Kingston 240GB

Kingston 240GB

SATA SSD's

R 450.00
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Warranty: 3 Months
SKU: Kingston 240GB

Kingston 240GB SSD — a fast 240GB SATA-class drive for snappier boots, apps and everyday storage upgrades.

Product Details

Overview

The Kingston 240GB is a consumer-grade solid state drive offering 240 gigabytes of NAND flash storage. Kingston's 240GB drives (commonly sold in the A400 family) are SATA III (6 Gb/s) 2.5-inch SSDs designed to replace mechanical hard drives and breathe new life into laptops and desktops.

Performance & technical notes

Typical Kingston 240GB SATA SSDs deliver sequential read speeds up to around 500 MB/s and sequential writes near 350 MB/s — the practical limits of the SATA III interface. These drives use modern 3D TLC NAND and a compact controller that supports TRIM and SMART reporting. The result is much lower access latency and several-times-faster boot, application load and file transfer performance compared with a 7200 RPM HDD. Power draw is also lower than spinning drives, which helps laptop battery life and reduces heat.

Practical use cases

As a 240GB drive this SSD is ideal as a primary OS and application drive: fast Windows 10/11 boot times, responsive office apps, web browsing, and snappier editing in Lightroom or Photoshop on modest projects. It also improves game load times for 1080p gaming, but the capacity is limited for large AAA libraries (many modern games run 50–100+ GB each). This drive is not targeted at heavy 4K video editing workflows that require high-capacity, high-endurance NVMe or RAID arrays.

Specs summary

  • Brand: Kingston
  • Capacity: 240 GB (usable capacity slightly lower after formatting)
  • Interface: SATA III (6 Gb/s), 2.5-inch form factor (common for desktops & laptops)
  • Typical sequential speeds: ~500 MB/s read / ~350 MB/s write (SATA-limited)
  • NAND: 3D TLC (consumer-grade flash), supports TRIM & SMART
  • Benefits: low power, silent operation, faster boot & app loads vs HDD

Who this is best suited for

This Kingston 240GB SSD is ideal for South African users upgrading older laptops or desktops that still run on mechanical drives, anyone wanting a fast OS/app drive on a budget, students, office workers and casual gamers who prioritise system responsiveness over bulk storage. For content creators or heavy game libraries, consider larger-capacity SSDs or NVMe options instead.