SSD Q500 SATA

in 2.5" Form Factor

SSD Q500 SATA

in 2.5" Form Factor

Capacity

    Kingston’s Q500 SSD upgrades your system with faster boot, load, and transfer times–up to 10x faster than a traditional hard drive. The rugged drive offers read speeds up to 500MB/s, enhances performance and reliability for everyday computing. Available in capacities from 240GB to 960GB, it’s a durable, cost-effective storage solution.

    Kingston’s Q500 solid-state drive dramatically improves the responsiveness of your existing system with incredible boot, loading and transfer times compared to mechanical hard drives. Powered by a latest gen controller for read and write speeds up to 500MB/s and 450MB/s1, this SSD is 10x faster than a traditional hard drive1 for higher performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall faster system.

    Also more reliable and durable than a hard drive, Q500 is available in multiple capacities from 240GB-960GB2 to give you all the space you need for applications, videos, photos and other important documents.

    Form factor 2.5"
    Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
    Capacities2 240GB, 480GB, 960GB
    Baseline Performance1
    Data Transfer (ATTO) 240GB — up to 500MB/s Read and 350MB/s Write
    480GB — up to 500MB/s Read and 450MB/s Write
    960GB — up to 500MB/s Read and 450MB/s Write
    Power Consumption 0.195W Idle / 0.279W Avg / 0.642W (MAX) Read / 1.535W (MAX) Write
    Storage temperature -40°C~85°C
    Operating temperature 0°C~70°C
    Dimensions 100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm
    Weight 41g
    Vibration operating 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
    Vibration non-operating 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
    Life expectancy 2 million hours MTBF
    Warranty/support3 Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support
    Total Bytes Written (TBW)4 240GB: 80TB
    480GB: 160TB
    960GB: 300TB

    • Fast start-up, loading and file transfers

    • More reliable and durable than a hard drive

    • Multiple capacities with space for applications or a hard drive replacement

    Key Features

    A Q500 SSD against the background of a computer’s interior.

    10x faster than a hard drive5

    With incredible read/write speeds the Q500 SSD will not only increase performance but can also be used to breathe new life into older systems.

    A hiker sitting on a mountain slope using a laptop.]

    Rugged

    Q500 is shock- and vibration-resistant for rugged reliability when used in notebooks and other mobile computing devices.

    A Q500 SSD mounted on a computer interior.]

    Multiple capacities

    Available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities2, Q500 is designed to suit anyone’s needs.

    A Q500 SSD inside a laptop.

    Ideal for desktops and notebooks

    Q500 has a 7mm form factor to fit in a wider array of systems. It’s ideal for slimmer notebooks and in systems with limited available space.

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