Yes
- Controller
- Silicon Motion SM2259
- Endurance (TBW)
- 1200 TB
- Warranty
- 5 years
Capacities
| Capacity | Part number |
|---|---|
| 256GB | SKC600/256G |
| 512GB | SKC600/512G |
| 1TB | SKC600/1024G |
| 2TB | SKC600/2048G |
Sources
Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.