Kingston A400 480GB SATA SSD
Kingston A400 480GB SATA SSD is a 0.5TB drive that reads at up to 500MB/s. In daily use this is what decides how fast Windows boots and how quickly a game world loads. It uses the older SATA connection, so treat it as a library drive rather than the main one.
The year marked with ≈ is the generation's launch period rather than this exact model's launch date.
What is good about it
- Cheap per terabyte and easy to reuse in any PC
What to know before buying
- SATA speed is about 13 times slower than a modern NVMe drive · fine for storage, not for the system drive
- 500GB fills up after a few big games · plan a second drive
Best for
a system drive plus a couple of games
Planning price ₪130 · about 260 per TB.
Cheap per terabyte and easy to reuse in any PC
SATA speed is about 13 times slower than a modern NVMe drive · fine for storage, not for the system drive
How to choose PC storage
Use an NVMe SSD as the main drive when the board supports it. Size it for Windows, applications and the games you keep installed, then add cheaper secondary storage only when you need the space.
Read the full buying guideSpecifications
- Released
- ≈2022
- Capacity
- 0.5TB
- Read speed
- 500MB/s
- Planning price
- ₪130
